Principal Cloud Engineer (Azure Devops)

Role Overview

The Principal Cloud Engineer plays a key role in designing, implementing, and operating cloud platform capabilities that support reliable, secure, and efficient software delivery at scale. This role requires strong technical depth, a high degree of ownership, and the ability to influence platform direction while partnering closely with application teams and cross-functional stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud platform solutions.
• Own and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and infrastructure-as-code to enable consistent and reliable delivery.
• Drive operational excellence through proactive monitoring, alerting, incident response, and continuous reliability improvements.
• Lead analysis and resolution of complex platform and production issues, including participating in on-call and after-hours support when required.
• Contribute to architectural decisions related to cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and system reliability.
• Partner with application, security, and compliance teams to establish and enforce platform standards and best practices.
• Identify and address technical debt, operational risks, and scalability concerns within the platform.
• Mentor and support other engineers by sharing knowledge, reviewing designs and code, and promoting DevOps best practices.
• Continuously assess and improve platform tooling, performance, cost efficiency, and security posture.
• Document platform architecture, operational procedures, and standards to support consistency and knowledge sharing.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ yrs of hands-on experience with CI/CD tooling, automation, and deployment strategies.
• Solid understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with observability, monitoring, and incident management practices.
• Strong scripting or programming skills (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar).
• Demonstrated ability to operate production systems with reliability and security in mind.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing shared platform services or internal developer platforms.
• Familiarity with security best practices, identity management, and compliance controls in cloud environments.
• Experience optimizing cloud cost, performance, and resource utilization.