DT Principal DevOps Engineer - 90362080 - Washington

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As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

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Our values of ‘Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First’ are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, ‘Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security’ are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

SUMMARY OF DUTIES:
The DevOps-Engineer  is responsible for delivery of  DevSecOps solutions following Agile Values and Principles at enterprise level. This role requires proven hands-on delivery experience in adopting and evangelizing practices and principles of DevOps to provide repeatable, consistent, and incremental program artifacts and modules. This role requires regular interactions with SAFe Agile leadership team, Development, Cloud Platform Engineers, cyber security, and quality assurance team. The DevOps Engineer  works hand-in-hand with architecture group. Key activity of this role is to deliver  DevOps code  build and deployment functions from Development thru Production.

This is individual contributor role with high degree of hands-on delivery experience in the DevOps, Infrastructure-as-Code, Jenkins, AWS Code Build Or related products. Good understanding of Cross Region deployment/Development is a desirable quality.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Have a working knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum, XP, and Kanban. Experience in working with Agile coach is highly desired.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-As-Code development and deployment.
• At least five years of of experience in DevSecOps (CI/CD ) using tools like Jenkins or AWS Code Pipeline or Azure DevOps.
• Implement automated DevSecOps frameworks based on Amtrak specific standards and security guidelines in cloud eco system.
• Deliver Code Build and deployment functions from Development thru Production.
• Collaborate with DevSecOps Platform and Cloud Engineering team to provide feedback in creation of Tool Chains and DevSecOps framework.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code to realize automation and CI/CD pipelines for repeatable deployment patterns in cloud (Blue/Green, Canary etc…).
• Acts in a consultative manner and provides technical subject matter expertise, system implementation, administration, and technical support.
• Experience in Cloud Native development on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud platforms

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Systems Management, Computer Science, Civil Engineering or other closely related management or technical discipline.  
• 7+ years of relevant work experience in IT systems implementation, integration, or operations
• Hands-on detailed oriented delivery mind set using DevOps tools, practices in order to reduce Time-To-Market.
• Cultivate collaborative partnership among stakeholders to enable scoping, financial and resource decisions
• Identify and evaluate the risks associated with program execution and work across organization to establish and monitor mitigation plans
• Available for Production Support with deep understanding of trouble shooting

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in Information Systems Management, Computer Science Engineering or other closely related management or technical discipline. Or Bachelor’s degree in above disciplines backed up by 7 years of on-the-job experience.
• Prior experience with public/private product development group.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Position reporting structure is in Washington DC, but the role is available for either Hybrid/remote or from office space available in several locations along the Amtrak Northeast Corridor.
• The DevOps Engineer may have need for occasional travel, no more than 30% of the time, as the needs of assigned projects direct.

COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:
Must have excellent oral and written communication skills

The salary range is $123,410 - $159,940 for the DT Principal DevOps Engineer. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, internal equity, etc. Depending on an employee’s assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee’s base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position and/or long-term incentive plan compensation. In addition to your salary, Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental, and vision plans; health savings accounts; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan with employer match; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; paid time off; back-up care; adoption assistance; surrogacy assistance; reimbursement of education expenses; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges. Learn more about our benefits offerings here.​

Requisition ID:159239
Posting Location(s):District of Columbia; Delaware; Maryland; New Jersey; New York
Job Family/Function:Information Technology 
Relocation Offered:No 
Travel Requirements:Up to 25% 
 

You power our progress through your performance.
 

We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job. We want your career at Amtrak to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging work, rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, and attractive compensation. Amtrak maintains a culture that values high performance and recognizes individual employee contributions. 

Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol. All Amtrak positions requires a pre-employment background check that includes prior employment verification, a criminal history check and a pre-employment drug screen. 

Candidates who test positive for marijuana will be disqualified, regardless of any state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use. Amtrak's pre-employment drug testing program is administered in accordance with DOT regulations and applicable law.  

In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR § 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety-sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to perform safety-sensitive functions.

In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered individuals for providers of public transportation (Title 6 U.S.C. §1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent or interim disqualifying criminal offenses. 

Note that any education requirement listed above may be deemed satisfied if you have an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Amtrak is an EOE/Affirmative Action Minority/Female employer, and we welcome all to apply. We consider candidates regardless of race/color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions), national origin/ethnicity, age, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law.