Principal Cloud Systems Engineer - Automation & Governance

Healthfirst; Connecticut; On-site; USD 120,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Healthfirst is seeking a Principal Engineer, Cloud Systems to lead enterprise cloud strategy across public and private clouds. You will mentor engineers, implement automation, and drive standardized cloud usage and security practices in collaboration with development teams.

The role focuses on building scalable, reliable cloud platforms, establishing SOPs, and contributing to a Center of Excellence for cloud best practices within a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Technical degree or equivalent work experience in IT.
• Experience designing, building, and managing Linux/Unix-based and Windows systems.
• Extensive cloud experience across AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.
• I&O Engineering experience overseeing public and private cloud technologies.
• Proven automation scripting with Bash, Python and/or PowerShell.
• Extensive IaC experience with automation and open-source tools.
• Proven ability to identify repeatable processes and drive automation.

Responsibilities

• Works across Infrastructure & Operations portfolio supporting private/public cloud systems, OS, middleware, storage, database platforms, and other infrastructure products.
• Provides informal coaching and direction to I&O Engineering team.
• Serves as SME for advanced analysis and complex issue resolution.
• Develops repeatable automation to deliver capabilities efficiently.
• Implements automation to prevent issues and improve reliability.
• Supports private cloud Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure (HCI) technologies.
• Leads Center of Excellence for cloud usage and standards.
• Maintains accurate inventory of servers, storage, networking, software and virtual environments for scaling.
• Ensures cloud usage meets governance standards and improves security/ops efficiency.
• Creates SOPs for Healthfirst operations teams.
• Acts as senior escalation point for incidents and on-call rotation.
• Leads as a technical authority within I&O and with Development teams on cloud and automation.

Skills

Linux/Unix

Windows

AWS

Azure

GCP

Bash

Python

PowerShell

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Education

Technical degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Nutanix

Job description

Healthfirst is seeking a Principal Engineer, Cloud Systems to lead enterprise cloud strategy across public and private clouds. You will mentor engineers, implement automation, and drive standardized cloud usage and security practices in collaboration with development teams.

The role focuses on building scalable, reliable cloud platforms, establishing SOPs, and contributing to a Center of Excellence for cloud best practices within a regulated environment.