Principal Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (Team Lead)

Principal Cloud InfrastructureEngineer (Team Lead)

Job Family: Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering

Job Profile:

Level: P4

OUTGROWN YOUR OWN BACKYARD COME PLAY IN OURS.

At Columbiawereas passionate about the outdoors as you are. And while our gear is available worldwidewereproud to be based in the Pacific Northwest where natural wonders are our playground.

Every product we make and every task we undertake is inspired by the famous words of our founder Gert Boyle: Itsperfect. Now make it better. As pioneers of relentless improvement we are constantly evolving.

We believe the outdoors is ours to protect and strive to keep our planet healthy. We believe in empowering people to experience the outdoors to the fullest.

And we believe in you.

ABOUT THE POSITION

We are seeking aPrincipal Cloud Engineer (P4)to serve as ahands-on technical leaderandteam leaderwithin our global Infrastructure Engineering organization. This role will leaddesignand delivery of cloud infrastructure capabilities in ourAzure-firstenvironment while partnering closely with ourUS-based Cloud Infrastructure teamto align on architecture standards and shared roadmaps.

You bring deep Azureexpertise; familiarity with AWS is a plus but not and experience withAliCloudremainsan added advantage. Because this role partners with global teams across North America Europe and Asia especially the US-based Cloud Infrastructure team. Excellent English communicationand a proven ability tocollaborate across time zones and organizational boundariesare essential.

HOW YOULL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

In this role youll lead and contribute hands-on as part of Columbias global Infrastructure Engineering team to design build secure and operate enterprise cloud platforms and services at scale.

You will:

• Lead technical designfor cloud infrastructure solutions (networking identity security governance and platform services) producing clear architecture diagrams and decision records

• Serve as team leadfor a small squad of cloud engineers: set priorities delegate work remove blockers coach/mentor engineers and drive consistent engineering practices

• Partner closely with the US-based Cloud Infrastructure teamto align standards reference architectures and shared roadmaps; collaborate effectively across time zones

• Own infrastructure-as-code patterns(Terraform) and CI/CD automation improving reusability security and deployment safety

• Drive reliability and operations maturity: incident response leadership post-incident learning runbooks observability and continuous improvement

• Conduct technical reviews audits and assessments; ensure documentation is accurate actionable and kept current

This position plays a key role in shaping Columbias cloud platform strategy and execution;building a stable scalable and secure foundation while enabling delivery teams worldwide.

YOU ARE

• A principal-level cloud engineer who combines strong hands-on delivery witharchitecture and design leadership

• Ateam leadwho coaches others drives accountability and raises the quality bar through standards and reviews

• A collaborative partner who builds trusted relationships and works effectively withUS-based Cloud Infrastructure teammates product teams and stakeholders across regions

• A clear and confident communicatorin both spoken and written Englishable to translate complex technical concepts for technical and non-technical audiences

• Someone who values documentation repeatable automation and process-driven engineering