Business Services & Consulting • all cities, NY 35
We are seeking a skilled engineer to join the FinOps team within Information Services, where you'll play a key role in shaping how Principal's cloud costs are managed, optimized, and governed across the organization.Upon joining the team, you would be developing and implementing solutions that advance our enterprise-wide FinOps strategy—helping Principal optimize cloud financial management, improve cost transparency, and drive smarter decision-making for teams making technology choices.Working within an agile environment, our team emphasizes consistent, fully managed deployments.
This role provides a unique opportunity to influence both delivery processes and outcomes, while partnering closely with a high-performing group of infrastructure engineers and technology professionals.Our team currently focuses on managing and optimizing AWS cloud spend, but we're actively expanding our scope to include other cloud service providers (CSPs) used at Principal and technologies such as IaaS, SaaS, and vendor-hosted solutions.This role offers the opportunity to help shape our evolving FinOps strategy across a diverse and growing technology landscape.
As a member of the team, you will:
Who you are:
Salary range information:
Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salary range (non-exempt expressed as hourly; exempt expressed as yearly) $85,000 - $165,000 / year.
Salary details:
The following salary ranges reflect market-specific compensation for this position across multiple job levels. Candidates will be evaluated to determine the appropriate job level based on their skills and experience. Infrastructure Engineer III: $85,000 - $135,000 / year Sr. Infrastructure Engineer I: $118,000 - $165,000 / year.
Time off program:
Flexible time off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees don't accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.
Work environment:
This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek), and remote work arrangements (only if residing more than 30 miles from Des Moines, IA, Raleigh, NC, or Charlotte, NC). You'll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.
Job level:
We'll consider talent at the next level with the right experience and skills.
Hours:
This role will partner with our global teams and has an expectation for flexibility in your work schedule. Hours may start at 7:00 a.m.
Work authorization/sponsorship:
At this time, we're not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future or those needing work authorization for this role. (This includes, but is not limited to students on F1-OPT, F1-CPT, J-1, etc.) Nonimmigrant workers and green card for employment-based immigrants investment code of ethics for Principal Global Investors positions, you'll need to follow an investment code of ethics related to personal and business conduct as well as personal trading activities for you and members of your household.
These same requirements may also apply to other positions across the organization.
Experience:
Principal at Principal, we value connecting on both a personal and professional level.Together, we're imagining a more purpose-led future for financial services – and that starts with you.Our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees.And we support our employees the same way we support our customers: with comprehensive, competitive benefit offerings crafted to protect their physical, financial, and social well-being.Check out our careers site to learn more about our purpose, values and benefits.
Principal is an equal opportunity employer all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
We are seeking a skilled engineer to join the FinOps team within Information Services, where you'll play a key role in shaping how Principal's cloud costs are managed, optimized, and governed across the organization.Upon joining the team, you would be developing and implementing solutions that advance our enterprise-wide FinOps strategy—helping Principal optimize cloud financial management, improve cost transparency, and drive smarter decision-making for teams making technology choices.Working within an agile environment, our team emphasizes consistent, fully managed deployments.
This role provides a unique opportunity to influence both delivery processes and outcomes, while partnering closely with a high-performing group of infrastructure engineers and technology professionals.Our team currently focuses on managing and optimizing AWS cloud spend, but we're actively expanding our scope to include other cloud service providers (CSPs) used at Principal and technologies such as IaaS, SaaS, and vendor-hosted solutions.This role offers the opportunity to help shape our evolving FinOps strategy across a diverse and growing technology landscape.
As a member of the team, you will:
Who you are:
Salary range information:
Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salary range (non-exempt expressed as hourly; exempt expressed as yearly) $85,000 - $165,000 / year.
Salary details:
The following salary ranges reflect market-specific compensation for this position across multiple job levels. Candidates will be evaluated to determine the appropriate job level based on their skills and experience. Infrastructure Engineer III: $85,000 - $135,000 / year Sr. Infrastructure Engineer I: $118,000 - $165,000 / year.
Time off program:
Flexible time off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees don't accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.
Work environment:
This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek), and remote work arrangements (only if residing more than 30 miles from Des Moines, IA, Raleigh, NC, or Charlotte, NC). You'll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.
Job level:
We'll consider talent at the next level with the right experience and skills.
Hours:
This role will partner with our global teams and has an expectation for flexibility in your work schedule. Hours may start at 7:00 a.m.
Work authorization/sponsorship:
At this time, we're not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future or those needing work authorization for this role. (This includes, but is not limited to students on F1-OPT, F1-CPT, J-1, etc.) Nonimmigrant workers and green card for employment-based immigrants investment code of ethics for Principal Global Investors positions, you'll need to follow an investment code of ethics related to personal and business conduct as well as personal trading activities for you and members of your household.
These same requirements may also apply to other positions across the organization.
Experience:
Principal at Principal, we value connecting on both a personal and professional level.Together, we're imagining a more purpose-led future for financial services – and that starts with you.Our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees.And we support our employees the same way we support our customers: with comprehensive, competitive benefit offerings crafted to protect their physical, financial, and social well-being.Check out our careers site to learn more about our purpose, values and benefits.
Principal is an equal opportunity employer all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
