Principal Engineer I - Azure Cloud Engineer
Western Alliance Bank • Phoenix, Arizona • Posted June 19, 2026
About the Role
Job Title:
Principal Engineer I - Azure Cloud EngineerLocation:
OH - ColumbusWhat you'll do:
The Cloud Principal Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for defining and driving the strategic technical direction of the organization’s cloud platforms across Azure and AWS. This role serves as the highest-level engineering authority for cloud architecture, engineering standards, automation patterns, and platform design, ensuring cloud capabilities are secure, scalable, resilient, and aligned with business and regulatory requirements.The Cloud Principal Engineer partners closely with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Application teams, System Integration team, and Operations to establish cloud reference architectures, engineering guardrails, and long-term platform roadmaps. This role leads the resolution of complex cross-domain technical challenges, guides major cloud modernization and migration efforts, and influences enterprise ...