Principle Infrastructure Engineer

A Principal Infrastructure Automation Engineer is a senior technical leader who designs, develops, and implements large-scale, automated solutions to streamline IT operations and manage complex infrastructure environments. This role balances deep technical expertise with strategic planning and mentorship responsibilities.

• Strategic Leadership:
  Define the strategy and long-term goals for automation and control systems across the organization. This includes evaluating and recommending automation tools and technologies and ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Architecture & Design:
  Lead the design and development of robust, scalable, and secure automation frameworks and infrastructure blueprints (often using Infrastructure as Code principles).
• Implementation & Execution:
  Oversee the implementation of automation solutions for provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment, often within CI/CD pipelines. This may involve managing projects, budgets, and external vendors.
• Technical Expertise & Troubleshooting:
  Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for highly complex issues, performing root‑cause analysis and providing technical consultation.
• Mentorship &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Mentor and guide junior engineers and cross‑functional teams (e.g., SREs, QA, and product teams) on automation best practices, code quality, and design patterns.
• Compliance & Security:
  Ensure all automated systems comply with internal security standards and external regulatory requirements (e.g., FDA, ISO, FedRAMP, specific industry regulations).
• Monitoring & Improvement:
  Implement comprehensive monitoring and logging systems, using the gathered data to drive continuous improvement in efficiency, reliability, and performance.

• Experience:
  
  Typically requires 10+ years of experience in software development, IT automation, and/or infrastructure engineering.
• Education:
  
  A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field is often required.
• Technical Proficiency:
  • Automation Tools:
    Extensive experience with tools like Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Terraform, or AWS Cloud Formation.
  • Programming/Scripting:
    Strong skills in languages such as Python, Java, Power Shell, or Bash for automation and tooling.
  • Cloud Platforms:
    Expertise in managing scalable and reliable cloud infrastructure in environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Dev Ops Tools:
    Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, and monitoring tools like Prometheus or Grafana.
• Soft Skills:
  • Exceptional problem‑solving, analytical, and critical thinking skills.
  • Strong communication and leadership abilities, with a proven ability to influence senior levels and build alignment across teams.
  • Strong project management skills to manage complex, large‑scale projects from concept to completion.

Compensation may vary depending on your location, qualifications, job‑related education, training, experience, licensure, and certification. Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual bonus and sales incentives based on plan terms and individual performance.

• NY: $165,550 – $248,324
• CA: $172,748 – $259,122
• Other locations – General State range: $143,957 – $215,935

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Cloud Software Group and the country where you work. U.S. based employees are typically offered access to healthcare, life insurance and disability benefits, 401(k) plan and company match, among others.

Cloud Software Group is one of the world’s largest cloud solution providers, serving more than 100 million users around the globe. When you join Cloud Software Group, you are making a difference for real people, each of whom count on our suite of cloud‑based products to get work done— from anywhere. Members of our team will tell you that we value passion for technology and the courage to take risks.

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