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# Principal Cloud Engineer

- **Company:** Plain Concepts
- **Location:** Murcia, Spain (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Cisco Nexus Switches, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Software Architecture, Search Technologies, Web Platforms, Cloud Platform System, System Availability, Large Language Models, Atlassian Tools, Machine Learning Operations, Terraform, Devsecops, Serverless Computing
- **Published:** September 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.buscojobs.com.es/principal-cloud-engineer-en-murcia-ID-372765929

## About the Role

Requisitos principales8+ years in Cloud/Platform Engineering
Strong Azure production experience
Ability to engage with clients and tailor technical proposals
Experience in technical presales, demos, solutioning and proposals
Experience leading projects independently and mentoring engineers
Proven experience designing IaaS, PaaS and cloud-native architectures
Knowledge of networking, security and governance in cloud
Experience with Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines) or similar CI/CD
Strong background in Terraform
Experience monitoring and operating high-traffic production web platforms
Familiarity with AI/ML or LLM-based production environments
Comfort with Agile, Jira and Confluence
Fluent English
Client-facing communication
Mentoring and leadership
Proactive mindset
Microsoft Azure (production)
Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines)
Terraform (IaC)

## Description

OverviewIn this role you will architect, evolve and scale cloud-native and AI-driven platforms on Azure, ensuring security, resilience and production-readiness.You will own architectural decisions, collaborate with product and AI teams, and drive continuous improvement across cloud infrastructure.The position offers global impact, agile culture, and opportunities to lead mentoring and shape reusable assets.This is a hands-on leadership role at the nexus of cloud, AI, and customer-focused delivery.Compensaciones / BeneficiosFlexible schedule 35 Hours / WeekFully remote work (optional)Flexible compensation (food, transport, childcare)Free health insurance with dental co-paymentTraining budget and Microsoft certificationsEnglish lessons availableResponsabilidadesDesign and lead cloud architectures on Azure (networking, security, governance, IaaS, PaaS, serverless)Ensure technical quality of proposals, RFP responses and solution definitionsOwn the shared knowledge strategy and publish best practices and documentationLead the mentoring framework within the Chapter and coach engineersIdentify strong technical talent aligned with the disciplineIdentify trends and validate new services, accelerators and reusable assetsOwn infrastructure of AI-powered platforms (RAG, document ingestion, vector search, LLM integrations)Build and evolve CI/CD pipelines for apps and infrastructure (DevSecOps)Develop IaC (Terraform) focusing on reusability, scalability, maintainabilityDesign production-grade environments with high availability, observability, cost optimizationCollaborate with AI, data and software teams to productionize ML/LLM solutions (MLOps)Propose improvements and contribute to architectural decisions and roadmapsWork in Agile, autonomous, multidisciplinary teams with end-to-end ownershipRequisitos principales8+ years in Cloud/Platform EngineeringStrong Azure production experienceAbility to engage with clients and tailor technical proposalsExperience in technical presales, demos, solutioning and proposalsExperience leading projects independently and mentoring engineersProven experience designing IaaS, PaaS and cloud-native architecturesKnowledge of networking, security and governance in cloudExperience with Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines) or similar CI/CDStrong background in TerraformExperience monitoring and operating high-traffic production web platformsFamiliarity with AI/ML or LLM-based production environmentsComfort with Agile, Jira and ConfluenceFluent EnglishClient-facing communicationMentoring and leadershipProactive mindsetMicrosoft Azure (production)Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines)Terraform (IaC)


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