Principal Cloud Engineer

Are you passionate about shaping the future of cloud technology at enterprise scale? As a Principal Cloud Engineer, you will serve as a strategic technology leader responsible for defining and advancing the organization's cloud architecture vision across AWS, Azure, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), and Dev Sec Ops  practices. In this highly influential role, you will partner with senior leaders to drive cloud transformation, modernization, and optimization initiatives that enhance security, scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency.

You'll translate cloud strategy into actionable roadmaps, architect enterprise-wide solutions, and lead the adoption of best practices across cloud infrastructure, automation, security, and operations. Beyond technical excellence, you'll play a pivotal leadership role by mentoring engineers, developing future talent, and fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. You'll guide the design of cloud landing zones, identity and access management, networking, observability, automation, and disaster recovery capabilities while championing Terraform, CI/CD, Dev Sec Ops , and Fin Ops principles to deliver reliable, secure, and business-aligned solutions.

This is a campus-based position that requires 4 days a week onsite.

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent specialized experience, skills, knowledge, or training. 8+ years of related work experience, including significant hands‑on experience designing and operating cloud environments.

Industry certifications preferred, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional), Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Hashi Corp Certified:
Terraform Associate/Professional, or a security certification (e.g., AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, CISSP).

• Advanced, hands‑on expertise in public cloud platforms, with depth in both AWS and Azure (GCP a plus).
• Advanced proficiency in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices, including modular design, remote state, and pipeline‑driven deployment.
• Strong Dev Sec Ops  experience: CI/CD tooling (e.g., Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins), security automation, policy‑as‑code, container and workload security, and secrets management.
• Hands‑on experience with scripting and development tools (e.g., Python, Power Shell, Bash).
• Strong understanding of cloud networking (VPC/VNet, routing, DNS, hybrid connectivity, load balancing), identity and access management, and security best practices.
• Experience with containers and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, EKS, AKS) and observability/monitoring tooling.
• Working knowledge of operating platforms (Windows, Linux), Active Directory/Entra , storage, and database management.
• Good knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.

• Proven experience developing strategic plans, gathering business requirements, and designing systems at enterprise scale.
• Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills to direct, influence, and motivate within a matrixed organization.
• Proven project planning and management experience across multiple medium to large initiatives, with the ability to prioritize in a high‑pressure environment.
• Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem‑solving abilities, and the ability to quickly comprehend new technologies.
• Superior written and oral communication skills, including excellent architecture and technical documentation, and the ability to present ideas in user‑friendly language to senior leaders and vendors.
• Ability to provide effective mentorship, training, and technical leadership across the…