Principal System Engineer - Cloud

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About The Position

A Principal Systems Engineer will utilize expert-level infrastructure, cloud architecture, and systems design knowledge to lead the evolution of cloud-native platforms and enterprise infrastructure. This position demands a high degree of technical leadership, operational foresight, and systems thinking. The ideal candidate has deep hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), automation frameworks, and highly available distributed systems.

Requirements

• 10+ years of infrastructure or systems engineering experience, with 3+ years in a Principal or Lead role.
• Proven hands-on expertise with GCP core services including VPC, GKE, Pub/Sub, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, IAM, Cloud SQL, and BigQuery.
• Deep understanding of Terraform, CI/CD pipelines (Cloud Build, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins), and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Experience designing and supporting resilient, high-throughput distributed systems.
• Strong background in Linux systems engineering, networking, and scripting (Python, Bash, or Go).
• Familiarity with DevOps and SRE practices including monitoring, SLOs/SLIs, chaos testing, and auto-remediation.
• Effective communicator with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior leadership.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with multi-region, hybrid cloud, or enterprise-wide cloud migration strategies.
• Relevant GCP certifications (e.g., Professional Cloud Architect, Professional DevOps Engineer) strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain expert-level knowledge of emerging GCP services, infrastructure design patterns, automation tooling, and site reliability engineering practices.
• Provide architectural guidance and technical mentorship to engineers across infrastructure, DevOps, and platform teams.
• Collaborate with Cloud Architects and Engineering Leadership to define standards for GCP resource hierarchy, networking, security, and cost optimization.
• Lead the design, deployment, and automation of scalable, resilient infrastructure on GCP, using tools such as Terraform, Kubernetes (GKE), and Cloud Build.
• Guide enterprise-wide initiatives focused on infrastructure modernization, cloud migration, and zero-downtime operations.
• Implement best-in-class monitoring, logging, and observability practices using Stackdriver, Prometheus, and third-party integrations.
• Conduct design reviews, evaluate new services, and ensure infrastructure solutions align with performance, security, and compliance requirements.
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis for infrastructure-impacting events, driving long-term stability improvements.
• Define and enforce GCP IAM policies, network segmentation, org policies, and workload identity federation strategies.
• Work closely with application and data engineering teams to optimize cloud deployments, container orchestration, and API gateways.
• Own the infrastructure-as-code lifecycle, enabling consistent, version-controlled deployments across environments.
• Contribute to technical roadmaps, budgeting forecasts, and capacity planning processes.
• Document architectural decisions, cloud resource inventories, and runbooks for critical platform services.
• Champion cloud-native best practices, DevSecOps principles, and efficient operational processes.

Benefits

• Competitive Wages & Paid Time Off
• Stock Purchase Plan & 401k with Employer Contributions Starting Day One
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance with Optional Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Team Member Health/Wellbeing Programs
• Tuition Educational Assistance Programs
• Opportunities for Career Growth

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees