Principal Engineer

Principal Software EngineerWingbrace is growing and expanding our work with the Airforce - Just Won our recompete tripled the size of the contract - Adding additional contract soon hence the new position The Wingbrace Development organization is charged with identifying, developing and applying new technologies that can address the Government's most challenging Software, Systems, Cloud and Data Engineering problems. This is an opportunity for experienced software and systems engineers who are highly motivated, innovative and self-directed. This position provides challenging opportunities to apply and expand one's cloud engineering, full stack (equally versed in front and back-end coding), systems architecture experience. Specific areas of interest include software and systems architecture capture, data lake/data warehouse implementation, data visualization, analysis of complex systems, and decision support. This position is located in Lincoln Massachusetts. This position will require working on Hanscom AF base and our office 55 Old Bedford Rd Lincoln Mass with limited remote work.Day to day responsibilities As a Principal Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to leverage and grow your engineering expertise by:Working at the intersection of infrastructure and software engineering to design and deploy cloud infrastructure using Azure & other DOD Cloud EnvironmentsProviding guidance on end-to-end architecture, working with cross functional teams, documenting design principles on messaging and interacting across componentsServing as the technical champion of systems and its interaction at scalePerforming Cloud Engineering (PaaS and SaaS), deploying applications in containerized environments, virtual desktop integration (VDI) and cloud service orchestrationDesigning PaaS offerings that are easy to consume, elastic, secure, and reliable using commercially available cloud solutionsBringing together cross-functional teams and building automation to deliver programmable infrastructureProviding well-informed guidance regarding the application of the platform and other supporting technologies to assist in the deployment of public & private cloud service offeringsDeveloping the client's public and private cloud roadmap and extending functionalityFacilitating guidance on definition of done, examining test coverage with focus on scalability, performance and availabilityCollaborating with the operations team on complex issues and incidents effecting customer baseActing as a subject matter expert, bridging our technical and business audiences during solution planning, development, and deploymentInfluencing business stakeholders on strategic product directionEstablishing enterprise-wide architecture practices that are used by various architects to ensure the client's vision can be diligently executed uponDeploying and configuring identity and access management solutionsAssisting with the identification of mission assurance risks, impacts, and artifact generation for complianceTranslating customer's IT needs and future goals into a plan by crafting approaches and evolving them with advanced technology solutionsPlanning, designing, developing, testing, and integrating complex systems solutionsSupporting analysis and developing actions to address technology or operations gapsSupporting requirements management, interface management and architecture change management processes using best-of-breed tools like Rational DOORS and Siemens TeamcenterDeveloping a data analytics pipeline using data lake and data warehouse architectures and visualizations with PythonEstimating, planning, scheduling, and executing data engineering activitiesSupporting proposal efforts to capture new businessOrganizing work activities, monitoring and mentor teammates, and clientsAssisting with stakeholder communications, responses to taskers, participation in Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), briefing external organizations and preparing technical assessments (e.g., trade-offs and gap analysis)Assisting with preparing status reports and transferring knowledge to Government clientsRepresenting Wingbrace at client forums and conferences, helping shape Wingbrace opportunities and technical directionSkills/Education/Certification Required: Must be a US citizen A minimum Secret Security Clearance Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or any bachelor's degree with demonstrable experience in software development 10+ years of experience with product development or systems engineering and integration projects Industry experience in Cloud Engineering, PaaS, SaaS, and full stack development Demonstrated programming experience in object-oriented programming (e.g., Java, C# or C++, Python) Demonstrated proficiency and strength in verbal, written, presentation, and communications skills for developing and delivering technical presentations Referenceable project-based experience in a team environment Experience leading teams of 5-7 peoplePreferred: Top Secret Security Clearance Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering or related field or demonstrated experience Hands-on experience with one or more of the following: JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Python Familiar with one or more web frameworks (e.g., Angular, React, Vue) Experience authoring database queries using SQL Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary, dynamic team environment Ability to take your current skills and experience and transform them to apply to the military/defense domain Beneficial: Experience with DoD cloud offerings (Platform One, Cloud One, FENCES, etc.) Experience with modeling and simulation (physics-level, engineering-level and/or operational-level). Data Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) Experience Data Profiling and Data Modeling experience Proficiency in one or more of the programming languages for quantitative analyses (ex. Mathematica, Python, R) Knowledge of Analysis of Alternatives, Verification and Validation, Design of Experiments and data analytics. Hands-on experience with one or more of the following: C/C++, Go, Ruby, Kotlin Experience working with and understanding XML and XSD files Technical writing (e.g. data definitions) experience