Principal - Cloud Foundation Engineer
Core
Design, build, and maintain core cloud infrastructure, landing zones, and shared services to enable secure, reliable, and efficient cloud operations for development and business teams.
Role type
Principal Cloud Foundation Engineer
Builds
Enterprise landing zones, shared cloud services, IaC modules, CI/CD pipelines, and operational guardrails.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineering
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Cloud platform engineering, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Networking (VPC, firewalls, hybrid connectivity), CI/CD pipeline development, Cloud security & compliance, Scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell), Cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
Multi-cloud operations, Kubernetes orchestration, Service mesh/API Gateways, FinOps practices, Cloud architecture certifications
Technologies
AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, Pulumi, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Python, Bash, PowerShell
Responsibilities
Design and implement enterprise landing zones and shared cloud services; Manage account/subscription structures across cloud providers; Build and enforce secure-by-default infrastructure patterns; Develop reusable IaC modules and CI/CD pipelines; Implement IAM best practices and governance guardrails; Design VPC/VNet architectures and hybrid connectivity solutions; Deploy monitoring, logging, and auditing tools; Partner with application and DevOps teams to enable self-service adoption.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic influence
