Solution Engineer Prin

American Electric Power • Gahanna, OH

1d • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a principal Solution (Platform) Engineer to help evolve and support the engineering platform that powers 25+ custom digital products. This role is responsible for building the shared delivery foundation — CI/CD, GitOps, automation, security, observability, and runtime infrastructure — that enables product engineering teams to ship high‑quality software safely, repeatedly, and at scale. You will play a critical part in our long-term strategy of achieving Enterprise‑Grade Execution by reducing operational friction, increasing delivery predictability, and maturing our platform capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field is required.
• 7 years relevant work experience is required.
• An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.
• Prior experience enabling multiple product engineering teams.
• Background building internal platforms or developer tooling.
• Understanding of regulated or enterprise environments.
• Strong experience with OSx Build Automation CI/CD (GitHub Actions, etc.)
• Strong experience with GitOps (ArgoCD preferred)
• Strong experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift operations
• Strong experience with Helm chart development
• Strong experience with Containerization and runtime engineering
• Experience with secrets management, scanning tools, cert management.
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks and test runners.
• Strong scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell) and automation skills.

Nice To Haves

• Build and maintain regression automation frameworks.
• Support scalable test execution integrated into CI/CD.
• Enable standardized gating and quality bars for releases.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain standardized CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement GitOps workflows (ArgoCD) for reliable, automated deployments.
• Improve build machine lifecycle management.
• Reduce build automations variance across 25+ products
• Create and maintain Helm charts used across applications.
• Support Kubernetes/OpenShift operations and environment hardening.
• Ensure runtime reliability, disaster recovery readiness, and environmental consistency.
• Implement sealed secrets and secure configuration management.
• Integrate automated security and vulnerability scanning into pipelines.
• Improve certificate lifecycle management and access governance.
• Enhance application logging and system monitoring patterns.
• Improve analytics, crash logging, and feedback loops for product teams.
• Reduce cognitive load for developers through tooling, automation, and self‑service capabilities.
• Support device and environment management (e.g., VR/XR, Mobile, Zebra).
• Build and maintain regression automation frameworks.
• Support scalable test execution integrated into CI/CD.
• Enable standardized gating and quality bars for releases.

Benefits

• Educational assistance
• Social and recreational programs
• Compensation
• Benefits
• Company sponsored training programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees