Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BMO Bank N.A. is seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer to lead cloud architecture and design within their innovative Cloud Engineering team. The role involves defining scalable Azure solutions, driving end-to-end delivery, and mentoring junior engineers while ensuring compliance with security and governance standards.
Responsibilities
- Lead cloud architecture and design
- Define and implement scalable, secure, and highly available Azure solutions
- Establish architecture patterns, standards, and best practices across teams
- Own end-to-end delivery
- Translate business requirements into technical solutions and architecture designs
- Drive solution implementation from concept to production
- Cloud platform engineering & automation
- Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules using Terraform
- Build reusable modules, landing zones, and enterprise-scale Azure environments
- DevOps & CI/CD leadership
- Design, implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
- Drive automation-first culture and continuous improvement
- Security, governance, and compliance
- Implement Azure security best practices (Zero Trust, RBAC, Defender for Cloud)
- Define and implement governance and policies framework
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and enterprise standards
- Performance, reliability, and cost optimization
- Architect for resilience (HA/DR strategies, multi-region designs)
- Monitor and optimize workload performance and Azure spend (FinOps practices)
- Mentorship and technical leadership
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and lead technical direction across projects
- Conduct design reviews, code reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions
- Stakeholder engagement
- Collaborate with product owners, architects, and leadership
- Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Operational excellence
- Drive modernization initiatives
- Define observability strategies using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights
- Drive incident response and root cause analysis for cloud core systems
Skills
- 8+ years of experience in multiple large scale Azure enterprise environments
- Architect-level expertise and proven track of designing and implementing cloud strategies, defining standards, designing and implementing large-scale solutions in Azure
- Expert in IaC with a proven track record of developing complex modules and solutions end-to-end, from scratch (Terraform)
- Strong devops expertise, proven track of designing and building complex CI/CD pipelines
- Architect-level expertise in Policy as Code (PaC) strategy and implementation
- Expertise with design, implementation and running container infrastructure
- Expertise with design of operational processes for large scale Azure environments
- Strong programming skills (dev background) and fluency with at least one of the following languages: Python, node.js, java, c#, c++
- Strong knowledge and experience in setting up, securing, and managing public cloud infrastructure (Azure) at scale
- Solid understanding and proven practical experience with Azure IAM/RBAC design and implementation at scale
- Deep and broad knowledge of Azure IaaS/SaaS/PaaS services and experience building solutions in public clouds
- Strong understanding and hands-on expertise in designing and running large scale cloud networking
- Deep and broad general IT engineering knowledge as well as hands-on experience in different areas such as networking, infrastructure, security, solutions architecture and design, OS (Linux/Windows), common protocols and services, identity and access management, automation, troubleshooting, etc
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- A critical thinker with strong research and analytics skills
- Self-motivated with a positive attitude and ability to work independently and/or in a team
- Able to work under tight timelines and deliver on complex problems
- Ability to keep up with fast-paced enterprise environment within Agile processes
Benefits
- Performance-based incentives
- Discretionary bonuses
- Health insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Accident and life insurance
- Retirement savings plans
- In-depth training and coaching
- Manager support and network-building opportunities
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