Principal System Engineer
Core
Design, build, and maintain highly available distributed systems and infrastructure in a regulated banking environment, ensuring platform reliability, security, and compliance.
Role type
Principal System Engineer (Cloud Native & SRE)
Builds
Self-managed Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD pipelines, and resilient distributed architectures on Azure
Domain
Banking / Cloud Native Infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes (self-managed), Azure, Linux systems administration, Istio Service Mesh, Java/Spring Boot, PKI, Observability (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry), Terraform, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Helm, Chaos Engineering, Incident Management
Preferred skills
Advanced network routing/troubleshooting, JVM memory tuning, GitOps practices, Security audit navigation
Technologies
Kubernetes, Azure, Istio, Java, Spring Boot, Terraform, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Loki, ELK, Envoy
Responsibilities
Design and operate self-managed Kubernetes clusters with advanced resilience patterns; manage P0/P1 incidents and conduct Root Cause Analysis; build and secure CI/CD pipelines using GitOps; implement enterprise security controls and compliance measures; mentor engineering teams and conduct architecture reviews.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership