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

• 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 

• 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 and interoperability (HL7 V2.x C-CDA FHIR IHE profiles).

We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate because of race color religion sex national origin ancestry marital status veteran status age disability sexual orientation or gender identity or expression or any other legally protected category. InterSystems is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.

What We Do

InterSystems builds the software that makes complex systems work—reliably securely and at scale. For more than 45 years we’ve been the information engine behind some of the world’s most mission-critical applications in healthcare government and business. Our data management integration and analytics technologies help organizations connect disparate systems turn data into insight and deliver better outcomes. From enabling interoperable healthcare and advancing clinical care to powering national infrastructure and large-scale enterprise systems our technology is used every day by millions of people in more than 80 countries. What sets InterSystems apart is not just what we build but how we build it. We focus on long-term innovation deep engineering excellence and solving hard problems that truly matter. Our teams work closely with customers to tackle real-world challenges—often behind the scenes but always at the heart of what keeps essential systems running. If you’re motivated by meaningful work technical depth and the opportunity to have a global impact you’ll find it here.

Why Work With Us

Because we are a profitable privately-held software company we place our clients first in everything we do. You’ll work on meaningful complex problems alongside deeply curious experts in a culture that values learning ownership and long-term growth—without the pressure of quarterly Wall Street demands.

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