Principal Software Development Engineer

* Work with teams in an agile environment to design; develop; and test Self-Service Private Cloud infrastructure delivery platforms using modern cloud delivery concepts.
* 17+ years of commercial software development experience in Java/J2EE programming language Microservices Spring Spring-Boot NoSQL Dependency Injection frameworks RESTful services Build tools etc.
* Collaborate with software engineers and architects to design and implement secure private cloud infrastructure for application environments.
* Identify and deploy cloud services that meet strict SLOs and SLIs.
* Partner with business teams to define technical requirements for modernization of legacy applications and systems and conversion to infrastructure as code deployment models.
* Collaborate with rest of Infrastructure teams and Security to ensure corporate policies and security requirements are implemented and followed for all cloud services
* Serve as the most senior technical expert on cloud deployed products and infrastructure within the corporate Private Cloud Infrastructure and conversion from legacy traditional infrastructure architecture
* Leads the design; development; implementation and support of on-prem infrastructure; including compute; storage; backup; network; virtualization technologies; physical and virtual servers.
* Design; develop; and deploy containerized solutions (Docker; Kubernetes)
* Create and maintain scalable cloud native architecture; deployable on Azure and Internal Private Cloud Solution (Tesco Private Cloud)
* Identify; design; and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes; optimizing data delivery; re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability; etc.
* Mentor and set the example for team members to foster a mindset of continuous improvement; professional development; and organizational engagement
* Perform software engineering activities; including creation; addition of innovative functionalities to the Self Service Platforms product suite; including security standards; troubleshooting; regular maintenance; root cause analysis; issue resolutions; continual improvement of engineering best practices
* Provide technical expertise and input into our overall cloud architecture; planning; and designs according to best practices
* Collaborate with Product Owners on requirement definitions; process; and workflow

Qualifications

* Bachelor s degree in computer science or related experience
* 10+ years experience in implementing deploying and managing systems and applications in cloud service providers (Azure; GCP; AWS; Private Cloud)
* 5+ years experience in architecting scalable Cloud solutions including compute; storage; databases; and networking
* 10+ years experience designing; implementing; and supporting large scale on-prem compute; storage; backup and network infrastructure; including physical servers and VMware virtualization technologies.
* Strong background in Linux OS support (RHEL and SUSE)
* Demonstrated knowledge of taking conceptual requirements and designing them in the cloud; including systems; servers; appliances; network components; and security
* Demonstrated knowledge of various cloud security solutions; including identity and access management; firewalls; web application firewalls; intrusion detection and prevention; proxies.
* Strong experience in containerizing and deploying applications using Docker; Kubernetes; Helm; and Cloud technologies
* Strong experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation; such as Terraform or CloudFormation and Ansible
* Experience implementing Security Policies as Code.
* Solid knowledge of the SDLC and experience working in an Agile-Scrum development environment. Experience working with a remote Agile team
* Strong hands-on experience with cloud services
* Strong knowledge of the different service models offered in the cloud (IaaS; SaaS and PaaS;)
* Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking
* Experience working directly with customers in a support and design capacity
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills

17+ years of commercial software development experience in Java/J2EE programming language Microservices Spring Spring-Boot NoSQL Dependency Injection frameworks RESTful services Build tools etc.