Principal Cloud Engineer
GE HealthCare
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Waukesha • Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $185,600 - $278,400 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
AWSCloudEC2PythonRayTerraform
About the role
- Lead AWS cost optimization initiatives using tools like AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, AWS Compute Optimizer, and Savings Plans
- Design and implement tagging strategies, budget alerts, and cost allocation models to improve visibility and accountability
- Analyze usage patterns and recommend architectural or service changes to reduce spend (e.g., right-sizing EC2, leveraging Spot Instances, optimizing storage tiers)
- Collaborate with finance and engineering teams to align cloud spend with business goals and forecasts
- Build dashboards and reports using AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR) and third-party tools (e.g., CloudHealth, CloudCheckr, or Apptio Cloudability)
- Develop and maintain reusable IaC modules using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or CDK
- Automate provisioning, configuration, and deployment of AWS services using CI/CD pipelines (e.g., AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions)
- Implement self-healing and auto-scaling infrastructure patterns
- Integrate AWS-native security services such as AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, IAM Access Analyzer, and AWS Config into automation workflows
- Automate compliance checks and remediation using AWS Config Rules, Lambda, and Systems Manager Automation
- Collaborate with security teams to ensure infrastructure meets compliance standards (e.g., SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001)
- Build and maintain observability solutions using Amazon CloudWatch, X-Ray, OpenTelemetry, and third-party tools like Datadog or New Relic
- Improve system reliability through performance tuning, chaos engineering, and incident response automation
- Participate in on-call rotations and lead post-incident reviews to drive continuous improvement
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to cloud and DevOps engineers
- Evaluate and recommend AWS services and third-party tools to improve efficiency and scalability
- Contribute to cloud governance, architecture reviews, and strategic planning
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering or DevOps roles
- Deep knowledge of AWS services across compute, storage, networking, and security
- Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash) and automation tools
- Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)
- Strong understanding of AWS cost management and FinOps principles
- Familiarity with AWS security best practices and compliance frameworks
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (preferred)
- FinOps Certified Practitioner (preferred)
- Experience with policy-as-code tools (e.g., OPA, AWS SCPs) (preferred)
- Background in software engineering or SRE (preferred)
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- paid time off
- 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities
- life insurance
- disability insurance
- accident insurance
- tuition reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
AWS Cost ExplorerAWS BudgetsAWS Compute OptimizerSavings PlansTerraformAWS CloudFormationAWS CodePipelinePythonBashIaC
Soft skills
technical leadershipmentorshipcollaborationcontinuous improvementincident response
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – ProfessionalAWS Certified DevOps Engineer – ProfessionalFinOps Certified Practitioner