Principal Cloud Engineer

InterSystems Cloud Development initiatives enable healthcare organizations to revolutionize their operations through innovative, cloud-based technology solutions. Our team thrives on integrating cutting-edge InterSystems technologies with leading public-cloud services to solve complex, high-impact problems.

In a dynamic environment driven by constant innovation, we excel through creative thinking, exceptional problem-solving, teamwork, and an unwavering commitment to excellence. Every team member plays a critical role in our customers’ success, grounded in mutual trust and accountability. At InterSystems, we embrace change and challenge as catalysts for growth.

As a Principal Cloud Engineer, you combine deep technical expertise with strategic vision and leadership. You will own the architecture, automation, and operational excellence of large-scale, mission-critical healthcare workloads—guiding cross-functional teams and mentoring engineers while collaborating with product, security, and executive stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect & Lead
  • Design end-to-end cloud architectures (network, compute, storage, security) for InterSystems IRIS-based solutions, ensuring scalability, resiliency, performance, and compliance.
  • Establish technical roadmaps and standards for infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, observability, and security across multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Serve as the technical authority in design reviews, threat modeling, DR planning, and performance tuning.
• Automate & Operate
  • Build, deploy, orchestrate, and automate application and infrastructure packages using Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager, and Kubernetes-based tooling.
  • Champion Git-centric workflows and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab preferred) to enable safe, repeatable releases.
  • Drive rigorous monitoring, logging, and incident-response practices leveraging CloudWatch, Prometheus, Coralogix, Lacework, PagerDuty, or equivalent.
• Mentor & Influence
  • Coach and develop senior and junior engineers; foster a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and psychological safety.
  • Partner with product owners and customer executives to translate complex requirements into robust cloud solutions.
  • Lead post-incident reviews and capacity-planning sessions, ensuring lessons learned feed directly into architecture and process refinements.
• Innovate & Evangelize
  • Evaluate emerging technologies (serverless, service mesh, confidential computing, AI-for-Ops) and drive adoption where they add measurable value.
  • Represent InterSystems at industry events and customer briefings, articulating the technical vision and ROI of our cloud-first strategy.

Required Qualifications Required

• 10 + years managing production healthcare or regulated-industry environments, including application support, code deployment, and 24×7 operations.
• Advanced Linux administration (Red Hat or Ubuntu); strong scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Demonstrated success leading architecture and incident-management efforts for high-availability, multi-AZ/region deployments.
• Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and navigate competing priorities.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications Required

• Professional-level cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect – Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Architect).
• Mastery of configuration-management and IaC (Terraform Enterprise, Ansible Tower, Puppet, Chef).
• Production experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes, EKS, AKS) and service-mesh or serverless architectures.
• Solid understanding of Zero-Trust security principles, DevSecOps pipelines, and compliance frameworks (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, ISO 27001).
• Expertise in TCP/IP networking, VPN & Direct Connect, load balancing, storage performance, and Linux kernel internals.
• Experience driving large-scale cost-optimization and FinOps initiatives in cloud environments.
• Deep expertise in clinical data integration