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Principal roles in U.S. school districts and educational organizations qualify for employment-based green card sponsorship through the PERM labor certification process. Employers file on your behalf, and EB-2 or EB-3 classification depends on whether your role requires an advanced degree or a standard four-year credential with relevant experience.
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Get Access To All JobsCox Automotive offers you the chance to take a leading role in the digital revolution of the automotive industry. We are on a journey to build out new omni channel experiences, B2B APIs, and Gen AI capabilities for automotive retailers. You will partner with our product and engineering leadership to solve key consumer problems and deliver connected client experiences for car dealerships including: CRM, desking, FNI, vehicle valuation, acquisition, pricing, inventory management, merchandising, servicing, and delivery. We are looking for someone with deep automotive experience who knows what it takes to make complex workloads work together.
The right individual balances product solutioning with hands-on technical discovery and is able to influence the larger community of software engineers and product owners to align everyone to a shared technology direction and strategy. While providing a general view of the solution architecture, they enable implementation teams to make local decisions to provide a faster flow of value and better economics.
This role involves tight collaboration with business stakeholders, teams, vendors, partners, and customers in defining the technology infrastructure, decomposition into components and subsystems, and the definition of interfaces between subsystems.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Set the platform architectural direction, long-term vision, and guiding principles.
- Participate in the planning, definition, and high-level design of the solutions. Work with multiple Release Trains to identify dependencies and define integration strategies.
- Provide guidance to engineers and technical architects in clarifying requirements, allocating responsibilities to subsystems, defining interfaces, and establishing delivery automation and testing strategies.
- Identify required architectural runway in support of upcoming business features and capabilities. Work with product and engineering counterparts to ensure that it is prioritized and delivered.
- Frame technical and architectural alternatives in business terms, clearly articulating both business and technical implications of various options. Operate within the retail platform's financial framework to validate the economic impact of design decisions.
- Champion sound architectural solutions and effectively advocate for them at all levels of the organization.
- Establish critical non-functional requirements at the platform level.
- Partner with other areas of Cox Automotive to promote the strategic development and re-use of shared capabilities.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 10 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 8 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 5 years' experience in a related field; or 14 years' experience in a related field.
- Experience with cloud-native architectures and delivering software and services leveraging cloud infrastructure such as AWS.
- 8 years of experience in full development life cycle and significant experience in delivering mission-critical applications and services in a production environment for an industry.
- Experience building software with API-first approach using serverless technologies, containers, and distributed architectures.
- Strong foundational knowledge of software engineering and familiarity with various technologies such as OIDC, SAML, SCIM, SQL, NoSQL, Node.js, Python, Java, React, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Experience building, integrating, and testing complex software products composed by multiple workloads and teams.
- Requires strong knowledge of exemplary consulting skills and a track record of applying these skills as a practicing architect. Outstanding verbal, written, presentation, facilitation, and interaction skills, including ability to effectively communicate architectural issues and concepts to multiple organization levels. Skills to work effectively with teams throughout the organization.
- 4 years of experience as a solution or technical architect.
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $163,400.00 - $272,300.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Benefits:
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
EOE, including disability/vets
Cox Automotive offers you the chance to take a leading role in the digital revolution of the automotive industry. We are on a journey to build out new omni channel experiences, B2B APIs, and Gen AI capabilities for automotive retailers. You will partner with our product and engineering leadership to solve key consumer problems and deliver connected client experiences for car dealerships including: CRM, desking, FNI, vehicle valuation, acquisition, pricing, inventory management, merchandising, servicing, and delivery. We are looking for someone with deep automotive experience who knows what it takes to make complex workloads work together.
The right individual balances product solutioning with hands-on technical discovery and is able to influence the larger community of software engineers and product owners to align everyone to a shared technology direction and strategy. While providing a general view of the solution architecture, they enable implementation teams to make local decisions to provide a faster flow of value and better economics.
This role involves tight collaboration with business stakeholders, teams, vendors, partners, and customers in defining the technology infrastructure, decomposition into components and subsystems, and the definition of interfaces between subsystems.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Set the platform architectural direction, long-term vision, and guiding principles.
- Participate in the planning, definition, and high-level design of the solutions. Work with multiple Release Trains to identify dependencies and define integration strategies.
- Provide guidance to engineers and technical architects in clarifying requirements, allocating responsibilities to subsystems, defining interfaces, and establishing delivery automation and testing strategies.
- Identify required architectural runway in support of upcoming business features and capabilities. Work with product and engineering counterparts to ensure that it is prioritized and delivered.
