Principal Cloud Engineer

Zenith Electronics LLC
San Jose, CA, United States
2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Compensation
$104,000.0 - $135,200.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Bash Shell Cloud Engineering Information Systems Continuous Integration DevOps Monitoring of Systems Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language) Networking Basics Octopus Deploy
+12 more
Windows PowerShell Prometheus Datadog Grafana Gitlab Cloudformation Kubernetes Information Technology Terraform Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Docker Jenkins

Requirements

Do you have experience in Terraform?, Do you have a Bachelor’s degree?, Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field; Master’s preferred

  • 10+ years of experience in cloud and infrastructure engineering, including 3+ years in a senior or principal role
  • Expertise with OCI (preferred), AWS and/or Azure cloud services, including networking, compute, storage, and identity management
  • Proven experience managing production-scale environments supporting mission-critical applications and services
  • Strong proficiency in

o Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Cloud Formation)

o CI/CD and DevOps toolchains (Jenkins, GitLab, ArgoCD)

o Container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)

o Monitoring and observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK)

o Scripting and automation (Python, Bash, PowerShell)

  • Solid understanding of security, compliance, and networking principles in hybrid environments
  • Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and incident management skills
  • Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept to execution

Benefits & conditions

$50 - $65 an hour - Contract

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