Location: Austin, TX, United States | Type: Remote | Country: US*Principal Cloud Engineer - Infrastructure (Automation**& BCDR)**Jeppesen ForeFlight is redefining the future of aviation technology – equipping pilots, operators, and decision-makers with the software tools to forge bold new digital paths that push past the expected. We stand with those who dream bigger, fly farther, and seek to explore the next frontier in the cockpit and operations center.The role is preferred as Hybrid working in Austin TX, Houston TX or Denver CO, we will consider virtual for the right candidate.*Key ResponsibilitiesOwn and evolve infrastructure automation platforms; CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure, self-service provisioning workflows, serving engineering teams across a distributed, multi-region environmentLead the design and continuous validation of Business Continuity and Disaster Recoverystrategy, including RTO/RPO target-setting, failover design, chaos engineering, and recovery runbook ownershipBuild and operate observability and resilience tooling to ensure infrastructure state is fullyinstrumented, drift is detected proactively, and failure scenarios are exercised before they're encountered in productionDefine and govern IaC standards (Terraform, CDK, or equivalent), including modulestrategy, state management, and guardrail enforcement across cloud accounts and environmentsOwn platform reliability outcomes, establish SLOs for core infrastructure services, drivedown toil through systematic automation, and maintain high standards for incident response qualityOperate effectively across a complex organizational context, translating business continuityrequirements from engineering, security, and compliance stakeholders into concrete infrastructure design and validated recovery capability Basic Qualifications12+ years of engineering experience, with at least 7 as primary architect or technical ownerof infrastructure automation platforms and resilience programs at scaleDeep production experience designing and operating IaC at scale: Terraform (orCDK/Pulumi equivalent), with strong opinions on module strategy, state management, policy-as-code, and guardrail enforcement across many cloud accounts and environmentsExpert command of CI/CD for infrastructure: pipeline design, drift detection, plan/applyworkflows, secrets handling, and self-service patterns that serve engineering teams safely at scaleTrack record owning Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery strategy end-to-end:setting RTO/RPO targets, designing multi-region failover, running real DR exercises, and translating findings into durable architectural changeHands-on experience with chaos engineering and resilience testing in productionenvironments, including failure-injection tooling and game-day operationsStrong grounding in observability for infrastructure: SLOs, drift detection, state-of-the-fleetvisibility, and instrumenting both control-plane and data-plane signalsDeep production experience in at least one major cloud (AWS preferred), with crediblebreadth across both AWS and Azure or strong evidence you can become productive across bothCross-functional leadership, comfortable as a peer with senior security, compliance, finance,and product engineering leaders on business continuity and audit-readiness conversationsComfortable with the coordination work of a recently combined company: divergentautomation stacks, in-flight unification, and the political work that comes with consolidation Preferred QualificationsExperience leading a BCDR program through external audit or regulatory review (SOC 2,FedRAMP, ISO 22301, financial-services resilience frameworks, or aviation-relevant equivalents)Experience standing up or evolving a self-service infrastructure platform (Backstage, internaldeveloper portal, or equivalent) with golden-path provisioning patternsHands-on experience with infrastructure orchestration tooling beyond raw Terraform(Terragrunt, Atlantis, Spacelift, env0, Crossplane, or similar)Experience with chaos engineering tooling (AWS FIS, Azure Chaos Studio, Gremlin, ChaosMesh, Litmus) in productionExperience designing and operating cross-region or cross-cloud disaster recovery forstateful workloads (databases, message queues, object stores)Background in SRE or platform reliability with strong instincts for SLO design, error budgetpolicy, and toil reductionExperience post-M&A integrating infrastructure automation platforms across two or morelegacy stacksExperience in aviation, regulated industries, or other domains with mission-critical workloadsand strict business continuity requirementsBackground contributing to or evaluating resilience standards and frameworks (ISO 22301,NIST SP 800-34, or industry equivalents) About Jeppesen ForeFlightJeppesen ForeFlight is a leading provider of innovative aviation software solutions, serving the Commercial, Business, Military, and General Aviation sectors globally. Combining Jeppesen’s 90-year legacy of accurate aeronautical data with ForeFlight’s expertise in cutting-edge aviation technology, the company delivers an integrated suite of tools designed to enhance safety, improve operational efficiency, and sharpen decision-making. Why You Should Join (USA)At Jeppesen ForeFlight, we know you want a rewarding career. To do that, you need challenging projects, a good work environment, and awesome coworkers. We believe in our employees, and we empower them to make a direct impact on our products and services messaging. We strive to provide our team and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits package includes but not limited to the following:Medical, dental, vision insurance with Employer paid health premiumsOpen PTO Policy401(k) with up to 10% company matching and immediate vesting12 Weeks Paid Parent LeaveFlight Training RewardsPay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well market and business considerations: Summary Pay Range: $208,000.00-$244,000.00 Jeppesen ForeFlight – EOE including Disability/Vets | Pay Transparency | E-Verify Participant
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