Principal Cloud Engineer

As a Principal Cloud Engineer, you combine deep technical expertise with strategic vision and leadership. You will own the architecture, automation, and operational excellence of large-scale, mission-critical healthcare workloads-guiding cross-functional teams and mentoring engineers while collaborating with product, security, and executive stakeholders., * Architect & Lead

• Design end-to-end cloud architectures (network, compute, storage, security) for InterSystems IRIS-based solutions, ensuring scalability, resiliency, performance, and compliance.
• Establish technical roadmaps and standards for infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, observability, and security across multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Serve as the technical authority in design reviews, threat modeling, DR planning, and performance tuning.

• Automate & Operate

• Build, deploy, orchestrate, and automate application and infrastructure packages using Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager, and Kubernetes-based tooling.
• Champion Git-centric workflows and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab preferred) to enable safe, repeatable releases.
• Drive rigorous monitoring, logging, and incident-response practices leveraging CloudWatch, Prometheus, Coralogix, Lacework, PagerDuty, or equivalent.

• Mentor & Influence

• Coach and develop senior and junior engineers; foster a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and psychological safety.
• Partner with product owners and customer executives to translate complex requirements into robust cloud solutions.
• Lead post-incident reviews and capacity-planning sessions, ensuring lessons learned feed directly into architecture and process refinements.

• Innovate & Evangelize

• Evaluate emerging technologies (serverless, service mesh, confidential computing, AI-for-Ops) and drive adoption where they add measurable value.
• Represent InterSystems at industry events and customer briefings, articulating the technical vision and ROI of our cloud-first strategy.

• 10 + years managing production healthcare or regulated-industry environments, including application support, code deployment, and 24×7 operations.
• Advanced Linux administration (Red Hat or Ubuntu); strong scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Demonstrated success leading architecture and incident-management efforts for high-availability, multi-AZ/region deployments.
• Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and navigate competing priorities.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience., * Professional-level cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect - Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Architect).
• Mastery of configuration-management and IaC (Terraform Enterprise, Ansible Tower, Puppet, Chef).
• Production experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes, EKS, AKS) and service-mesh or serverless architectures.
• Solid understanding of Zero-Trust security principles, DevSecOps pipelines, and compliance frameworks (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, ISO 27001).
• Expertise in TCP/IP networking, VPN & Direct Connect, load balancing, storage performance, and Linux kernel internals.
• Experience driving large-scale cost-optimization and FinOps initiatives in cloud environments.
• Deep expertise in clinical data integration and interoperability (HL7 V2.x, C-CDA, FHIR, IHE profiles).

InterSystems is providing a current good faith estimate of the anticipated base salary range for this position depending on a variety of factors including experience, education, skills, and performance.

Other compensation may include a discretionary annual variable target incentive.

The company also provides generous employee benefits including:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
• 401(k) Profit Sharing Contribution
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Tuition reimbursement

The estimated base compensation range for this role is:

$140,000 - $173,000 USD

InterSystems Cloud Development initiatives enable healthcare organizations to revolutionize their operations through innovative, cloud-based technology solutions. Our team thrives on integrating cutting-edge InterSystems technologies with leading public-cloud services to solve complex, high-impact problems. In a dynamic environment driven by constant innovation, we excel through creative thinking, exceptional problem-solving, teamwork, and an unwavering commitment to excellence. Every team member plays a critical role in our customers' success, grounded in mutual trust and accountability. At InterSystems, we embrace change and challenge as catalysts for growth., InterSystems, a creative data technology provider, delivers a unified foundation for next-generation applications for healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and supply chain customers in more than 80 countries. Our data platforms solve interoperability, speed, and scalability problems for large organizations around the globe to unlock the power of data and allow people to perceive data in imaginative ways. Established in 1978, InterSystems is committed to excellence through its 24×7 support for customers and partners around the world. Privately held and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, InterSystems has 38 offices in 28 countries worldwide. For more information, please visit InterSystems.com.