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# Principal Cloud Engineer

- **Company:** Motion Recruitment Partners LLC.
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Linux, Distributed Systems, Domain Name System (DNS), Ansible, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Terraform, Microservices
- **Published:** July 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/9f62954d-bbc9-45cb-a34e-fb829c5508ec

## About the Role

* 8+ years of software or cloud engineering experience
 * Strong AWS experience across compute, networking, storage, security, and observability
 * Expertise with Kubernetes and container technologies
 * Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or other infrastructure automation tools
 * Experience building distributed systems and microservices
 * Strong understanding of CI/CD practices and automation

Desired Skills & Experience

 * Java and Spring development experience
 * Experience supporting production environments at scale
 * Knowledge of networking, DNS, HTTP, TLS, and Linux systems
 * FinTech, payments, or banking experience
 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field



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