Principal - Cloud Foundations Engineer

Tasks

As a Cloud Foundations Engineer, you will work across multiple teams to ensure that our cloud environments follow best practices for security, scalability, automation, and cost optimization, while enabling self-service provisioning by application teams.

• Platform Engineering: Design, implementation, and maintenance of enterprise landing zones and shared cloud services.
• Infrastructure as code & automation: Development and maintenance of reusable IaC modules (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, or Pulumi).
• Security, Governance & Compliance: Implementation of identity and access management (IAM) according to best practices.
• Network & Connectivity: Design and support of VPC/VNet architectures, routing, firewalls, VPNs, and interconnections.
• Observability & cost optimization: Provision of monitoring, logging, and auditing tools across the environment.
• Collaboration & Enablement: Partner with application, DevOps, and security teams to ensure smooth cloud adoption.

Requirements

• 15+ years of total experience in technology infrastructure.
• 10+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure, or platform operations.
• Technical skills:
  • Deep expertise in at least one major cloud provider (Azure and AWS).
  • Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - Terraform, CloudFormation.
  • Practical knowledge of network concepts (VPCs, DNS, firewalls, load balancing, hybrid connectivity).
  • Experience with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.).
  • Familiarity with cloud security policies and compliance frameworks.
  • Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Soft skills:
  • Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Excellent communication, mentorship, and ability to influence cross-functional teams.
  • Proven ability to lead technically without direct authority.

We offer

• Movement within the organization is encouraged, leaders are accessible, and you can be proud to work for a company that is committed to supporting the communities we serve.
• A workplace with a greater purpose.

Preferred skills (nice to have)

• Experience working with operating platforms in regulated corporate environments.
• Experience with multi-cloud environments.
• Familiarity with containers (Kubernetes), serverless (EKS, AKS, GKE).
• Proficiency in security tools (SEIM, Azure Sentinel).
• Knowledge of service mesh, APM gateways, or service platforms.
• Background in FinOps (cloud cost optimization) practices.

success criteria

• Stable