
Principal Cloud Engineer – AWS Infrastructure, Solutions
Solventum
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Minnesota • United States
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Salary
💰 $173,400 - $224,400 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Design, implement, and optimize AWS infrastructure to meet high availability, performance, and security requirements
- Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using CloudFormation, Terraform, or AWS CDK
- Architect hybrid cloud and multi-region environments that integrate seamlessly with on-prem systems
- Lead proof-of-concepts for emerging AWS services and guide their adoption
- Develop and implement monitoring, alerting, and logging strategies (CloudWatch, CloudTrail, OpenSearch, Prometheus/Grafana)
- Ensure robust disaster recovery, backup, and failover capabilities
- Implement performance tuning and cost optimization measures across AWS workloads
- Design solutions that comply with HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, and other relevant frameworks
- Apply security-by-design principles using AWS IAM, VPC security, KMS encryption, and private networking
- Partner with compliance teams to support audits and certifications
- Serve as the go-to AWS technical expert for complex engineering initiatives
- Mentor engineers in cloud architecture, automation, and DevOps practices
- Influence enterprise AWS strategy and standards without direct people management responsibilities
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (Master’s preferred)
- 7 years in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, or platform engineering
- 5 years AWS skills across core services: EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, CloudFront, API Gateway, CloudWatch, IAM
- Proven experience designing and deploying mission-critical workloads in regulated industries; healthcare experience preferred
- 5 years of experience automation experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK
- 5 years with CI/CD, pipelines including Observability and DevOps tooling
- Container orchestration expertise (EKS, ECS, Kubernetes)
- Knowledge of healthcare interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7)
- Experience with serverless architectures and event-driven design
- Familiarity with AWS cost governance tools and optimization techniques
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental & Vision
- Health Savings Accounts
- Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Disability Benefits
- Life Insurance
- Voluntary Benefits
- Paid Absences
- Retirement Benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
AWSInfrastructure as CodeCloudFormationTerraformAWS CDKEC2ECSEKSLambdaS3
Soft skills
mentoringleadershipcommunicationinfluencingcollaboration
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degree (preferred)