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Clarity · 3 months ago

Senior Principal Platform Engineer (K8s SME / Tech Lead)

Fort Meade, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner dedicated to safeguarding the nation’s interests and delivering innovative solutions for the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. The Senior Principal Platform Engineer will lead a technical team to build effective solutions, ensuring team empowerment and adherence to engineering standards while also managing product vision and growth opportunities.

AppsDatingFitnessInformation TechnologyMobile AppsSoftwareWellness

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Assess, maintain, and nurture a healthy team culture

Meet one-on-one with team members monthly at a minimum

Collaborate with each team member’s manager to provide effective mentorship and establish tailored development plans

Provide feedback on team members’ performance to managers

Work with talent acquisition to ensure the team is staffed with appropriate technical talent

Verify onboarding process is defined and followed for all new members

Ensure team members understand their roles and responsibilities

Apply team members’ technical strengths to corresponding work whenever possible

Establish and assess team members’ technical performance expectations

Promptly resolve performance issues in coordination with a team member’s manager

Keep the team on target; communicate priorities and ensure their tasking aligns with it

Implement Clarity’s engineering processes, standards, and quality expectations for your team, including tailoring and documenting deviations where appropriate

Review your team's code

Write enough code to maintain awareness of your team’s developer experience

Raise any issues impacting delivery, such as staffing, budget, or scope, to the PM

Ensure your team defines and adheres to design, development, versioning, release, and deployment workflows

Oversee your team’s documentation of design and architecture decisions

Establish and communicate the "product" vision

Represent the team in external, technical engagements

Ensure the team’s backlog is well-documented, groomed, and prioritized

Provide time for team to work on enablers like maintenance tasks and automation for building, testing, and deploying

Deliver regular demonstrations of technical progress to customer

Identify opportunities for on-contract growth based on observed gaps in

Act as a key contributor to proposals within or related to the program's scope and customer base

Qualification

Platform EngineeringDevOpsCyber OperationsAgile MethodologyProgramming LanguagesTechnical LeadershipCustomer CommunicationSoftware DesignArchitecture DecisionsTeam Mentorship