Principal Engineer Hybrid Cloud Operations

Kaiser Permanente seeks a Principal Engineer for Hybrid Cloud Operations to lead the architecture, automation, and reliability of its hybrid cloud environment. You will design and operate scalable, secure platforms spanning on-prem and public cloud, using Kubernetes, containers, and Infrastructure as Code. Partnering with engineering, security, and product teams, you'll implement CI/CD, observability, and incident response best practices. This role mentors engineers, sets cloud standards, and drives continuous improvement to support mission-critical healthcare systems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and operation of Kaiser Permanente's hybrid cloud infrastructure for high availability and scalability.
• Implement automation, Ia
• C, and CI/CD to streamline deployments and reduce manual operations.
• Define and enforce observability, monitoring, and incident response practices for production systems.
• Collaborate with security, product, and engineering teams to meet compliance and resilience requirements.
• Mentor engineers, set technical standards, and drive continuous improvement across cloud operations.
• Optimize performance, cost, and reliability of cloud and on-prem resources.
• Develop runbooks, best practices, and documentation for hybrid cloud operations.

Required Skills

• Hybrid cloud architecture
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• CI/CD pipelines
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible)
• Linux/Unix administration
• Scripting (Python/Bash)
• Monitoring and observability (Prometheus/Grafana)
• Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Security and compliance for cloud operations