Principal Cloud Engineer

Amtechsoftware; India; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Amtech, backed by Vista Equity Partners, is executing an all‑in AWS strategy and seeks a Principal Platform Engineer to own the AWS landing zone and account‑per‑customer hosting model.

This hands‑on, senior technical role demands deep cloud security, scalable Terraform IaC, and CI/CD discipline, plus AI governance integration. You will architect, prototype, and drive migrations across a distributed U.S. and India team, mentoring engineers and communicating decisions to executives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience with deep AWS platform expertise.
• Proven ownership of multi-account AWS architecture at organizational scale (landing zones, Control Tower or equivalent, account vending, SCPs).
• Expert Terraform and IaC program design: module ecosystems consumed by multiple teams, testing, and versioning strategy.
• Demonstrated success architecting and executing large migrations (data center or private cloud to AWS), including ERP-class or other stateful enterprise workloads.
• Strong software engineering foundation (Python, Go, or similar) and fluency with modern CI/CD (GitHub Actions or equivalent).
• Working command of cloud security architecture and compliance-driven design (SOC 2, ISO 27001).
• Track record of technical leadership without formal authority: mentoring seniors, driving decisions through writing and review, and influencing executives.
• Designed AI-assisted or agentic engineering systems with guardrails, autonomy tiers, and measured ROI; L4+ AI competency by industry frameworks.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent demonstrated skills.

Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end AWS platform architecture: multi‑account organization design, landing zone, networking, DNS and certificate architecture, identity, and tenancy model.
• Set the technical roadmap for Encore-on-AWS environment builds (temp, production, demo) on a shared golden IaC stack, and for LabelTraxx platform evolution.
• Define the migration architecture and sequencing that completes Amtech's exit from legacy private‑cloud infrastructure.
• Write and defend architecture decision records; kill weak options early with evidence.
• Evaluate and integrate emerging capabilities, including AI/agentic tooling and MCP‑based integration patterns, under Amtech's AI governance program.
• Author the highest leverage Terraform modules and reference implementations personally; review the rest.
• Set standards for CI/CD (GitHub Actions), progressive delivery, environment promotion, and secrets management.
• Design for reliability with SRE‑track peers: SLO frameworks, observability architecture (Open Telemetry, Open Observe), and PagerDuty service models.
• Drive platform cost architecture with FinOps: tenancy economics, Savings Plans strategy input, and unit cost visibility.
• Design security architecture with Information Security: IAM boundaries, network segmentation, encryption, and data governance for customer data.
• Ensure the platform satisfies SOC 2 and ISO 27001 obligations by design, with audit evidence generated through automation.
• Assess and articulate technical risk for executive decisions: migration sequencing, vendor dependencies, and single points of failure.
• Design agentic and AI‑assisted engineering workflows with autonomy tiers, policy‑as‑code guardrails, rollback, and end‑to‑end auditability; measure ROI against baselines.
• Define platform AI standards: where AI sits in the delivery lifecycle, validation layer architecture (schema, rules, model‑graded, human review), and evaluation harnesses.
• Prevent AI‑generated code from degrading platform quality at fleet scale: eval harnesses, complexity metrics, and AI‑attributed defect tracking.
• Contribute to enterprise AI strategy and standards under Amtech's AI governance program.
• Mentor senior engineers and raise design‑review quality across U.S. and India pods.
• Serve as the senior technical counterpart to AWS, consulting partners, and third‑party providers on funded programs.
• Translate platform strategy into terms executives and investors can act on; support diligence and integration work for acquisitions.
• Ensure knowledge is durable: documentation, runbooks, and deliberate succession of critical knowledge, avoiding single‑person dependencies.

Skills

AWS platform expertise

Multi-account AWS architecture

Terraform / IaC

CI/CD pipelines

Python/Go

Security/compliance (SOC 2 ISO 27001)

Technical leadership without authority

AI governance / agentic workflows

Mentoring / leadership

Executive communication / diligence

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Control Tower

OpenTelemetry

Job description

About Vista Equity Partners

Vista Equity Partners is a leading global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data, and technology-enabled businesses. With over $100B in assets under management and a portfolio of 90+ software product companies worldwide, Vista accelerates growth through operational excellence, shared expertise, and long-term partnership. In India, Vista’s presence continues to expand with 45+ portfolio companies employing more than 17,000 professionals across technology, product, customer success, and operations — reinforcing India’s strategic role as a hub of innovation and talent within the Vista ecosystem.

Through its Agentic AI Factory, Vista is embedding Generative AI across its global portfolio — enabling companies to integrate intelligent, responsible AI into products, operations, and decision‑making. This initiative is strengthened through portfolio‑wide learning programs, leadership workshops, and AI hackathons that foster innovation, build fluency, and accelerate practical AI adoption across teams.

About Amtech

Amtech is a leading provider of enterprise software solutions for the packaging, printing, and manufacturing industries. Our integrated systems streamline order management, production planning, scheduling, inventory, and business analytics — empowering customers to drive efficiency, reduce costs, and improve operational performance. With a strong commitment to innovation and customer success, Amtech delivers reliable technology backed by deep industry expertise.

With Vista’s investment and strategic guidance, we combine the agility of a growing technology organization with the scale, stability, and career mobility of a global software ecosystem.

Our Employee Value Proposition

At Amtech, our people are our greatest differentiator. We create an environment where you can:

Purpose

Shape the future of manufacturing and supply chain operations by delivering mission‑critical enterprise software used by industry‑leading organizations.

