Solution Engineer Prin
American Electric PowerAbout the role
Job Posting End Date
04-13-2026Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.
Job Summary
We are seeking a principal Solution (Platform) Engineer to help evolve and support the engineering platform that powers 25+ custom digital products. This role is responsible for building the shared delivery foundation — CI/CD, GitOps, automation, security, observability, and runtime infrastructure — that enables product engineering teams to ship high‑quality software safely, repeatedly, and at scale.You will play a critical part in our long-term strategy of achieving Enterprise‑Grade Execution by reducing operational friction, increasing delivery predictability, and maturing our platform capabilities.
Job Description
What you’ll do:
CI/CD + GitOps Engineering
- Build and maintain standardized CI/CD pipelines.
- Implement GitOps workflows (ArgoCD) for reliable, automated deployments.
- Improve build machine lifecycle management.
- Reduce build automations variance across 25+ products
Deployment, Helm, and Runtime Infrastructure
- Create and maintain Helm charts used across applications.
- Support Kubernetes/OpenShift operations and environment hardening.
- Ensure runtime reliability, disaster recovery readiness, and environmental consistency.
Security, Compliance & Secrets
- Implement sealed secrets and secure configuration management.
- Integrate automated security and vulnerability scanning into pipelines.
- Improve certificate lifecycle management and access governance.
Observability & Monitoring (Dynatrace)
- Enhance application logging and system monitoring patterns.
- Improve analytics, crash logging, and feedback loops for product teams.
Developer Experience & Productivity
- Reduce cognitive load for developers through tooling, automation, and self‑service capabilities.
Device Management
- Support device and environment management (e.g., VR/XR, Mobile, Zebra).
Nice to have: Test Automation & Regression Systems
- Build and maintain regression automation frameworks.
- Support scalable test execution integrated into CI/CD.
- Enable standardized gating and quality bars for releases.
What we’re looking for:
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field is required.
Experience:
- 7 years relevant work experience is required.
- An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.
Additional Preferred Experience:
- Prior experience enabling multiple product engineering teams.
- Background building internal platforms or developer tooling.
- Understanding of regulated or enterprise environments.
- Strong experience with:
- OSx Build Automation
- CI/CD (GitHub Actions, etc.)
- GitOps (ArgoCD preferred)
- Kubernetes/OpenShift operations
- Helm chart development
- Containerization and runtime engineering
- Experience with secrets management, scanning tools, cert management.
- Familiarity with automated testing frameworks and test runners.
- Strong scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell) and automation skills.
Compensation Data
Compensation Grade:
SP20-008Compensation Range:
$98,993.00 - $128,688.00The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exer
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