Principal Cloud Platform Engineer
Wizards of the Coast - Renton, WA
Hiring: Principal Cloud Platform Engineer Company: Wizards of the Coast Location: Renton, WA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-15 15:13:34 Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Azure, CI/CD, Encryption, GCP, IAM, Infrastructure as Code, Pulumi, Spark, Terraform About the job Experience: •8+ years in cloud engineering, DevOps, or platform engineering, including experience operating at a principal or staff level (setting direction, not just implementing) Required Skills: •Define and enforce policy-as-code standards (tagging, naming, encryption, network segmentation, access boundaries) across cloud accounts/subscriptions •Establish guardrails using tools such as OPA, Sentinel, AWS Config/Service Control Policies to report on and prevent drift from approved patterns •Partner closely with Security/IAM to deliver least-privilege enforcement and access-control requirements directly in our self-service capabilities while ensuring compliance and auditability. •Embed cost governance and reporting (budgets, anomaly detection, showback/chargeback) into provisioning workflows •Strategically drive organization's Infrastructure-as-Code standards (e.g., Terraform/Terraform Cloud, Pulumi) •Establish and maintain reusable, versioned modules and contribution standards that embed governance requirements by default. •Automate environment provisioning, drift detection/remediation, and lifecycle management so policy compliance doesn't depend on manual review •Stay ahead of AI-native tooling and bring forward practical opportunities balancing risk, fit, value, measurability, and alignment to company goals. Qualifications: •Deep experience with major Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), ideally across more than one •Deep hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform and/or Pulumi) at scale, including module design and state/workspace management •Direct experience implementing policy-as-code and cloud governance frameworks •Operational familiarity with CI/CD platforms, container registries, and observability tooling as consumers of the standards you build •Exposure to applying AI tooling to infrastructure problems (policy review, anomaly detection, automation) is a plus •Demonstrated capacity to influence across platform, security, FinOps, and product engineering teams without direct authority •Strong documentation and communication skills; able to make the case for standards to both engineers and leadership Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!