Principal Engineer - Chevy Chase, United States - Global Technical Talent

Global Technical Talent Chevy Chase, United States

3 weeks ago

Description

Principal Engineer - IaaS (Cluster Management)
Duration: 3-month contract/ Right to hire
Contract hourly pay rate up to $90/hr

Direct Hire Salary after contract:
$170K a year

Because this position has the option to go from contract to full-time, we can only accept candidates with the work authorization of a US Citizen or Green Card.

Job Summary:
Our client is seeking an experienced Principal Engineer with a passion for building high-performance, low-maintenance, zero-downtime platforms, and applications.

You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission while co-creating a culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

Job Description:

Our Principal Engineer works with our Distinguished Engineer and Senior Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve, and enhance existing systems as well as identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems.

You will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap that will increase the velocity of delivering products and unlock new engineering capabilities.

The Cluster Management team's mission is to bring to reality the next-generation container cluster management and orchestration platform on Kubernetes that is secure, reliable, scalable, and highly efficient.

The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise in designing, building, and maintaining highly secure Kubernetes-based cluster management platforms at scale, including operating on physical hardware or public clouds.

Job Responsibilities:
As a Principal Engineer, you will:

Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise
Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems
Develop and execute technical software development strategy for the IaaS Engineering domain like containers and cluster management, while optimizing for performance and efficiency
Own accountability for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions

Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community.

Influence and educate executives
Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans
Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, demonstrate adaptability and sponsor continuous learning
Take on-call and operation support

Job Qualifications:
Strong foundations in software engineering
Experience with software development, software delivery lifecycle, application modernization, DevOps, Service/Infrastructure as Service and Operations
Professional experience in software development in at least one modern programming language, including Go, Python, or Java
Experience with open-source platforms with an emphasis on building enterprise-scale applications using caching, events, SQL, and NoSQL databases
Hands-on experience with public and/or private cloud environments (OpenShift, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, GCP, etc.)
Experience in Multi-cluster networking based on service mesh like ISTIO, Linkerd, Envoy, or Consul
Experience in Multi-cluster metrics, observability, and operations with frameworks such as Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger
Experience with API, Microservices, network and security architectures, and design patterns
Experience in security protocols and products: Understanding of Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth
Basic understanding and managing CI/CD toolchain products like Jira, Git, Artifactory, Jenkins, Anchor, SonarQube, and IaC tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, and Chef is a plus
Demonstrated ability to design and implement resilient, scalable, and efficient solutions
Experience building architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems
Fluency in DevOps Concepts and Cloud Architecture
Strong Shell scripting
Experience in data center structure, capabilities, and offerings, including the Azure platform and its native services Relevant cloud and container certifications are a huge plus
In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms
Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks
Excellent communication skills, able to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Required Experience:

6+ years of professional IaaS/PaaS software development experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
4+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
3+ years of experience with architecture and design
3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
1+ years of people management experience

Required Education:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

Benefits :
Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
401k Retirement Fund

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