- Frame technical and architectural alternatives in business terms, clearly articulating both business and technical implications of various options. Operate within the retail platform's financial framework to validate the economic impact of design decisions.
- Champion sound architectural solutions and effectively advocate for them at all levels of the organization.
- Establish critical non-functional requirements at the platform level.
- Partner with other areas of Cox Automotive to promote the strategic development and re-use of shared capabilities.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 10 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 8 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 5 years' experience in a related field; or 14 years' experience in a related field.
- Experience with cloud-native architectures and delivering software and services leveraging cloud infrastructure such as AWS.
- 8 years of experience in full development life cycle and significant experience in delivering mission-critical applications and services in a production environment for an industry.
- Experience building software with API-first approach using serverless technologies, containers, and distributed architectures.
- Strong foundational knowledge of software engineering and familiarity with various technologies such as OIDC, SAML, SCIM, SQL, NoSQL, Node.js, Python, Java, React, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Experience building, integrating, and testing complex software products composed by multiple workloads and teams.
- Requires strong knowledge of exemplary consulting skills and a track record of applying these skills as a practicing architect. Outstanding verbal, written, presentation, facilitation, and interaction skills, including ability to effectively communicate architectural issues and concepts to multiple organization levels. Skills to work effectively with teams throughout the organization.
- 4 years of experience as a solution or technical architect.
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $163,400.00 - $272,300.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Benefits:
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
EOE, including disability/vets
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Principal
Translate your credentials before applying
Foreign teaching licenses, administrative certifications, and graduate degrees need official evaluation by a NACES-approved credential evaluator before PERM filing begins. Having equivalency documentation ready prevents delays when your sponsoring employer submits the labor certification.
Target districts with PERM filing history
Search Migrate Mate to identify school districts and charter networks that have previously sponsored Principal roles through the PERM process. Employers with a filing record have existing legal counsel and internal HR workflows, making sponsorship a realistic conversation.
Understand how EB-3 classification affects your timeline
Most Principal positions require a bachelor's degree plus experience, placing them in EB-3. For most countries except India and China, EB-3 priority dates are current or near-current, meaning your green card process can move faster than many professionals expect.
Verify your role qualifies as a specialty occupation
Pull the O*NET profile for Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School to confirm your job duties align with the standard definition. PERM filings must document that the position normally requires a specific degree field, not just any bachelor's credential.
Negotiate sponsorship commitment before accepting an offer
Ask the hiring district to confirm in writing that they'll initiate PERM within 90 days of your start date. Principals often change roles due to district restructuring, and a documented commitment protects you if leadership turnover delays the filing.
Use the OFLC Wage Search to benchmark your offered salary
DOL requires your employer to pay at least the prevailing wage for your location and job level during PERM. Run the OFLC Wage Search yourself before your offer letter is finalized so you can flag any shortfall before it creates a PERM deficiency.
Green Card Principal: Frequently Asked Questions
Can a U.S. school district sponsor a Principal for a green card?
Yes. Public and private school districts regularly file PERM labor certifications for Principal positions. The employer submits the application to DOL, demonstrating no qualified U.S. workers were available. Once PERM is certified, the district files an I-140 petition with USCIS, and you pursue adjustment of status or consular processing for lawful permanent residency.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for a Principal role?
H-1B visa is a temporary work visa with an annual cap and a lottery for most applicants. A PERM-based green card leads to permanent residency with no annual quota at the EB-3 level for most nationalities. The process takes longer, typically two to four years, but the outcome is lawful permanent resident status rather than a visa you must renew.
Does a Principal role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 classification?
Most Principal positions qualify under EB-3 because they require a bachelor's degree in education or a related field plus administrative experience. EB-2 applies if the role formally requires a master's degree or equivalent, which some districts specify for senior leadership positions. Your employer's attorney determines the correct classification based on the actual job requirements documented in the PERM application.
Where can I find school districts that sponsor Principal roles for green cards?
Migrate Mate lets you search Principal job listings filtered by employers with employment-based green card sponsorship history. Targeting districts that have previously filed PERM applications significantly improves your chances, since those employers already understand the process and have legal infrastructure in place to support your case.
What happens to my green card case if I change districts before PERM is approved?
If you leave the sponsoring district before the I-140 is approved, the PERM petition is generally abandoned and the process restarts with any new employer. Once an I-140 is approved and your priority date is current, AC21 portability rules allow you to change to a similar role without losing your place in the queue, provided your I-485 has been pending for at least 180 days.