This role pays more than
73%
of similar roles. Most pay
$172,100–$219,125
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$216k
versus about
$196k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About T. Rowe Price
T. Rowe Price is an asset management firm focused on delivering global investment management excellence and retirement services
T. Rowe Price currently has
36 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$121,000–$206,000
across 36 roles with salary data.
Principal Cloud Engineer (Storage) serves as a senior individual contributor within the Cloud Storage Platform Engineering team, where they act as the design authority for enterprise storage systems. The role involves defining architecture, engineering standards, and automation for scalable, resilient cloud storage platforms to support data center exit initiatives. Day-to-day responsibilities include developing infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, and Git-based workflows, while managing performance, capacity, and lifecycle management. The candidate will work with NetApp, Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, Nasuni, and AWS native services including EFS, EBS, S3, and AWS Backup. This role addresses the technical challenge of transitioning traditional on-premises storage to cloud environments in a regulated, risk-aware environment. Key tasks include workload discovery, migration planning, and providing technical escalation for complex storage incidents while mentoring the broader engineering team.
What does a Cloud Engineer earn?
Median $162000 from 41 postings across 12 companies.
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