Principal Cloud Engineer: AWS, Kubernetes & DevSecOps Lead

Fidelity Investments; Westlake (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Fidelity Investments is seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer to design and deliver cloud-native applications using Java and Spring Boot on AWS, deploying with Kubernetes. You will drive complex projects, implement CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitLab, Maven, and Terraform, and ensure QA readiness and robust documentation across platforms.

You will mentor junior engineers and advise on technical strategy while collaborating with business units to align tech initiatives with business goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and five (5) years of experience as a Principal Cloud Engineer (or closely related occupation) delivering enterprise-grade solutions within Agile and DevSecOps environments.
• Or, alternatively, Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and three (3) years of experience as a Principal Cloud Engineer (or closely related occupation) delivering enterprise-grade solutions within Agile and DevSecOps environments.

Responsibilities

• Participates in architecture design teams.
• Defines and implements application-level architecture.
• Develops applications on complex projects, components, and subsystems.
• Recommends development testing tools and methodologies and reviews and validates test plans.
• Responsible for QA readiness of software deliverables.
• Develops comprehensive documentation for multiple applications or subsystems.
• Establishes full project life cycle plans for complex projects across multiple platforms.
• Responsible for meeting project goals on-time and on-budget.
• Advises on risk assessment and risk management strategies for projects.
• Plans and coordinates project schedules and assignments for multiple projects.
• Acts as a primary liaison for business units to resolve various project/technology issues.
• Provides technology solutions to daily issues and technical evaluation estimates on technology initiatives.
• Advises senior management on technical strategy.
• Mentors junior team members.
• Performs independent and complex technical and functional analysis for multiple projects.
• Develops original and creative technical solutions to ongoing development efforts.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

Kubernetes

REST APIs

Microservices

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science or related field

Master’s in Computing (optional)

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

Maven

Terraform

Postman

JUnit

Mockito

Splunk

AppDynamics

Job description

Fidelity Investments is seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer to design and deliver cloud-native applications using Java and Spring Boot on AWS, deploying with Kubernetes. You will drive complex projects, implement CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitLab, Maven, and Terraform, and ensure QA readiness and robust documentation across platforms.

You will mentor junior engineers and advise on technical strategy while collaborating with business units to align tech initiatives with business goals.