Senior Principal Cloud Engineer

The Senior Principal Cloud Engineer serves as a senior hands-on technical leader responsible for designing, building, and modernizing secure, scalable cloud platforms and mission-critical systems. This role combines deep cloud engineering expertise with practical delivery ownership, working directly in architecture, automation, implementation, and optimization of cloud-native solutions. The Senior Principal Cloud Engineer leads by building-developing reference architectures, infrastructure-as-code patterns, deployment pipelines, operational tooling, and production-ready solutions that enable customers to achieve mission and business objectives., * Lead the hands-on design, build, and delivery of secure, scalable, and resilient cloud solutions across AWS and related cloud-native platforms.

• Develop production-ready reference architectures, infrastructure-as-code modules, automation patterns, CI/CD pipelines, and reusable engineering assets that accelerate delivery and improve quality.
• Translate customer mission needs, technical requirements, and operational constraints into working cloud architectures and implementable engineering plans.
• Serve as the senior technical owner for complex cloud migration, modernization, and optimization initiatives, actively contributing to architecture, implementation, troubleshooting, and release readiness.
• Guide engineering teams through the development of cloud-native applications, containerized workloads, serverless solutions, platform services, and DevSecOps practices.
• Design and implement automation for provisioning, configuration, deployment, monitoring, security controls, and operational recovery.
• Evaluate and make architectural decisions on cloud services, application patterns, data flows, integration approaches, security models, and operational tradeoffs.
• Partner directly with developers, architects, security engineers, program leaders, and customer stakeholders to resolve technical blockers and keep delivery moving.
• Perform hands-on technical reviews of designs, code, pipelines, infrastructure definitions, deployment patterns, and operational runbooks to ensure engineering excellence.
• Drive improvements in reliability, scalability, performance, cost optimization, observability, and security posture across cloud environments.
• Mentor senior engineers and technical leads through complex design and implementation challenges while raising the organization’s cloud engineering standards.
• Support solution shaping, technical capture, and growth activities by contributing practical architecture, implementation strategies, estimates, and delivery approaches.

The ideal candidate is a Senior Principal-level builder who can move fluently from whiteboard architecture to working implementation. This individual provides technical direction while actively contributing to solution design, cloud migration, platform engineering, automation, application modernization, and production problem solving. They are comfortable engaging executives and stakeholders, but their primary value comes from hands-on engineering leadership, sound architectural judgment, and the ability to mentor teams through complex cloud delivery challenges., * Active Top-Secret Security Clearance with SCI eligibility

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience managing complex technical projects, programs, or enterprise technology initiatives.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience leading AWS cloud migration and optimization efforts.
• Active AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional certification, or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire.
• Demonstrated experience leading multiple simultaneous software development programs, technology modernization efforts, or enterprise initiatives.
• Preferred experience with developing solutions using Python or similar programming languages
• Experience deploying and managing container-based applications using Kubernetes and serverless technologies
• Experience with software development tools, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, and CI/CD processes and pipelines
• Proven ability to balance technical leadership with sound business judgment to drive customer-focused decisions.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience engaging with senior executives, customer leadership, and technical teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities., * Advanced degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• PMP, PgMP, Agile, Scrum, or similar project management certifications.
• Experience supporting federal government, defense, or regulated-industry customers.
• Experience with enterprise-scale digital transformation and modernization initiatives.

Core Competencies

• Executive Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Cloud Migration & Optimization (AWS)
• Complex Project & Program Management
• Technology Modernization
• Customer Advisory Services
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Risk Management
• Business Acumen
• Technical Decision-Making
• Organizational Leadership
• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Pulled from the full job description

• 401(k) 4% Match
• Pet insurance
• AD&D insurance
• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance, * Medical - 100% company paid premiums for employees with dependent options.
• Dental and Vision
• Retirement Savings (401k) up to 4% match
• Health Savings Account (HSA), FSA and DCFSA
• Company-paid Short/Long-term disability (w/ additional supplemental options)
• Company-paid Life and AD&D (w/ additional supplemental options)
• Generous Paid Time Off and ALL 11 Federal Holidays
• Legal and Identity Protection Services
• Bonuses for certifications and reimbursement

Employee Perks:

• UberOne, Company Outings (Sporting events, Happy Hours, etc.), Discounts on services including Pet Insurance

E-INFOSOL is a Service Disabled and Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. We specialize in building modern and tailored solutions to support our customers’ mission. As a mission-first organization, we deliver Subject Matter Expertise (SME) in cloud computing, virtualization, cyber security, software development and data services. We support the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, Federal Law Enforcement, Civilian Agencies and the Private Sector.

Through strategic partnerships with top industry players such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Broadcom, Microsoft and Cisco, E-INFOSOL provide an array of IT products and solutions. Combined with our industry expertise, we deliver in-depth knowledge on Government requirements and fully understand NIST and DoD security requirements. Our expertise in the latest technologies combined with our understanding of infrastructure needs and security requirements provides the best combination for achieving innovative and secure environments for Government Agencies and Private Sector.

Career Growth

“Putting People First, Achieving our Mission Together”. E-INFOSOL is a people-first organization focusing on a positive employee culture that inspires creativity and innovation in support of our customers. With opportunities such as reimbursement and bonuses based on completion of certifications, we invest in our employees’ career growth.