Principal Healthcare Cloud Engineer

InterSystems•Boston, MA

3d•$140,000 - $173,000

About The Position

InterSystems Cloud Development initiatives enable healthcare organizations to revolutionize their operations through innovative, cloud-based technology solutions. Our team thrives on integrating cutting-edge InterSystems technologies with leading public-cloud services to solve complex, high-impact problems. In a dynamic environment driven by constant innovation, we excel through creative thinking, exceptional problem-solving, teamwork, and an unwavering commitment to excellence. Every team member plays a critical role in our customers’ success, grounded in mutual trust and accountability. At InterSystems, we embrace change and challenge as catalysts for growth. As a Principal Healthcare Cloud Engineer, you combine deep technical expertise with strategic vision and leadership. You will own the architecture, automation, and operational excellence of large-scale, mission-critical healthcare workloads—guiding cross-functional teams and mentoring engineers while collaborating with product, security, and executive stakeholders.

Requirements

10 + years managing production healthcare or regulated-industry environments, including application support, code deployment, and 24×7 operations.
10 + years building solutions with InterSystems IRIS Interoperability (Ensemble, Health Connect) and advanced ObjectScript development.
Deep expertise in clinical data integration and interoperability (HL7 V2.x, C-CDA, FHIR, IHE profiles).
Advanced Linux administration (Red Hat or Ubuntu); strong scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
Demonstrated success leading architecture and incident-management efforts for high-availability, multi-AZ/region deployments.
Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and navigate competing priorities.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Professional-level cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect – Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Architect).
Mastery of configuration-management and IaC (Terraform Enterprise, Ansible Tower, Puppet, Chef).
Production experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes, EKS, AKS) and service-mesh or serverless architectures.
Solid understanding of Zero-Trust security principles, DevSecOps pipelines, and compliance frameworks (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, ISO 27001).
Expertise in TCP/IP networking, VPN & Direct Connect, load balancing, storage performance, and Linux kernel internals.
Experience driving large-scale cost-optimization and FinOps initiatives in cloud environments.

Responsibilities

Architect & Lead Design end-to-end cloud architectures (network, compute, storage, security) for InterSystems IRIS-based solutions, ensuring scalability, resiliency, performance, and compliance.
Establish technical roadmaps and standards for infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, observability, and security across multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Serve as the technical authority in design reviews, threat modeling, DR planning, and performance tuning.
Automate & Operate Build, deploy, orchestrate, and automate application and infrastructure packages using Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager, and Kubernetes-based tooling.
Champion Git-centric workflows and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab preferred) to enable safe, repeatable releases.
Drive rigorous monitoring, logging, and incident-response practices leveraging CloudWatch, Prometheus, Coralogix, Lacework, PagerDuty, or equivalent.
Mentor & Influence Coach and develop senior and junior engineers; foster a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and psychological safety.
Partner with product owners and customer executives to translate complex healthcare requirements (HL7 V2.x, C-CDA, FHIR) into robust cloud solutions.
Lead post-incident reviews and capacity-planning sessions, ensuring lessons learned feed directly into architecture and process refinements.
Innovate & Evangelize Evaluate emerging technologies (serverless, service mesh, confidential computing, AI-for-Ops) and drive adoption where they add measurable value.
Represent InterSystems at industry events and customer briefings, articulating the technical vision and ROI of our cloud-first strategy.