Principal Engineer, Application Architecture

Company: AISES
Location: Reston
Posted on: September 13, 2020

Job Description:

Principal Engineer, Application Architecture

Principal Engineer, Application Architecture ScienceLogic is looking for a Principal Engineer in Application Architecture for our Forrester wave leading SL1 AIOPS platform to provide intelligent and automated IT operations. The ideal candidate will have an established background in designing and building highly scalable software products in the cloud using automation, experience in determining the right technologies, great communication skills, and the motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment. This person will work with a small team of talented individuals to provide the long-term architectural roadmap, play a strategic role in guiding and defining the use of cutting-edge technologies, and be a driving force for speed and efficiency within our Engineering organization so teams can deploy software to the cloud and on-premise customer environments rapidly.

What you’ll be doing…

Work with a team of talented software engineers responsible for developing prototypes, frameworks, patterns, and standards.

Create best practices for abstraction, prototyping, and technology evaluation.

Create elegant architecture designs for delivering highly resilient and scalable microservices using Kubernetes.

Drive accelerated development to the cloud with reusable frameworks.

Champion the use of open-source technology whenever possible and contribute to open-source projects when appropriate

Work with cutting edge technologies like Cassandra, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Graph QL, Node JS, React.

As a member of a small team, create and own the architecture roadmap and align it to the product roadmap.

Manage and execute against plans and delivery commitments.

Work cohesively with product managers and engineering management

Manage expectations, set realistic goals, and achieve them on time and within budget

Implement and report performance metrics to executive management

Foster a culture of creativity, collaboration, speed and innovation in a fun work environment while continuously elevating the quality and caliber of the overall software development organization

Create a productive and healthy work/life balance. Effectively manage stress, foster a flexible work environment, and keep the team focused, engaged, productive, and fulfilled.

Qualities you possess…

BS in Computer Science or related degree and 10+ years of software architecture design, building and scaling high performance applications.

Experience deploying and operating in the Public Cloud (AWS).

Experience in one or more technologies around NoSQL, message bus frameworks, container and container orchestration, modern UI frameworks, Authentication and Authorization

Proven ability to define and implement architectural best practices, tools and frameworks selection

Experience with a variety of software development processes, and ability to apply the right process for the project.

Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in a highly available operations environment.

Strong interpersonal skills.

Proven ability to build productive relationships and motivate team members. Must have a positive, can-do attitude.

Background and in-depth knowledge of network, cloud and application monitoring/management tools is also a big plus.

Familiarity with software packaging (Linux RPM’s and Linux RPM Spec Files) is a plus.

AWS certifications are a plus.

CKA certification is a plus.

Security experience is a plus.

Job Information

Job ID: 54427511

Location:

Reston, Virginia, United States

Position Title: Principal Engineer, Application Architecture

ScienceLogic is a leader in IT Operations Management, providing modern IT operations with actionable insights to predict and resolve problems faster in a digital, ephemeral world. Its solution sees everything across cloud and distributed architectures, contextualizes data through relationship mapping, and acts on this insight through integration and automation. Trusted by thousands of organizations, ScienceLogic’s technology was designed for the rigorous security requirements of United States Department of Defense, proven fo...

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