AWS Platform Engineer Principal

AWS Platform Engineer Principal

We are looking for a talented AWS Platform Engineer Principal to join our team specializing in Systems/IT for our Corporate organization in Columbus, IN.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Drive automation excellence by designing and implementing scalable solutions that streamline infrastructure provisioning, reduce manual effort, and accelerate deployment cycles.
• Set technical direction by leading the creation of system architectures, infrastructure designs, and detailed documentation that guide consistent, high-quality solution delivery.
• Ensure secure, high-performing systems by actively participating in design, cybersecurity, and code reviews to uphold architectural standards, security principles, and performance expectations.
• Enable seamless integration by collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure new solutions align with and enhance existing infrastructure and platforms.
• Strengthen system resilience by identifying vulnerabilities and leading enhancements that improve system stability, security posture, and overall reliability.
• Optimize performance and availability by proactively monitoring system health, analyzing trends, and driving tuning and capacity planning initiatives across environments.
• Lead complex issue resolution by troubleshooting and resolving critical infrastructure challenges, minimizing downtime and ensuring business continuity.
• Deliver strategic integrations by partnering with vendors and internal teams to plan and execute complex system integrations that support business growth and innovation.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Security & Compliance Principles
  - Applies standards, tools, and best practices to embed security, privacy, and compliance into the design/build/test/operate lifecycle for products, services, apps, systems, software, and configurations—balancing protection, efficiency, and cost.
• Programming Principles
  - Applies programming languages, frameworks, and patterns to design, write, configure, test, and maintain software/solutions/systems that are efficient, secure, scalable, and reliable.
• Data Principles
  - Governs, models, secures, implements, and observes data flows to ensure integrity, quality, and compliance—enabling trusted, scalable, cost-conscious data use.
• Modern Development Practices
  - Applies modern engineering practices and tools—such as Agile/Dev Sec Ops , CI/CD, automated testing, and infrastructure as code—to accelerate delivery, improve quality, and reduce risk across the SDLC.
• Solution Design
  - Translate business requirements into integrated designs, architectures, patterns, and system interactions that deliver customer value and align with enterprise standards and subject-matter platforms.
• System Architecture
  - Creates and evolves architecture system blueprints developing reusable patterns and roadmaps to ensure scalability, resilience, security, and long-term efficiency.
• Demonstrating Mastery
  - Maintains essential knowledge and proficiency in relevant domains, tools, technologies, methodologies, or frameworks through targeted credentials and rigorous proficiency, future-proofing organizational skills against strategic needs.
• Strategic and Innovative Thinking
  - Evaluates business and technology trends, anticipates future needs, develops creative approaches, and frames innovations to shape strategy and create durable value with cost-aware innovation.
• Technical Passion & Drive
  - Models curiosity and excitement for technology by self-initiating continuous development, experimenting with emerging technologies, and identifying insertion opportunities that accelerate business performance.
• Driving Effective Outcomes
  - Takes ownership, acts with urgency, and initiates action to turn goals into clear plans, decisions, guardrails, and cadences while navigating ambiguity and change to drive momentum and deliver consistent results.
• Engaging with Impact
  - Communicates with clarity and purpose to align stakeholders, foster collaboration, build trust, and influence coordinated action across teams and functions to accelerate outcomes.
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