Principal Operations Engineer
Core
Monitor health of critical mission platforms and data pipelines, troubleshoot complex hardware and network issues, and restore service in 24/7 high-availability environments.
Role type
Principal Operations Engineer (Systems/Infrastructure)
Builds
Cloud-native, containerized, and virtualized mission-critical systems
Domain
U.S. Government defense/mission support
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Linux command-line administration, hardware troubleshooting, network troubleshooting, data pipeline management, incident response leadership, system telemetry analysis, standard operating procedure documentation
Preferred skills
Cloud-native AWS architecture design, Apache NiFi data-flow administration, Kubernetes cluster management, Rancher container orchestration, Grafana dashboard creation, Prometheus alerting configuration
Technologies
AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher, Nagios, Grafana, Prometheus, Elasticsearch, Redis, Apache NiFi, Jira, Confluence
Responsibilities
Monitor health of critical mission platforms and data pipelines; Troubleshoot complex hardware and network issues; Maintain uptime across cloud, containerized, and virtualized environments; Translate system telemetry into timely recovery actions; Support high-availability operations and prioritize critical incidents
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic oversight
