Principal Systems Engineer

Principal Systems EngineerAutomates processes in native Cloud environments using Agile development practices, Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) methodologies, and DevOps standards. Supports systems and software development processes -- version control, software builds, and containerization. Scales a growing public Cloud presence using Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, and Linux systems. Delivers reliable runtimes for business critical workloads. Deploys and supports highly distributed multi-tiered systems at scale. Provides technical leadership for container orchestration using Kubernetes. Automates applications using Python and Shell scripting. Manages data using DataDog, Prometheus, and Splunk.Primary Responsibilities:Interprets large datasets using query languages and visualization tools.Defines and executes comprehensive Cloud reliability and observability strategies.Ensures Cloud systems availability.Executes plans for technical standardization and process refinement within the software engineering organization.Troubleshoots stack-wide engineering issues related to hardware, software, network, applications, and Cloud service providers.Participates in peer code reviews and provides qualitative feedback.Mentors junior team members in building highly available Cloud systems.Confers with systems analysts and other software engineers/developers to design systems and obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements, and interfaces.Develops and oversees software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation.Advises on risk assessment and management strategies for projects.Acts as a primary liaison for business units to resolve various project/technology issues. Advises senior management on technical strategy.Education and Experience:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and five (5) years of experience as a Principal Systems Engineer (or closely related occupation) performing CI/CD and Cloud development on a Kubernetes platform.Or, alternatively, Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and three (3) years of experience as a Principal Systems Engineer (or closely related occupation) performing CI/CD and Cloud development on a Kubernetes platform.Skills and Knowledge:Candidate must also possess:Demonstrated Expertise ("DE") designing CI/CD for.Net Windows, Java, and Container applications; designing pipelines and creating scripts for application deployments, roll backs, and configuration changes using GIT, Docker, and Jenkins; and providing application support using Splunk and Datadog.DE designing adaptable solutions and automations in public and private Cloud -- RKS (Rancher), EKS (AWS), and AKS (Azure) -- using Python, Shell Scripting, Kubernetes, and Helm; and creating synthetic test and monitors using Catchpoint and Datadog.DE performing Site Reliability Engineering – analyzing the observability, resiliency, availability, and performance of applications; creating dashboards to capture latency, availability, error, and saturation (performance) of applications using Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog; and creating SLI/SLO dashboards and automated process to update changes and pushout new dashboards.DE building, testing, migrating, upgrading, and maintaining infrastructure and tools – Windows, Linux, UDeploy, Terraform, and Kubernetes Cluster rehydration -- by designing pipelines in uDeploy and Jenkins using API Calls, PowerShell, Shell, and Python scripting; and participating in the software configuration management process -- code compilation, packaging, deployment, release methodology, and work item management using SNOW and application configurations.