Principal Cloud Engineer
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CoalfireCybersecurity / Cloud
United StatesFull-TimePrincipal
Salary$109,000 - $182,000 a year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 10+ years in cloud security engineering and architecture
- Required Skills
- AWSGCPAzureCI/CDTerraform
Requirements
- BS or above in a related Information Technology field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 10+ years in cloud security engineering and architecture, including principal- or staff-level scope.
- Hands-on FedRAMP authorization experience building, operating, or assessing FedRAMP environments.
- Demonstrated design-authority experience in owning standards and running architecture reviews.
- Deep expertise in infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or equivalent), CI/CD, policy-as-code, and compliance automation.
- Architecture depth on at least two of the three major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Fluency in NIST 800-53 and the FedRAMP control framework, as well as CMMC and DoD compliance standards.
- Professional/Expert-level certification in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Effective documentation skills, including technical diagrams and written descriptions.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Travel approximately 10–15%.
Responsibilities
- Own the technical integrity of Coalfire’s FedRAMP reference architectures and capabilities across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Set the engineering standards delivery teams build against, including architecture patterns, security baselines, and automation frameworks.
- Review and approve custom architecture decisions and promote recurring customizations into the reference architecture.
- Serve as a technical escalation point for delivery teams on architecture and security design questions.
- Maintain reference architectures in compliance with evolving FedRAMP requirements such as OSCAL or JSON and continuous-monitoring mandates.
- Mentor engagement architects and senior engineers to raise the technical bar across the delivery organization.
- Partner with the sales organization on solution shape for strategic pursuits.
- Represent Coalfire’s technical point of view in the FedRAMP community, working groups, and public forums.
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