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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Cloud Engineer - **Company:** Bloom Energy - **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $155,800.0 - $224,200.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Border Gateway Protocol, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Information Systems, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Github, Monitoring of Systems, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Network Architecture, Routing, Octopus Deploy, Performance Tuning, Windows PowerShell, Site Reliability Engineering Practices, Prometheus, Runbook, Datadog, Policy as Code, Google Cloud, Enterprise Software Applications, Cloud Platform System, Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, Software Troubleshooting, Multi-Cloud, Firewalls (Computer Science), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Gitlab, Cloudformation, Git Flow, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Data Management, Machine Learning Operations, Cloud Optimization, Cloudwatch, Terraform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Jenkins - **Published:** August 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=2f5e87a87a55a9fd ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field. Master's degree preferred. * At least 10 years of experience in cloud, infrastructure, platform engineering, or DevOps , including 3 or more years in a senior, staff, principal, or technical leadership role . * Deep hands-on expertise in AWS cloud services , cloud architecture , cloud networking , security , resiliency , and production operations . * Experience with Azure , Google Cloud , Oracle Cloud , or multi-cloud environments is strongly preferred. * Proven experience designing and operating mission-critical production environments supporting enterprise applications and services. * Strong experience in cloud networking and network architecture, including VPC , Transit Gateway , Cloud WAN , Direct Connect , firewalls , routing , and BGP . * Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools , including Terraform and CloudFormation . * Experience with CI/CD and DevOps platforms such as Jenkins , GitLab , GitHub Actions , ArgoCD , or similar tools. * Experience with Kubernetes , containers , and modern platform engineering patterns. * Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Prometheus , Grafana , Datadog , ELK , CloudWatch , or similar technologies. * Strong scripting and automation skills using Python , Bash , PowerShell , or similar languages. * Strong understanding of IAM , cloud security , compliance controls , encryption , resiliency engineering , and operational governance . * Experience implementing SRE practices , incident management , runbooks , operational reviews , and reliability improvement programs . * Strong troubleshooting , analytical , problem-solving , and communication skills . * Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale, cross-functional technical initiatives from strategy through execution. Nice to have Skills * Experience supporting high-availability SaaS , AI/ML , manufacturing , energy , industrial technology , or large-scale enterprise environments. * Experience with FinOps , cloud cost optimization , tagging governance , chargeback/showback , and multi-cloud cost management . * Experience with AI/ML infrastructure , GPU workloads , data platforms , or large-scale analytics environments. * Experience developing reusable cloud platform modules , golden patterns , landing zones , or internal developer platforms . * Experience with cloud governance , compliance automation , security guardrails , and policy-as-code . * Cloud or platform certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional , AWS DevOps Professional , Kubernetes certifications , Terraform certification , or related credentials. ## Description We are looking for a Sr. Staff Cloud Engineer to join our Cloud Engineering and Infrastructure team in one of today's most important technology areas. This role will be responsible for designing, building, automating, and operating scalable cloud and hybrid infrastructure supporting enterprise applications, production workloads, AI/data platforms, and modern DevOps ecosystems. This role will report to Cloud Engineering leadership and will be based in San Jose, CA . Role and Responsibilities * Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud and hybrid infrastructure supporting enterprise applications, production workloads, AI/data platforms, and CI/CD ecosystems. * Architect highly available, resilient, secure, and cost-optimized solutions across cloud platforms, with deep focus on AWS. * Lead adoption and operationalization of Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, and related automation frameworks. * Develop cloud platform standards, reusable infrastructure modules, engineering patterns, and best practices to improve consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency. * Build and mature observability capabilities using metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, and automated alerting to improve operational visibility and incident response. * Drive adoption of SRE practices including service level objectives, error budgets, incident management, operational reviews, capacity planning, and reliability improvement. * Lead production readiness reviews, root cause analysis, performance optimization, resiliency planning, and operational risk assessments for critical systems. * Design, build, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps, automation, and GitOps practices. * Integrate security, compliance, and operational controls into infrastructure provisioning and deployment workflows. * Implement automated remediation, rollback, guardrails, and self-healing infrastructure patterns to improve reliability and reduce operational risk. * Establish and enforce operational standards for monitoring, patching, change management, disaster recovery, and production support. * Partner closely with Security, Compliance, Infrastructure, Application, and Engineering teams to align cloud platforms with enterprise security, hardening, governance, and regulatory requirements. * Evaluate emerging cloud, automation, AI/ML infrastructure, and platform engineering capabilities to support Bloom Energy's modernization and scalability goals. * Mentor cloud, DevOps, and infrastructure engineers while promoting engineering excellence, ownership, documentation, and continuous improvement. * Participate in on-call rotations and incident escalation processes for critical production systems. ## Related Videos - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Modern DevOps for IoT Devices and More](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1805-wearedevelopers-live-modern-devops-for-iot-devices-and-more) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [We adopted DevOps and are Cloud-native, Now What?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/485-we-adopted-devops-and-are-cloud-native-now-what) - [Enabling automated 1-click customer deployments with built-in quality and security](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/83-enabling-automated-1-click-customer-deployments-with-built-in-quality-and-security) ## Related Articles - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Got AI ideas but no money? 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