Principal Cloud Engineer
Enlyte
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About the role
Role Overview
Principal Cloud Engineer (AWS) at Enlyte is a senior technical leadership role responsible for the design, implementation, and evolution of the company’s AWS cloud platform. This Principal-level position focuses on architecture, security, networking, automation, and reliability, while setting cloud engineering standards and mentoring engineers.
Responsibilities
- Design and evolve AWS architectures for enterprise and mission-critical workloads
- Define AWS reference architectures, design patterns, and engineering standards
- Lead architectural design for complex initiatives and major platform changes
- Evaluate and recommend AWS services aligned to business and technical requirements
- Architect and implement highly available, scalable, and secure AWS infrastructure
- Lead cloud migrations and modernization efforts
- Provide technical leadership on complex engineering problems
- Review designs/implementations across teams for architectural consistency and quality
- Design AWS environments that meet security, compliance, and regulatory requirements
- Partner with Security and Risk teams on identity, access, encryption, and network controls
- Establish standards for monitoring, logging, incident response, disaster recovery, and cost optimization
- Drive operational excellence across AWS platforms
- Serve as a trusted advisor to engineering teams and stakeholders
- Mentor senior engineers and raise the overall technical bar
- Influence cloud engineering practices and platform direction through hands-on leadership
Requirements
- 12+ years of related experience (with bachelor’s degree) or equivalent professional experience
- Extensive hands-on experience designing, building, and operating AWS environments at scale
- Demonstrated success leading complex cloud engineering initiatives
- Strong expertise in AWS cloud engineering and distributed systems
- Deep knowledge of AWS services across compute, storage, networking, security, and platform services
- Advanced understanding of cloud networking, IAM, and AWS security best practices
- Solid grasp of enterprise architecture and system integration
- Ability to translate complex business needs into scalable, maintainable solutions
Nice to Have
- AWS Professional or Specialty certifications
About Enlyte
Enlyte combines technology, clinical expertise, and human compassion to help people recover after workplace injuries or auto accidents. The company builds industry-leading solutions and services that support recovery journeys for both enterprise and local clients.
Scraped 6/16/2026