Job Description

PRINCIPAL PLATFORM ENGINEER MINNEAPOLIS, MN DIRECT HIRE EXTERNAL KEY RESPONSIBILITIES • Drive design, engineering, implementation and configuration of AWS cloud services to support overall enterprise patterns, driving in best practices around infrastructure/compliance as code. • Develop patterns for effective logging, monitoring, alerting across all layers of application architectures and supporting services. • Develop detailed design documentation including procedures to meet all security controls and requirements as defined by the larger Federal Reserve System • Partner with Information Security representatives to develop, implement and/or execute security configurations and controls via code where possible. • Mentor members more junior than you in the technical areas which the team works within. QUALIFICATIONS - EXTERNAL REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: • For Principal Platform Engineer o 10+ years of information technology experience directly related to application or infrastructure design and development, of which at least 7 years of experience working with AWS cloud services is required. • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an Information Technology field, or an equivalent combination of related education and work experience. • DevSecOps experience implementing or supporting cloud-based applications. • Highly proficient in DevOps automation capabilities including scripting or using tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform, or Ansible. • Extensive experience with the configuration and hardening of AWS services. • Experience developing AWS IAM policies for roles and resources including use of just in time access and least privilege strategies. Solid understanding network concepts including strategies leveraging cloud native capabilities. • Well-versed in application and security logging mechanisms using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Elasticsearch, Splunk, and other related observability tools/processes. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: • Experience and awareness of code scanning/testing tools (Sonar, Fortify, etc.) and techniques. •Experience or familiarity with use of containers (Docker) and container orchestration (Docker Swarm, ECS), to run the applications. • AWS Professional and/or Specialty Certifications are a plus. • Experience with the hardening of docker containers used in a microservices application architecture. • Experience with Continuous integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) practices, automated quality gates, and automated deployments. • Experience with Agile software development practices & ability to contribute to sprint ceremonies such as refinement, planning, demos, retrospectives • Familiarity with modern web technologies, such as: React, Angular, Vue, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, etc., including industry standards for code structuring, modularization, componentization, and UI best practices • Familiarity with modern backend layer technology, such as: Golang, Python, TypeScript, Node.js, etc. • Experience creating solutions with a fail-fast methodology and how to add incremental value • Experience mentoring other engineers whether on your own team or elsewhere in an organization