Principal Cloud Engineer

Enlyte

21h • $133,000 - $190,000 • Remote

About The Position

This is a full-time remote position that can be located anywhere in the U.S.

The Principal Cloud Engineer (AWS) is a senior technical leader responsible for the design, implementation, and evolution of the company’s AWS cloud platform. This role serves as a subject matter expert in AWS infrastructure, security, networking, automation, and reliability, and plays a key role in defining cloud engineering standards and best practices.
At the Principal level, this role leads complex, high‑impact cloud initiatives, influences architecture decisions across teams, mentors’ senior engineers, and partners closely with application, security, and platform teams to deliver scalable, secure, and resilient cloud solutions that support enterprise systems.

Requirements

• 12+ years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or equivalent professional experience.
• Extensive hands‑on experience designing, building, and operating AWS environments at scale.
• Demonstrated success leading complex cloud engineering initiatives.
• Deep expertise in AWS cloud engineering and distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services across compute, storage, networking, security, and platform services.
• Advanced understanding of cloud networking, identity and access management, and security best practices.
• Solid grasp of enterprise architecture concepts and system integration.
• Ability to translate complex business needs into scalable, maintainable technical solutions.

Nice To Haves

• AWS Professional or Specialty certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve AWS cloud architectures supporting enterprise and mission‑critical workloads.
• Define and contribute to AWS reference architectures, design patterns, and engineering standards.
• Lead architectural design for complex cloud initiatives and major platform changes.
• Evaluate and recommend AWS services and capabilities aligned to business and technical requirements.
• Architect and implement highly available, scalable, and secure AWS infrastructure.
• Lead cloud migrations, modernization efforts, and cloud‑native solution design.
• Provide technical leadership on complex engineering problems requiring advanced judgment and experience.
• Review designs and implementations across teams to ensure architectural consistency and quality.
• Design AWS environments that meet security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with Security and Risk teams to implement strong identity, access, encryption, and network controls.
• Establish standards for monitoring, logging, incident response, disaster recovery, and cost optimization.
• Drive operational excellence across AWS platforms.
• Act as a technical leader and trusted advisor to engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Mentor senior engineers and help raise the overall technical bar.
• Influence cloud engineering practices and platform direction through hands‑on leadership.
• Collaborate across teams to align cloud solutions with business objectives.

Benefits

• We’re committed to supporting your ultimate well-being through our total compensation package offerings that support your health, wealth and self. These offerings include Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Accounts / Flexible Spending Accounts, Life and AD&D Insurance, 401(k), Tuition Reimbursement, and an array of resources that encourage a lifetime of healthier living.
• Benefits eligibility may differ depending on full-time or part-time status.
• Compensation depends on the applicable US geographic market.
• The expected base pay for this position ranges from $133,000 - $190,000 annually, and will be based on a number of additional factors including skills, experience, and education.
• The Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
• Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and underrepresented minorities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal