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# Cloud Engineer Principal

- **Company:** Pathward, National Association
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $104,000.0 - $174,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Application Performance Management, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, User Environment Management, Cloud Platform System, Data Analytics, Programming Languages, Microservices
- **Published:** August 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18041668?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18041668%2FCloud-Engineer-Principal

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and work experience. Master's degree preferred.
 * Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a bachelor's or equivalent.
 * The ability to address technical issues inside a complex stack involving visualization, containers, microservices, etc.
 * An understanding of software development, engineering, programming languages, and tools.
 * Strong collaborative skills and mindset, with ability to work cross-functionally.
 * Excellent communication skills including verbal, written, and presentation with the ability to convey information to IT and non-IT audiences.

## Description

Assesses the technology infrastructure to include Platform, Data & Analytics, Development, End User Computing, and explore options for moving to the cloud. Oversees the process and procedures and strategies to migrate and maintain the company's cloud computing environment.

What You Will Do:

 * Creates a well-informed cloud strategy and manages the adaption process.
 * Designs, plans, manages, maintains, and supports, and any other technological duties associated with the organization's cloud computing environment.
 * Monitors the consumption of cloud resources, requests fulfillment turnaround, application performance, and systems security posture and evaluate cloud applications, hardware, and software as needed.
 * Designs technical solutions on public cloud environments such as Azure or AWS, creating functional design specifications, reference architectures, and other technical specifications
 * Works cross-functionally with multiple teams to analyze cloud service provider SLAs, KRI, and KPI metrics. Collaborates with Engineering teams to enable their applications to run on applicable Cloud Platform. Works closely with IT security to monitor the company's cloud privacy.
 * Other duties as assigned.


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