Principal Cloud Platform Engineer

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include, but are not limited to the following:

Serve as senior hands-on engineer and escalation point for complex cloud, infrastructure, and production issues. Design, implement, and operate Azure platform services including compute, storage, networking, identity, security, and shared services. Develop reusable platform standards and automation using Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, scripting, APIs, and CI/CD. Provide technical ownership for Entra ID, Active Directory, Windows Server, DNS, Group Policy, certificates/PKI, Microsoft 365 integration, Azure Virtual Desktop, Key Vault, and SQL platform services. Lead enterprise backup, recovery, retention, disaster recovery, and cyber-resilience engineering and testing. Manage lifecycle, availability, capacity, performance, patching, security, and technical currency of cloud and on-premises platforms. Evaluate emerging cloud, automation, AI, and platform-engineering capabilities based on security, maturity, cost, value, and supportability. Collaborate with IT leadership, business partners, technology teams, and vendors; support budgeting, licensing, capacity planning, vendor management, cloud cost optimization, ITSM, and regulatory compliance.

Education/Required Skills & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field and/or 8+ years related experience and training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. 8+ years of progressively responsible experience in systems, cloud, infrastructure, or platform engineering, including 5+ years hands-on with Microsoft Azure. Deep knowledge of Azure and Microsoft infrastructure including Entra ID, Active Directory, Windows Server, DNS, Group Policy, certificates, Microsoft 365 integration, networking, storage, compute, Key Vault, and identity concepts. Strong PowerShell, scripting, API, and automation experience. Hands-on Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform and/or Bicep/ARM, source control, and peer-reviewed deployment practices. Experience with Chef, Puppet, Ansible, or comparable configuration-management tooling; Chef/Puppet preferred. Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or comparable CI/CD automation. Strong knowledge of Windows/Linux, virtualization, enterprise storage, containers, backup/recovery, disaster recovery, and cyber resilience; Rubrik strongly preferred. Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with ability to balance reliability, security, cost, technical debt, and business needs.

Preferred Experience

Rubrik administration including retention policy design, Cloud Vault/archive, SQL-aware protection, recovery testing, and cyber recovery. VMware vSphere and enterprise compute/storage; familiarity with Hyper-V, Azure Local, or other virtualization alternatives. Azure Virtual Desktop, SQL PaaS, containers/Kubernetes, application delivery, web applications, APIs, and hybrid networking. MuleSoft/API management; NinjaOne/Intune; or AWS/GCP exposure. Banking, financial services, or another regulated industry; familiarity with ITIL and SRE/platform-engineering practices. This business area will continue to evolve, therefore, prior management experience will be helpful and strongly considered.

Certificates, Licenses Registrations

Relevant Microsoft Azure certification preferred. Additional cloud, security, automation/DevOps, ITSM, or infrastructure certifications are beneficial.

Benefits/Incentives:

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and success, including medical, dental, and vision coverage; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; 401(k) matching; and tuition reimbursement. You will also enjoy additional perks such as our employee referral program, annual holiday reception, summer family outing, and more.

Salary Range: $138,082.00 to $234,740.00