Principal Cloud Engineer

at  National Student Clearinghouse

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We are a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization and the leading provider of educational reporting, data exchange, verification, and research services. Serving the education, workforce and learner communities has been at the heart of our mission for over 30 years. Our work — performed in a trusted, secure, and private environment — provides numerous time- and cost-saving benefits to students, schools, administrators, and requestors.

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We are seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer with the proven ability to design and support a multi-cloud environment. These environments will support our large data centric applications in conjunction with The Clearinghouse’s vision and mission. You will be a key contributor in the Digital Transformation effort reengineering and migrating applications from on premises to multi-cloud environments. Implementing a highly available infrastructure is key to the success of The Clearinghouse. You will lead the team in providing root cause analysis while troubleshooting resolutions. The Principal Cloud Engineer works as part of a team responsible for operating and maintaining multi-cloud infrastructures with a focus on security, reliability and cost optimization.
The Clearinghouse is modernizing its application portfolio to be hosted in a hybrid cloud environment from its current on-premises environment. This modernization effort will also include migrating to an open-source technology stack. This position works on a team in an Agile/Scrum environment where the focus is on the teamwork and ownership of each project. The ideal incumbent has a drive for learning new things, has a desire to mentor others and is passionate about engineering end-to-end technical solutions. A commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated and simplistic design, and product quality are essential.
Currently, this is a remote-first position, and this position may be required to periodically work on-site at our office and the frequency would depend on the department/division’s requirements. Therefore, candidates must either reside within a reasonable distance to commute to our office or be willing to travel to our office in Herndon, when required.