Principal Cloud Engineer

Fidelity Financial Services

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Durham, NC
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About Fidelity Financial Services

Fidelity Investments is one of the largest financial services companies in the world, offering brokerage services, mutual funds, retirement planning, wealth management, and life insurance to individuals and institutions. Industry: Financial Services & Investment Management

Fidelity Financial Services currently has 47 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $123,500–$185,000 across 10 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Cloud Engineer

As a Principal Cloud Engineer, you will join the team to develop software utilizing relational databases like SQL, Oracle, and RDBMS, alongside NoSQL options including MongoDB, DynamoDB, and Cassandra. You will design and implement Java Spring Boot microservices while building and deploying AWS native services such as EKS, AWS Batch, StepFunction, Lambda, S3, and Bedrock. Your daily responsibilities involve containerizing applications with Docker, establishing GitHub branching strategies, and managing the full project life cycle for complex systems. You will translate business visions into technical solutions, mentor junior members, and provide high-level strategy to management. The role requires expertise in Object-Oriented Design, RESTful web services, and CI/CD tools like Jenkins. You will solve complex problems within a B2B environment by designing real-time ingestion pipes and ensuring performance through Aerospike caching.

What does a Cloud Engineer earn?

Median $150634 from 33 postings across 9 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Develop software using relational (SQL, Oracle) and NoSQL (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra) databases.
  • Design and implement application-level architecture using Java Spring Boot and microservices frameworks.
  • Build and deploy AWS native services including EKS, Lambda, StepFunction, and S3.
  • Containerize applications using Docker and Kubernetes to manage scalable deployments.
  • Translate business requirements into technical specifications and complex software solutions.
  • Establish SDLC best practices, including GitHub branching strategies and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Provide technical leadership by advising senior management on strategy and mentoring junior team members.
  • Perform complex functional analysis and risk assessment for large-scale divisional initiatives.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Applied Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field and experience as a Principal Cloud Engineer.
  • Master's degree in Applied Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field and experience as a Principal Cloud Engineer.
  • Demonstrated expertise in Object-Oriented Design (OOD) and Java Web application development using Java/J2EE, Spring MVC, Spring Security, and RESTful Web services.
  • Experience building microservices oriented web applications in a business to business (B2B) environment across multiple systems.
  • Expertise in gathering requirements and translating them into system specifications using enterprise-wide web services, API solutions, and REST design principles.
  • Proficiency in provisioning Cloud infrastructure components including AWS Batch, ECS, EKS, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, and CI/CD tools like Jenkins and GitHub.
  • Experience with relational databases (SQL, Oracle) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra).
  • Experience performing Aerospike caching and designing real-time ingestion pipes into Oracle, StepFunction, and AWS Batch.

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