Sr. Principal Integration Engineer - Cloud Solutions
Fresenius Medical Care
Summary
The Principal Azure Cloud Solutions Engineer serves as a senior technical authority responsible for designing, implementing, and improving secure, scalable, and resilient solutions on Microsoft Azure. This role combines solution architecture with hands-on engineering to support cloud adoption, application modernization, infrastructure automation, and operational excellence. As a principal individual contributor, this engineer leads complex technical initiatives, establishes engineering standards, mentors other engineers, and partners with business and technology leaders to translate organizational priorities into practical cloud solutions.
Job description
Cloud Solutioning and Engineering
- Design and implement secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective Azure solutions aligned with business objectives and enterprise architecture standards.
- Design, implement, and continuously improve Azure landing zones, management group and subscription structures, resource organization, and PaaS/IaaS Resources.
- Engineer solutions across Azure compute, storage, networking, identity, containers, and platform services; ensuring integration, reliability, and operational supportability.
- Evaluate architectural alternatives and technical tradeoffs, establish reusable engineering patterns, and document solution designs, technical decisions, dependencies, and operational requirements.
- Partner with application development, infrastructure, and security teams to guide cloud service selection, application architecture, and modernization strategies.
Automation and Platform Delivery
- Develop and maintain reusable Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
- Build and improve CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment, configuration validation, and controlled promotion across environments.
- Automate provisioning, configuration, updates, monitoring, and routine operational tasks.
- Establish source control, code review, testing, and documentation practices for cloud engineering.
- Create standardized deployment patterns that help teams deliver solutions consistently and efficiently.
Security and Governance
- Integrate security into solution designs, including identity, privileged access, network segmentation, encryption, secrets management, and logging.
- Implement governance through Azure Policy, role-based access control, resource standards, and automated compliance checks.
- Partner with cybersecurity and risk teams to address vulnerabilities, remediate findings, and support audit requirements.
- Design and engineer secure connectivity between Azure, on-premises infrastructure, and external services, incorporating private connectivity and network isolation.
- Apply least-privilege access and Zero Trust principles throughout the cloud environment.
Reliability, Operations, and Cost Management
- Define observability standards for metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, and actionable alerts.
- Lead technical troubleshooting for complex cloud incidents and drive root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Improve service reliability, capacity, performance, and operational readiness.
- Identify cost optimization opportunities through right-sizing, resource lifecycle management, consumption analysis, and appropriate purchasing models.
- Develop operational runbooks and ensure solutions can be supported effectively after implementation.
Technical Leadership and Collaboration
- Lead engineering solution reviews for complex or high-impact initiatives.
- Establish technical roadmaps, reference architectures, and reusable engineering patterns.
- Mentor engineers and strengthen technical capabilities across teams.
- Communicate technical options, risks, costs, and recommendations to technical and business stakeholders.
- Collaborate with application development, networking, security, data, operations, vendors, and other internal teams.
- Evaluate emerging Azure capabilities through focused proof of concepts and recommend adoption based on demonstrated value.
Requirements
- 10 or more years in technology
- 5 or more years designing and implementing Azure solutions
- Demonstrated success leading complex enterprise cloud initiatives from design through production operations
- Deep technical expertise across Azure infrastructure and platform services, including compute, storage, networking, identity, security, and governance
- Strong experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Azure RBAC, managed identities, and privileged access controls
- Advanced knowledge of Azure networking and hybrid connectivity, including virtual networks, routing, DNS, firewalls, load balancing, and private service connectivity
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
- Scripting with PowerShell, Python, or Azure CLI
- Experience with Git-based workflows and CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps
- Experience implementing monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, and incident response capabilities
- Ability to assess technical tradeoffs and balance business needs with security, reliability, operational complexity, and cost
- Proven ability to independently investigate and resolve complex technical issues spanning multiple Azure services, infrastructure components, and application dependencies
- Strong written communication, technical documentation, stakeholder engagement, and mentoring skills
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Microsoft Certified: Associate-level certification or higher
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- 401(k) Matching
- Paid Time Off
- Parental Leave
- Performance-Based Bonuses
Company overview
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA is the world's leading provider of products and services for individuals with renal diseases, serving as a global healthcare company specializing in kidney dialysis treatment. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Bad Homburg, Germany with North American operations based in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company operates an extensive network of 4,171 outpatient dialysis centers across approximately 50 countries, serving over 345,000 dialysis patients worldwide. As the clear market leader in dialysis services, Fresenius Medical Care holds a dominant 38% market share of the dialysis market in the United States. The company provides comprehensive renal care solutions including hemodialysis machines, dialyzers, peritoneal dialysis solutions, and related medical devices through its 42 production sites globally. With approximately 128,000 employees, Fresenius Medical Care focuses on improving patients' quality of life through innovative technologies and therapies for end-stage renal disease treatment, offering both in-center and home dialysis options while maintaining a strong commitment to value-based care and patient well-being.