Principal Cloud Engineer - Devops
HybridHyderabad, Telangana, India
Job Summary
Contribute to the development and maintenance of the Internal Developer Platform (IDP) by implementing platform components, automation, and internal tooling. Assist in developing CI/CD pipelines, service templates, and self-service capabilities while integrating platform components with containerized environments and Kubernetes-based systems. Collaborate with development teams to streamline engineering processes and support observability improvements through logging, metrics, and monitoring. Apply secure engineering practices including IAM/RBAC and secret management to enhance platform reliability. Work under guidance from senior engineers to standardize delivery workflows across teams.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- demonstrated experience contributing to internal platforms, DevOps initiatives, or developer tooling
- Experience with at least one of the following languages: JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or Java
- basic practical experience with at least one cloud provider (AWS preferred)
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar)
- experience working with containers (Docker)
- basic exposure to Kubernetes environments
- Experience contributing to CI/CD pipelines
- experience developing automation, internal tools, or integrations with guidance
- Basic understanding of observability (logging, metrics, monitoring)
- working knowledge of secure infrastructure practices (IAM/RBAC, secret management)
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with Internal Developer Platform (IDP) concepts including service templates, golden paths, and self-service developer workflows
- Hands-on experience with AWS services and cloud-native architecture patterns
- experience with additional cloud providers
- Familiarity with platform engineering best practices, including developer experience (DevEx) optimization and standardization of delivery workflows
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
- ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and adapt to evolving requirements
- Curiosity and eagerness to learn
- ability to take ownership of assigned tasks and grow with guidance from senior engineers in a fast-paced environment
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