Principal Engineer – Cloud

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. Define and lead cloud engineering strategy, reference architectures, and technical standards for AWS infrastructure and platform capabilities .

Posted 10/22/2026full-timeUnited StatesLead💰 $173,000 - $276,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in defining and leading cloud engineering strategies, particularly with AWS services, while ensuring compliance with security and regulatory standards. Capable of architecting scalable, resilient cloud-native solutions and mentoring technical teams to enhance operational readiness and efficiency.

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AWS Cloud EngineeringInfrastructure As Code Using TerraformCloud Security PracticesCI/CD ImplementationKubernetes Expertise

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Hard Skills

AWS Services (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, EKS, IAM, VPC, KMS)Infrastructure EngineeringPlatform EngineeringDevOps PracticesDistributed Systems DesignObservability SolutionsCloud Vulnerability ManagementDisaster Recovery StrategiesTechnical DocumentationRoot Cause Analysis

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsCustomer ResponsivenessAttention To DetailAbility To PrioritizeInfluencing Without Authority

Tools & Technologies

TerraformCI/CD ToolsMonitoring PlatformsLinux EnvironmentsContainer Platforms

Certifications & Qualifications

AWS CertificationsMaster's Degree Preferred

Industry Keywords

PCI-DSSSOC 2FFIECFinTechBankingPaymentsRegulated-Environment Experience

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsEC2KubernetesLinuxTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and lead cloud engineering strategy, reference architectures, and technical standards for AWS infrastructure and platform capabilities
Lead design of scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-optimized cloud-native solutions using AWS services including EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, EKS, IAM, VPC, and KMS
Solve complex infrastructure and platform problems spanning multiple systems, teams, and technology layers
Lead root cause analysis for significant incidents and drive durable corrective actions
Establish enterprise patterns for infrastructure as code, automation, and CI/CD
Partner with Security, Risk, and Compliance teams on cloud controls and regulatory requirements
Provide technical leadership for internal and external audits and improve audit readiness
Architect disaster recovery, high availability, backup, and fault-tolerant strategies and validate them through testing
Define and enforce cloud security practices for identity, networking, encryption, key management, secrets, and workload configuration
Drive cloud vulnerability management, remediation, patching, and hardening strategies
Establish observability standards for logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards, and alerting
Influence technical roadmaps, sequencing, and investment decisions across engineering teams
Advise engineering leaders and senior stakeholders on cloud architecture, risk, tradeoffs, and technical direction
Produce technical documentation, standards, architecture artifacts, and guidance
Mentor engineers and technical leaders
Support risk management and protection of systems and data integrity and confidentiality

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience/portfolio
Typically 15 years of experience or demonstrated portfolio in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or related technical roles
Typically 5 years of experience or demonstrated portfolio designing and operating AWS solutions at enterprise scale
Deep expertise in AWS core services including compute, storage, networking, identity, container orchestration, and managed data services
Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, container platforms, Linux environments, and distributed systems design
Experience leading architecture and technical direction for large-scale, business-critical cloud platforms or migrations
Ability to influence engineers, architects, and leaders across multiple teams without direct authority
Experience establishing and scaling infrastructure as code practices using Terraform and related automation tooling
Knowledge of CI/CD, testing, secure engineering, operational readiness, and software delivery lifecycle disciplines
Experience implementing and governing security and compliance controls aligned with PCI-DSS, SOC 2, or FFIEC
Experience designing and operationalizing observability solutions for complex, high-availability transactional environments
Strong judgment evaluating reliability, security, cost, speed, and maintainability tradeoffs
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Customer responsiveness, documentation skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize in ambiguous environments
Background and drug screen required
Independently possess eligibility to work in the United States for any employer at date of hire
Position is ineligible for employment visa sponsorship
Preferred: Master’s degree, current AWS or other cloud certifications, regulated-environment cloud migration experience, policy-as-code and governance experience, monitoring platforms experience, container/workload security experience, programming or scripting experience, ACH/EFT and RTP/FedNow knowledge, and FinTech, banking, payments, or regulated-industry experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

Discretionary incentive plan
Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans
Company contributions to Health Savings Account (HSA)
Flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health, and dependent care expenses
401(k) Retirement Plan with 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility
Flexible Time Off for exempt salaried employees
Generous PTO for non-exempt hourly employees
11 paid company holidays
Paid volunteer day
12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Maven Family Planning support including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work