Principal Cloud Engineer
ACI Worldwide2 months ago
Pune, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define cloud architecture, technical strategy, and engineering standards across enterprise platforms.
- Design and implement scalable, secure, highly available AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure, including Amazon EKS environments.
- Drive Infrastructure as Code, platform engineering, automation, CI/CD, and pipeline-driven infrastructure delivery.
- Lead cloud governance, security, compliance automation, operational excellence, and continuous compliance initiatives.
- Provide technical leadership and escalation support across engineering teams while mentoring engineers.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Infrastructure, and Security teams to align technology investments with business objectives.
- Evaluate and integrate AI/ML capabilities, AI-powered cloud services, and AI-assisted engineering tools into cloud operations.
- Drive enterprise cloud modernization, cost optimization, reliability, and responsible AI practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 12+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering.
- Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale cloud infrastructure solutions and leading cloud transformation initiatives.
- Expert-level experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, cloud-native infrastructure, and Infrastructure as Code.
- Deep expertise with Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, or equivalent technologies.
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, platform automation, containerization, cloud operations, networking, security, compliance, reliability, and governance.
- Experience with AI/ML capabilities, Generative AI, Large Language Models, AI agents, AI-powered cloud services, and responsible AI practices.
- Ability to influence technical direction, make architectural decisions, mentor engineering teams, and communicate effectively with stakeholders.
- Experience in payments, financial services, FinTech, or other regulated industries is preferred.
- Advanced AWS, Kubernetes, or cloud platform certifications; enterprise cloud transformation, FinOps, cloud cost optimization, continuous compliance, Windows administration, or industry thought leadership experience are preferred.
Benefits
- Opportunities for growth and career development.
- Competitive compensation and benefits package.
- Innovative and collaborative work environment.
- The role is based in Pune.
About ACI Worldwide
ACI Worldwide builds payment processing and fraud prevention software for banks, merchants, and billers, delivered as on-premise and cloud services. Its portfolio spans real-time payments, card and merchant acquiring, bill payment, and risk management. Founded in 1975 and publicly traded on NASDAQ (ACIW), the company is headquartered in Elkhorn, Nebraska and serves financial institutions and retailers globally.