Developing, testing and maintaining software automation for Air Force-based GIS products
Developing, testing and maintaining cloud-based deployments of supporting COTS systems
Optimizes software designs and architectures to deliver desired performance targets and devises tooling and methodologies to profile execution and capture performance metrics
Guiding technical decisions in optimize the performance and cost benefit of government cloud resources
Mentoring junior engineers in DevSecOps best practices
Maintains & guides the development of common best practices/tools used by multiple teams
Implements and practices DevOps Developer Enablement and helps more junior/less experienced engineers to do same

Knowledge of of deploying, troubleshooting, and monitoring .NET Framework apps running on Windows Server with IIS
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
Proficiency in DevSecOps fundamentals–CI/CD, automation, security assessments, system & software supply chain management, observability & SIEM integration
7 years of experience with DevSecOps tools and processes such as Git, GitLabCI, SonarQube, Trivy, Che, and KICS
5 years of experience using enterprise-level cloud services; AWS experience preferred though comparable MS Azure or GCP will be considered
5 years of experience using container technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes
2 years of experience using Kubernetes management tools such as kubectl, k9s, ArgoCD, Helm Charts, etc.
3 years mentor junior engineers and provide guidance on best practices in development, testing, and problem-solving
Active CompTIA Sec+, CMU SEI
Software Assurance Professional Certificate, or CSSLP certification or the ability to rapidly acquire one

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Principal Platform Engineer

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