Principal Platform Engineer KR1586

About the position

The Platform Services Engineer possesses senior software engineering experience building and operating hybrid-infrastructure developer platforms (private and commercial cloud infrastructure) at an individual contributor level. They must have prior experience deploying Kubernetes in multiple ways and supporting automation of platform management at enterprise scale. The engineer should have experience developing platform APIs that make common software operations scalable and repeatable. The engineer will feel comfortable maintaining the underlying services required to host containerized applications. The engineer should be at least a mid to senior level engineer capable of mentoring junior developers and engineers. The engineer should also possess effective communication skills to interact with various stakeholders internal and external to the organization.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate hybrid-infrastructure developer platforms.
• Deploy Kubernetes in multiple ways and support automation of platform management.
• Develop platform APIs for scalable and repeatable software operations.
• Maintain underlying services for hosting containerized applications.
• Mentor junior developers and engineers.
• Communicate effectively with various stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent technical degree; or equivalent industry experience.
• Three-plus (3+) years of experience developing production software leveraging modern languages (Java, Python, Go, NodeJS, etc.).
• One-plus (1+) years of experience developing containerized services deployed in production on orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Mesos, Swarm, etc.).
• Three-plus (3+) years of experience with agile and lean software development philosophies.
• One-plus (1+) years of experience working with relational and/or non-relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, etc.).
• Two-plus (2+) years of experience with modern version control systems (Git, Subversion, Mercurial, etc.).
• Clearable to a SECRET or above security clearance.
• CompTIA Security+ CE or other DoD 8570 IAT II certification, within 90 days.
• Five-plus (5+) years of experience leading teams building and developing containerized services deployed in production on orchestration platforms.
• Five-plus (5+) years of experience building developer platform services and APIs that scale in production.
• Five-plus (5+) years of experience building production services using Cloud Infrastructure Providers (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
• Three-plus (3+) years of experience in Identity and Access Lifecycle Management Operations and Controls.
• Deep understanding of modern microservices architectures, design patterns, resiliency techniques, and optimizations.
• Manage, report, and facilitate certification of access for all in-scope resources.