Principal Cloud Engineer - Azure heavy

Compunnel, Inc.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Compunnel, Inc. seeks a Principal Cloud Platform Engineer to act as the organization’s top technical authority on cloud platforms. You will define enterprise cloud architecture standards, drive innovation, and ensure technology aligns with business objectives.

This role provides technical leadership across teams and mentors senior engineers, shaping our multi-year cloud strategy. You will evaluate emerging technologies, establish proofs-of-concept, and represent the company in industry forums.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of progressive cloud engineering experience.
• Proven track record as a senior architect or principal engineer.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale cloud transformations.
• Depth of knowledge in cloud architecture and hybrid environments.
• Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and influence across teams.
• Knowledge of regulatory and healthcare IT compliance.

Responsibilities

• Defines enterprise cloud architecture standards.
• Drives innovation and alignment of tech with business goals.
• Solves complex technical challenges with organization-wide impact.
• Provides technical leadership across multiple teams.
• Mentors senior engineers and represents the organization externally.
• Evaluates emerging technologies and establishes proofs-of-concept.
• Shapes the organization’s multi-year cloud strategy.

Skills

Leadership

Architectural vision

Strategic thinking

Problem-solving

Cross-team influence

Mentoring senior engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

Azure

Terraform

DevOps practices

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

The Principal Cloud Platform Engineer serves as the organization’s foremost technical authority on cloud platforms, providing strategic direction and thought leadership. This role defines enterprise cloud architecture standards, drives innovation, and ensures alignment between technology capabilities and business objectives. The principal engineer operates at the highest level of technical complexity, solving the most challenging problems and making architecture decisions with organization-wide impact. While not a people manager, this position provides technical leadership across multiple teams, mentors senior engineers, and represents the organization in industry forums. The principal engineer evaluates emerging technologies, establishes proof-of-concepts, and makes recommendations that shape the organization’s multi-year cloud strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Defines enterprise cloud architecture standards
• Drives innovation
• Ensures alignment between technology capabilities and business objectives
• Solves the most challenging problems
• Makes architecture decisions with organization-wide impact
• Provides technical leadership across multiple teams
• Mentors senior engineers
• Represents the organization in industry forums
• Evaluates emerging technologies
• Establishes proof-of-concepts
• Makes recommendations that shape the organization’s multi-year cloud strategy

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field or Combination of relevant education and experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• 10+ years' experience with progressive cloud engineering
• Extensive experience as a senior architect or principal engineer
• Proven track record of enterprise-scale cloud transformations
• Industry recognition through publications, speaking engagements, or open-source contributions
• Unparalleled depth of knowledge with cloud architecture
• Mastery of multiple cloud platforms and hybrid architectures
• Outstanding technical leadership and influence
• Exceptional strategic thinking/vision
• Advanced research and evaluation
• Problem-solving complex technical challenges
• Deep understanding of business and technology alignment with an ability to anticipate future technology trend
• Extensive knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance in healthcare IT

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure
• Some sort of Dev experience - AI/ML Counts
• Terraform
• Devops and DevSecOps

Certifications

• MSFT Cert Azure Design Solut
• MSFT Cert Azure Design DevOPS
• MSFT Cert Azure Security Eng
• MSFT Cert Azure Security Arch