Principal Cloud Engineer
CLEAResult1 day ago
Remote, United States or Austin, TX, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$110k - $165k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and govern enterprise cloud platforms, services, architecture patterns, security controls, automation standards, and governance processes.
- Lead cloud migration, modernization, infrastructure transformation, resiliency, disaster recovery, backup, and recovery initiatives.
- Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation for up to 50% of the year and respond to complex infrastructure, security, networking, identity, and cloud platform incidents.
- Serve as a Tier 2 and Tier 3 escalation point and lead resolution of major incidents involving cloud services, identity platforms, virtualization, networking, business continuity, and enterprise applications.
- Perform root-cause analysis and implement long-term corrective and preventive actions.
- Advise stakeholders on cloud architecture, security, compliance, platform capabilities, operational risk, identity management, networking, and infrastructure security.
- Establish operational procedures, standards, technical documentation, monitoring, observability, and alerting practices.
- Act as a technical lead and mentor for Cloud Engineers, Systems Engineers, and Infrastructure Engineers.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to enterprise platforms and operational efficiency.
Requirements
- 7-9 years of relevant infrastructure, cloud engineering, systems engineering, or platform administration experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Advanced to expert knowledge of Microsoft Azure and AWS infrastructure and platform engineering, cloud architecture, governance, and operational best practices.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Windows and Linux server administration, PowerShell, infrastructure automation, and CI/CD pipeline support.
- Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, SSO, MFA, Conditional Access, identity governance, cloud storage, backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions.
- Knowledge of monitoring, logging, observability, alerting, security hardening, vulnerability management, cloud security controls, Kubernetes, and Azure Kubernetes Service.
- Moderate knowledge of application architecture, cloud-native development patterns, data platforms, analytics services, FinOps, cloud cost optimization, Zero Trust security, and regulatory compliance.
- Ability to lead technical strategy, influence enterprise standards, troubleshoot complex systems, resolve major incidents, and mentor engineering teams.
- Successful hires must pass pre-employment checks and meet applicable DOT requirements if applicable.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including a company-paid health care concierge service.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Paid vacation, sick, personal, parental, and volunteer leave.
- Employee Recognition Program with gift-card redemption.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Access to on-demand training courses.
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the country where the position is located without employer sponsorship or support.
About CLEAResult
CLEAResult designs and runs energy-efficiency, demand response, and decarbonization programs for electric and gas utilities, governments, and large enterprises across North America. Its revenue comes from multi-year services contracts to deliver audits, retrocommissioning, market transformation initiatives, and incentive programs, often under utility sponsorship. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, CLEAResult is privately held and majority owned by Kohlberg & Company.