Sr Principal SAP BTP Engineer - 90405295 - Washington

Date:  Mar 2, 2026
Location: 

Washington, DC, US, 20001 Philadelphia, PA, US, 19104 Wilmington, DE, US, 19801 Chicago, IL, US, 60606

Company:  Amtrak

Your success is a train ride away!

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.

 

Are you ready to join our team?

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.

 

Job Summary

Analyze, design, develop, and install software solutions. Serve as a point of escalation for operational support for assigned systems, ensuring quick resolution of issues and tickets. Collaborate with project managers, Senior Principal Software Engineers, Business System Analysts, IT service owners, and leads to keep everyone updated on development efforts and issue statuses, providing technical leadership for both operational and project initiatives. Provide daily technical oversight throughout the project lifecycle, working closely with customers, business analysts, and team members to understand business requirements and drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions.


This role also requires hands-on expertise across SAP BTP services, RPA automation, integration technologies, and cloud-based analytics platforms.

Essential Functions

  • Lead software development, ensuring clear requirements, documented methodology, and unit testing to deliver code as designed; design sustainable and scalable architecture across cloud and on premise environments.
  • Evaluate operational feasibility through analysis, problem definition, requirements, and solution development; lead technical direction and decisions, including automation and integration strategies.
  • Collaborate with enterprise architects and infrastructure teams to integrate applications and hardware, ensuring designs and implementations meet security, QA, and cloud governance standards.
  • Maintain updated documentation for architecture, designs, and system descriptions; ensure development teams adhere to standards for methodologies, integration, tools, testing, and SAP BTP development guidelines.
  • Prepare and install solutions by designing system specifications and standards, following Information Security standards, and providing technical guidance, reports, and presentations for senior management.
  • Support SAP BTP Integration Suite and PI/PO transition activities, ensuring seamless migration and modernization of integrated landscapes.
  • Provide hands-on development and configuration for SAP Work Zone, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), and Cloud ALM monitoring and lifecycle management.
  • Lead automation initiatives using RPA tools to streamline business processes and improve operational efficiency.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience. 
  • Plus 9 years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education, training and/or relevant experience. 
  • Plus 11 years of relevant work experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Deep expertise in web, cloud, and mobility with strong knowledge of core internet technologies.
  • Excellent documentation and communication skills, including the ability to articulate complex architectures effectively.
  • Highly proficient in algorithms, data structures, design patterns, and programming languages.
  • Expertise in frontend, backend, mobile app development, or cloud platform services.
  • Extensive experience with Agile methodologies, ability to work under deadlines, and strong understanding of business operations and systems requirements processes.
  • Hands-on experience with SAP BTP, including Integration Suite, API Management, Event Mesh, Workflow Management, and Business Rules.
  • Strong knowledge of SAP PI/PO to Integration Suite migration, including mapping, adapters, and integration patterns.
  • Experience with SAP Work Zone development and configuration for digital workplace enablement.
  • Proficiency in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) for dashboards, planning, and data modeling.
  • Familiarity with SAP Cloud ALM for monitoring, lifecycle management, and operational insights.
  • Experience implementing RPA solutions (e.g., SAP IRPA, UiPath, Automation Anywhere) to automate manual processes.
  • Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, microservices, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, and containerization technologies.

Environmental Conditions/Physical Demands

The salary/hourly range is $149,400.00 – $193,644.00. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, 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:166054

Work Arrangement:06-Onsite 4/5 Days Click here for more information about work arrangements at Amtrak.
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 equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/color, to include traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and hairstyles such as braids, locks and twists, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, such as lactation), national origin/ethnicity, 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.