Growth

Access continuous learning, leadership development, and cross‑portfolio opportunities through Vista’s global network — accelerating both technical and managerial career paths.

Culture

Work in a collaborative, transparent, and people‑first environment where values, accountability, and integrity guide every decision.

Innovation

Engage with cutting‑edge technologies, including AI‑driven automation, and contribute to modernizing financial systems and operational processes across the business.

Role Description

Amtech is executing an all‑in AWS strategy: migrating our flagship Encore ERP to a multi‑account, account‑per‑customer AWS architecture, operating LabelTraxx as a multi‑tenant SaaS platform, and retiring legacy private‑cloud infrastructure. Platform Engineering owns the landing zone, infrastructure as code, and the golden‑path tooling that product teams build on. The Principal Platform Engineer is Amtech's senior‑most hands‑on cloud technologist. You will own the technical architecture of our AWS platform: the landing zone, the account‑per‑customer Encore hosting model, the golden‑path IaC stack, and the migration roadmap that retires our remaining private‑cloud footprint. This role carries organization‑wide technical authority without people management. You will make the architecture decisions that hold for years, de‑risk them through prototyping and review, and raise the engineering bar across a distributed U.S. and India team. You will also be a primary technical interface to AWS, consulting partners, and executive leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end AWS platform architecture: multi‑account organization design, landing zone, networking, DNS and certificate architecture, identity, and tenancy model.
• Set the technical roadmap for Encore-on-AWS environment builds (temp, production, demo) on a shared golden IaC stack, and for LabelTraxx platform evolution.
• Define the migration architecture and sequencing that completes Amtech's exit from legacy private‑cloud infrastructure.
• Write and defend architecture decision records; kill weak options early with evidence.
• Evaluate and integrate emerging capabilities, including AI/agentic tooling and MCP‑based integration patterns, under Amtech's AI governance program.

Platform Engineering & Delivery

• Author the highest leverage Terraform modules and reference implementations personally; review the rest.
• Set standards for CI/CD (GitHub Actions), progressive delivery, environment promotion, and secrets management.
• Design for reliability with SRE‑track peers: SLO frameworks, observability architecture (Open Telemetry, Open Observe), and PagerDuty service models.
• Drive platform cost architecture with FinOps: tenancy economics, Savings Plans strategy input, and unit cost visibility.

Security, Compliance & Risk

• Design security architecture with Information Security: IAM boundaries, network segmentation, encryption, and data governance for customer data.
• Ensure the platform satisfies SOC 2 and ISO 27001 obligations by design, with audit evidence generated through automation.
• Assess and articulate technical risk for executive decisions: migration sequencing, vendor dependencies, and single points of failure.

AI Competency

• Design agentic and AI‑assisted engineering workflows with autonomy tiers, policy‑as‑code guardrails, rollback, and end‑to‑end auditability; measure ROI against baselines.
• Define platform AI standards: where AI sits in the delivery lifecycle, validation layer architecture (schema, rules, model‑graded, human review), and evaluation harnesses.
• Prevent AI‑generated code from degrading platform quality at fleet scale: eval harnesses, complexity metrics, and AI‑attributed defect tracking.
• Contribute to enterprise AI strategy and standards under Amtech's AI governance program.

Technical Leadership & Influence

• Mentor senior engineers and raise design‑review quality across U.S. and India pods.
• Serve as the senior technical counterpart to AWS, consulting partners, and third‑party providers on funded programs.
• Translate platform strategy into terms executives and investors can act on; support diligence and integration work for acquisitions.
• Ensure knowledge is durable: documentation, runbooks, and deliberate succession of critical knowledge, avoiding single‑person dependencies.

Skills & Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience with deep AWS platform expertise; recognized as the strongest technologist in prior roles.
• Proven ownership of multi‑account AWS architecture at organizational scale (landing zones, Control Tower or equivalent, account vending, SCPs).
• Expert Terraform and IaC program design: module ecosystems consumed by multiple teams, testing, and versioning strategy.
• Demonstrated success architecting and executing large migrations (data center or private cloud to AWS), including ERP‑class or other stateful enterprise workloads.
• Strong software engineering foundation (Python, Go, or similar) and fluency with modern CI/CD (GitHub Actions or equivalent).
• Working command of cloud security architecture and compliance‑driven design (SOC 2, ISO 27001).
• Track record of technical leadership without formal authority: mentoring seniors, driving decisions through writing and review, and influencing executives.
• Designed AI‑assisted or agentic engineering systems with guardrails, autonomy tiers, and measured ROI; L4+ AI competency by industry frameworks.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent demonstrated skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or DevOps Engineer Professional.
• Experience with multi‑tenant SaaS and account‑per‑customer tenancy economics.
• Experience in private equity portfolio, M&A integration, or investor‑facing technical diligence contexts.
• Experience establishing AI/LLM platform capabilities or agent‑based automation under formal governance.
• Experience directing consulting partners on funded cloud programs (for example AWS MAP).

Why Join Amtech

At Amtech, you will drive meaningful financial impact in a growing enterprise software organization while benefiting from Vista’s world‑class ecosystem. You’ll collaborate with talented peers, leverage cross‑portfolio learning programs, and help shape the future of Amtech’s financial operations and systems. Build your career with Amtech — backed by the strength, scale, and innovation culture of Vista.