Principal Cloud Platform Engineer
About The Position
The Principal Cloud Platform Engineer serves as the organization's foremost technical authority on cloud platforms, providing strategic direction and thought leadership. This role defines enterprise cloud architecture standards, drives innovation, and ensures alignment between technology capabilities and business objectives. The principal engineer operates at the highest level of technical complexity, solving the most challenging problems and making architecture decisions with organization-wide impact. While not a people manager, this position provides technical leadership across multiple teams, mentors senior engineers, and represents the organization in industry forums. The principal engineer evaluates emerging technologies, establishes proof-of-concepts, and makes recommendations that shape the organization's multi-year cloud strategy.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in relevant field or Combination of relevant education and experience may be considered in lieu of degree
- 10+ years' experience with progressive cloud engineering and extensive experience as a senior architect or principal engineer
- Proven track record of enterprise-scale cloud transformations
- Industry recognition through publications, speaking engagements, or open-source contributions
- Unparalleled depth of knowledge with cloud architecture
- Mastery of multiple cloud platforms and hybrid architectures
- Outstanding technical leadership and influence and exceptional strategic thinking/vision
- Advanced research and evaluation skills
- Problem-solving complex technical challenges
- Deep understanding of business and technology alignment with an ability to anticipate future technology trends
- Extensive knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements
- MSFT Cert Azure Design Solut
Nice To Haves
- Experience in healthcare IT with knowledge of regulatory compliance
- MSFT Cert Azure Design DevOp
- MSFT Cert Azure Security Eng
- MSFT Cert Azure Security Arch
Responsibilities
- Serves as the organization's foremost technical authority on cloud platforms, providing strategic direction and thought leadership.
- Defines enterprise cloud architecture standards.
- Drives innovation and ensures alignment between technology capabilities and business objectives.
- Operates at the highest level of technical complexity, solving the most challenging problems and making architecture decisions with organization-wide impact.
- Provides technical leadership across multiple teams.
- Mentors senior engineers.
- Represents the organization in industry forums.
- Evaluates emerging technologies.
- Establishes proof-of-concepts.
- Makes recommendations that shape the organization's multi-year cloud strategy.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
