Senior Principal Digital Engineer (DE & Kubernetes Tool Admin)

Responsibilities

The candidate should be capable of working both independently and collaboratively with a cross functional team. He or she must be a change agent and have personal initiative. Possessing the drive to seek answers to complex problems, as well as to implement optimal solutions.

Develop and implement comprehensive Digital Engineering strategies to support DoD and/or Commercial customer initiatives.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including systems engineers, software developers, and project managers, to ensure alignment and progress in digital engineering initiatives.

Serve as a subject matter expert in Digital Engineering, guiding both internal and customer teams on best practices and emerging technologies.

• Deploy common MBSE and DE COTS software, such as modeling tools (Cameo, Magic, SAM), middleware (ex. Syndeia, eCube, SBE Vision).
• Configure assets in Azure Cloud and/or Amazon Web Services.
• Architect, build, secure, and maintain production-grade Kubernetes clusters to ensure high availability, cluster deployment, and smooth deployments.
• Can speak effectively in front of a group to either coordinate and/or provide technical direction to customer admins.
• Can demonstrate the ability to communicate with senior customers, keep all stakeholders informed, prioritize tasks, and vet priorities.
• Has the ability to interpret and adjudicate user needs; translate user needs expressed as business requirements into technical requirements; implement user needs the tools or customization of the tools.

Qualifications

• Required Skills: BS Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (IT/Engineering/etc)
• Eligibility for Security clearance
• Expertise with major versions of Linux and Windows Server
• Experience configuring COTS software to fit customers’ requirements and processes
• Knowledge of IT concepts and best practices, including for cybersecurity
• Extensive experience with Kubernetes and best practices for implanting containerization
• Fluency in the concepts of MBSE, DE, Digital Threads, and Digital Transformation
• Experience designing production-grade clusters across multi-cloud or on-premises environments

Preferred Experience

• Familiarity with Java and enterprise databases (Cassandra, DB2, etc)
• Knowledge of Agile terminology, theories and best practices
• Familiarity with DOD and Intelligence Community (IC) regulations, directives, policies and compliance for ATO
• Experience developing and troubleshooting work-flows
• Experience identifying, researching, and testing alternative solutions