Principal Cloud Reliability & FinOps Engineer

AT&T; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

AT&T Technology Services is seeking a Principal System Engineer to lead reliability, FinOps, and automation across Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, and hybrid-cloud environments. You will translate business priorities into scalable technical solutions, shape roadmaps, and drive measurable value realization.

You will champion policy-driven optimization, cost control, and enterprise-grade security while mentoring engineers and partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, resilient platforms.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in systems engineering.
• Proven leadership in cost optimization (FinOps).
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and automation.

Responsibilities

• Provide principal-level technical leadership for resilient, secure, scalable cloud platforms.
• Develop policy-driven, closed-loop optimization workflows for optimization and cost control.
• Design AI-enabled automation solutions for engineering operations and cost analysis.
• Build executive dashboards and scorecards on cloud spend, reliability, and savings realization.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to reference architectures and standards.

Skills

Cloud optimization

FinOps leadership

Automation scripting

Observability

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

Job description

AT&T Technology Services is seeking a Principal System Engineer to lead reliability, FinOps, and automation across Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, and hybrid-cloud environments. You will translate business priorities into scalable technical solutions, shape roadmaps, and drive measurable value realization.

You will champion policy-driven optimization, cost control, and enterprise-grade security while mentoring engineers and partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, resilient platforms.