Principal Cloud Engineer

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey empowers our members to achieve their best health.  For over 90 years, we have been New Jersey’s health solutions leader driving innovations that improve health care quality, affordability, and member experience.  Our members are our neighbors, our friends, and our families.  It is this understanding that drives us to better serve and care for the 3.5 million people who place their trust in us. We pride ourselves on our best-in-class employees and strive to maintain an innovative and inclusive environment that allows them to thrive. When our employees bring their best and succeed, the Company succeeds. 

Horizon’s Principal Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing and deploying cloud-based solutions with a focus on performance, security, and high availability. The responsibilities include selecting the right cloud services, implementing automation through Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and optimizing cloud costs. The individual will lead cloud security practices and ensure compliance with relevant regulations. Additionally, they will provide technical guidance to teams and act as an escalation point for troubleshooting. The role also emphasizes creating cloud governance, standards, and patterns to enhance operational efficiency.

Designing and implementing cloud-based solutions, including infrastructure, applications and platforms.  Designing cloud native services deployment patterns with strong emphasis on performance, high availability and resiliency. Performing POC/POV to select right cloud services, platforms, and tools for business applications.  Creating cloud-focused governance, standards, building blocks, and patterns.  Implementing and managing cloud security practices, including IAM roles, security groups, encryption, and compliance to protect PHI/PII data.  Developing automation scripts and infrastructure as code (IaC) for efficient resource provisioning and deployment with strong emphasis on end-to-end automation and self-service model.  Develop Finops practice focusing on standardization, cost optimization, and show back model. Providing technical expertise and guidance to other teams.  Act as a point of escalation or troubleshooting & resolving technical issues. 

Education/Experience

HSD or GED required, Bachelor//Master’s Degree preferred (or equivalent work experience) in computer science, information systems, or a related field. 5+ years of experience as a principal cloud engineer or similar role.

Additional Licensing, Certifications, Registrations

• Certification in one or more cloud platforms AWS, Azure, and GCP

Required Skills and Experience:

• Strong technical skills in cloud computing:

  Proficiency in AWS cloud platforms.

  Azure & GCP cloud platform knowledge will be a plus.  

  Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, RedHat OpenShift Container platform)

  Hands on experience working on service mesh (Istio, consul, Linkerd), CNI, Observability, DevSecOps tools.

  Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform, CloudFormation). 

  Experience with networking fundamentals (BGP, OSPF, TCP, UDP, DNS, Load Balancing). 

  Experience programming in one or more languages - python, Ruby, JavaScript, Go, Powershell, bash.

  Strong experience in cloud foundation, landing zone, SAS integration model 

• Leadership and Communication Skills:

  Strong leadership and mentoring skills. 

  Excellent communication and collaboration skills. 

• Problem-Solving and Analytical Skills:

  Strong problem-solving and analytical skills. 

  Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues. 

• Experience with DevOps practices:

  Experience with CI/CD pipelines. 

  Experience with automation and orchestration tools(Jenkins, Groovy, Bitbucket). 

• Experience with cloud security practices:

  Experience with cloud security principles and best practices. 

  Experience with security frameworks and compliance standards (SOC 1/2 , HIPAA, HiTrust, CSI, NIST)

Horizon BCBSNJ employees must live in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut or Delaware

Salary Range:

$135,900 - $185,535

​This compensation range is specific to the job level and takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, incl