Principal Platform Engineer

Principal Platform Engineer | Direct Hire Permanent
Location: Remote
Salary: $250,000-$300,000 Base + Bonus Potential
For immediate and confidential consideration, please send a message to MEREDITH CARLE on LinkedIn or send an email to me with your resume. My email can be found on my LinkedIn page.
Build the Engineering Platform That Powers Scale, Security, and AI Innovation
We are seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to lead the architecture, automation, and standardization of a modern cloud platform supporting enterprise-scale software delivery, cloud operations, and emerging AI capabilities.
This is a newly created, high-impact leadership role for a hands-on platform engineering expert who thrives at the intersection of cloud architecture, DevSecOps, developer experience, automation, and reliability engineering. You'll help define how engineering teams build, deploy, secure, and operate software across the organization.
What You'll Own
• Define and execute a platform engineering strategy that improves developer productivity, consistency, and operational resilience
• Architect and scale enterprise-grade CI/CD platforms that accelerate delivery while reducing operational risk
• Design and implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform with reusable, standardized modules
• Embed security throughout the engineering lifecycle through automated guardrails, policy-as-code, secrets management, and governance controls
• Advance deployment automation, progressive delivery practices, and rapid recovery capabilities
• Build observability strategies across distributed applications, microservices, and cloud-native environments
• Strengthen AWS cloud operations through improved IAM, networking, governance, and runtime visibility
• Establish engineering standards and platform best practices across multiple development teams and external partners
What You'll Bring
• 10+ years of Platform Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or Site Reliability Engineering experience
• Proven success operating and scaling complex production CI/CD ecosystems
• Deep hands-on expertise with Terraform and modern Infrastructure as Code practices
• Strong background in DevSecOps, security automation, compliance, policy enforcement, and vulnerability management
• Experience implementing observability, monitoring, logging, and operational excellence across distributed systems
• Advanced knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, IAM, networking, cloud architecture, and platform operations
• Strong understanding of software delivery, developer tooling, release management, and operational metrics such as reliability and MTTR
• Ability to influence technical direction, establish enterprise standards, and communicate effectively with engineering leadership and executive stakeholders
Why This Opportunity
• Strategic new role with significant influence on platform and engineering strategy
• Opportunity to build and mature a modern, AI-ready cloud platform
• Highly visible position partnering with senior engineering and business leaders
• Blend of architecture, hands-on engineering, and enterprise-wide technical leadership
• Direct impact on scalability, security, developer experience, and operational excellence
• Remote opportunity with exceptional compensation and bonus potential
If you're a platform engineering leader who enjoys building standardized, scalable, and secure cloud environments while shaping the future of engineering delivery, we'd love to connect.
Amazon Web Services (AWS), DevOps, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, Devops Automation, Devops Engineering, SecDevOps, Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CICD), AWS IAM, AWS Secrets Manager, Governance, Microservices
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