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Solution Engineer Prin

American Electric Power
850 Tech Center Bldg, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 30 Mar 2026
💰 $128,688/yr($98,993/yr$128,688/yr)

About the role

Job Posting End Date

04-13-2026

Please 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:

SP20-008

Compensation Range:

$98,993.00 - $128,688.00

The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exer

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Company

American Electric Power

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