Principal Cloud Engineer, Storage

T. Rowe Price

. Lead the architecture, design, and evolution of cloud storage platforms supporting CloudNext and data center exit objectives .

Posted 10/2/2026full-timeOwings Mills • Maryland • United StatesLead💰 $175,000 - $299,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and implementing cloud storage solutions, with a focus on automation, performance engineering, and data protection. Proven ability to lead complex migrations and mentor teams while influencing architectural decisions across enterprise environments.

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Cloud Storage ArchitectureNetApp ExpertiseAWS Storage ServicesInfrastructure AutomationPerformance Engineering

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Hard Skills

Cloud Storage DesignData ProtectionCapacity PlanningLifecycle ManagementStorage MigrationPerformance EngineeringBackup and RecoveryFile and Block ServicesInfrastructure-as-CodeScripting

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsMentoringInfluencing Teams

Tools & Technologies

TerraformCloudFormationAnsibleGitAWS EFSAWS EBSAWS S3AWS BackupNetApp ONTAPNasuni

Industry Keywords

Cloud InfrastructureEnterprise StorageData Center ExitAgile DeliveryOperational Support

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSCloudTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the architecture, design, and evolution of cloud storage platforms supporting CloudNext and data center exit objectives
Define enterprise storage patterns across NetApp, Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, Nasuni, Amazon EFS, Amazon EBS, Amazon S3, and backup services
Engineer secure, scalable, highly available, and resilient storage solutions for enterprise workloads
Own technical standards for performance, capacity, availability, recoverability, data protection, lifecycle management, and cost efficiency
Design and implement automation for provisioning, configuration, policy enforcement, monitoring, and operational support using infrastructure-as-code and Git-based workflows
Create reusable modules, reference architectures, guardrails, and self-service patterns
Lead workload discovery, storage assessment, migration planning, data movement, cutover, validation, and decommissioning
Partner with application and platform teams to select appropriate storage services
Embed monitoring, logging, alerting, capacity management, and performance analytics
Serve as escalation point for complex storage incidents and performance issues, leading root-cause analysis and remediation
Assess dependencies across networking, identity and access, encryption, backup, operational tooling, and regulatory controls
Guide transition from on-premises storage to cloud storage platforms while mentoring and upskilling storage engineers
Influence roadmaps and investment decisions for cloud and on-premises storage technologies
Participate in Agile delivery, contributing to epics and stories, tracking work, and supporting planned releases

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
Typically 10+ years of experience designing, engineering, and operating enterprise storage or cloud infrastructure with senior-level impact
Deep hands-on expertise with NetApp and Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
Strong knowledge of Nasuni and AWS native storage services such as Amazon EFS, Amazon EBS, Amazon S3, and AWS Backup
Expert knowledge of storage architecture, file and block services, data protection, replication, backup and recovery, performance engineering, capacity planning, and lifecycle management
Experience designing storage solutions for highly available, resilient, secure, and large-scale enterprise workloads
Strong infrastructure automation experience using Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, scripting, APIs, and Git-based delivery workflows
Working knowledge of AWS networking, identity and access management, encryption, monitoring, logging, and security controls
Proven ability to lead complex storage migrations and resolve performance, availability, and integration challenges across infrastructure and application layers
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to influence architecture decisions and explain tradeoffs to technical and business stakeholders
Experience mentoring engineers and influencing teams without formal line management
Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States
FINRA licenses are not required and will not be supported for this role

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation
Annual bonus eligibility
A generous retirement plan
Hybrid work schedule
Health and wellness benefits, including online therapy
Paid time off for vacation, illness, medical appointments, and volunteering days
Family care resources, including fertility and adoption benefits
Flexible work arrangements, with up to three days per week from home