Principle Infrastructure Engineer

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Principle Infrastructure Engineer

  • On Site
  • San Ramon, California, United States
  • Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States
  • Cloud Software Group Corporate
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A Principal Infrastructure Automation Engineer is a senior technical leader who designs, develops, and implements large-scale, automated solutions to streamline IT operations and manage complex infrastructure environments. This role balances deep technical expertise with strategic planning and mentorship responsibilities. 
Key Responsibilities
  • Strategic Leadership: Define the strategy and long-term goals for automation and control systems across the organization. This includes evaluating and recommending automation tools and technologies and ensuring alignment with business objectives.
  • Architecture & Design: Lead the design and development of robust, scalable, and secure automation frameworks and infrastructure blueprints (often using Infrastructure as Code principles).
  • Implementation & Execution: Oversee the implementation of automation solutions for provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment, often within CI/CD pipelines. This may involve managing projects, budgets, and external vendors.
  • Technical Expertise & Troubleshooting: Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for highly complex issues, performing root-cause analysis and providing technical consultation.
  • Mentorship & Collaboration: Mentor and guide junior engineers and cross-functional teams (e.g., SREs, QA, and product teams) on automation best practices, code quality, and design patterns.
  • Compliance & Security: Ensure all automated systems comply with internal security standards and external regulatory requirements (e.g., FDA, ISO, FedRAMP, specific industry regulations).
  • Monitoring & Improvement: Implement comprehensive monitoring and logging systems, using the gathered data to drive continuous improvement in efficiency, reliability, and performance. 
Essential Skills and Qualifications
  • Experience: Typically requires 10+ years of experience in software development, IT automation, and/or infrastructure engineering.
  • Education: A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field is often required.
  • Technical Proficiency:
    • Automation Tools: Extensive experience with tools like Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Terraform, or AWS CloudFormation.
    • Programming/Scripting: Strong skills in languages such as Python, Java, PowerShell, or Bash for automation and tooling.
    • Cloud Platforms: Expertise in managing scalable and reliable cloud infrastructure in environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
    • DevOps Tools: Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, and monitoring tools like Prometheus or Grafana.
  • Soft Skills:
    • Exceptional problem-solving, analytical, and critical thinking skills.
    • Strong communication and leadership abilities, with a proven ability to influence senior levels and build alignment across teams.
    • Strong project management skills to manage complex, large-scale projects from concept to completion. 

Compensation may vary depending on your location, qualifications including job-related education, training, experience, licensure, and certification, that could result at a level outside of these ranges. Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual bonus, and sales incentives depending on the terms of the applicable plan and role as well as individual performance. NY generally ranges: $165,550-$248,324 CA generally ranges: $172,748-$259,122 All other locations fall under our General State range: $143,957-$215,935 Benefits may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Cloud Software Group and the country where you work. U.S. based employees are typically offered access to healthcare, life insurance and disability benefits, 401(k) plan and company match, among others. This requisition has no specific deadline for completion.

About Us:

Cloud Software Group is one of the world’s largest cloud solution providers, serving more than 100 million users around the globe. When you join Cloud Software Group, you are making a difference for real people, each of whom count on our suite of cloud-based products to get work done — from anywhere. Members of our team will tell you that we value passion for technology and the courage to take risks.  Everyone is empowered to learn, dream, and build the future of work. We are on the brink of another Cambrian leap -- a moment of immense evolution and growth. And we need your expertise and experience to do it. Now is the perfect time to move your skills to the cloud.

Cloud Software Group is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, genetic carrier status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (including lactation status), marital status, military service, protected veteran status, political activity or affiliation, taking or requesting statutorily protected leave and other protected classifications.


Cloud Software Group will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history and conduct the recruiting process in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and San Diego Fair Chance Ordinance. For access to the laws see the following links: California FCA and Los Angeles FCO.
 

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