Principal Cloud Engineer

Fidelity Investments•Westlake, TX

About The Position

Designs and develops software applications using programming languages and deploys APIs in the cloud through automation with integrated security and testing. Coordinates and operates an OpenTelemetry platform to provide reliable and secure access to logs, metrics, and traces across a hybrid cloud environment using AWS and Rancher. Instruments, generates, collects, and exports telemetry data to analyze software performance and behavior. Develops cloud applications using IaaS and PaaS capabilities and deploys dashboards and monitors on Datadog. The role contributes to architecture design, defines application-level architecture, and develops applications for complex projects, components, and subsystems. It supports project planning and delivery across multiple platforms, provides technical solutions and risk guidance, serves as a liaison with business units, advises senior management on technical strategy, and mentors junior team members. The position requires either a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and five years of qualifying experience, or a master’s degree in a relevant field and three years of qualifying experience. Qualifying experience involves continuous automation for AWS cloud workloads using CI/CD orchestration tools, EKS, Vault, Artifactory, and GitHub. The candidate must also demonstrate expertise in cloud migration and onboarding, production readiness and practices, application development and automation, cloud-native services and observability, AWS storage and networking, and disaster recovery activities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent), plus five years of experience as a Principal Cloud Engineer or in a closely related occupation implementing continuous automation for AWS cloud workloads using CI/CD orchestration tools, EKS, Vault, Artifactory, and GitHub; or a relevant master’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) plus three years of such experience.
Demonstrated expertise collaborating with architecture teams and stakeholders on application migration and onboarding strategies to AWS and Kubernetes.
Demonstrated expertise reviewing operational readiness assessments and coordinating standardized production best practices and processes using GitHub, CloudBees Jenkins, Artifactory, HashiCorp Vault, and OpenTofu in regulated enterprise contexts.
Demonstrated expertise building applications in Python and Go; automating build and release processes using sonar static analysis and Artifactory; automating deployment and configuration using Shell scripting and Terraform or OpenTofu; and enabling observability with Datadog and Splunk in multi-account AWS environments.
Demonstrated expertise designing and developing cloud-native services deployed to AWS (EKS, Lambda, EC2, and API Gateway) and Kubernetes within containerized production environments, and building dashboards with application metrics and logs.
Demonstrated expertise building and integrating applications using DynamoDB and Amazon S3 for object storage; working with ALB, NLB, and AWS PrivateLink; and participating in application disaster recovery activities.

Responsibilities

Participate in architecture design teams.
Define and implement application-level architecture.
Develop applications for complex projects, components, and subsystems.
Recommend development testing tools and methodologies, and review and validate test plans.
Ensure QA readiness of software deliverables.
Develop comprehensive documentation for multiple applications or subsystems.
Establish full project life-cycle plans for complex projects across multiple platforms.
Meet project goals on time and within budget.
Advise on project risk assessment and risk management strategies.
Plan and coordinate schedules and assignments for multiple projects.
Act as a primary liaison for business units to resolve project and technology issues.
Provide technology solutions to daily issues and technical evaluation estimates for technology initiatives.
Advise senior management on technical strategy.
Mentor junior team members.
Perform independent and complex technical and functional analysis for multiple projects.
Develop original and creative technical solutions for ongoing development efforts.
Design and develop software applications and deploy APIs in the cloud through automated processes with integrated security and testing.
Coordinate and operate an OpenTelemetry platform for access to logs, metrics, and traces across AWS and Rancher hybrid cloud environments.
Instrument, generate, collect, and export telemetry data to analyze software performance and behavior.
Develop cloud applications using IaaS and PaaS capabilities, and deploy Datadog dashboards and monitors.
Collaborate with architecture teams and stakeholders on application migration and onboarding to AWS and Kubernetes.
Review operational readiness assessments and coordinate standardized production practices and processes.
Build applications in Python and Go; automate build and release processes using static analysis and Artifactory.
Automate deployment and configuration using Shell scripting and Terraform or OpenTofu.
Enable observability using Datadog and Splunk in multi-account AWS environments.
Design and develop cloud-native services and deploy them to AWS and Kubernetes in containerized production environments.
Build dashboards containing metrics and logs for applications deployed in AWS.
Build and integrate applications using DynamoDB and Amazon S3; work with ALB, NLB, and AWS PrivateLink; and participate in application disaster recovery activities.