Principal Platform Engineer; Google Cloud

Overview

The Principal Platform Engineer is a seasoned and technical leader who will create and redesign broad technical infrastructure and information systems that define how servers, networks, and storage systems work together to support the needs of the organization. Document current-state architecture, design ideal‑state architecture, and develop plans and solutions to deploy new solutions that meet emerging business needs. Ensure stability and scalability, anticipating capacity growth through careful planning and awareness of trends.

Develop teams and engineers within the organization, setting project deadlines and improving engineering processes and technologies. We are specifically looking for GCP experience. This role will be located in Springfield, MO without any exceptions.

• Direct and oversee infrastructure developments and maintenance to ensure business requirements can be met.
• Drive advances in technologies and architectures to increase the value delivered by technology and digital capabilities, either through improvements to the efficiency of the technology environment or through those that reduce the total cost of technology operations.
• Recommend and participate in activities related to the design, development, and maintenance of the digital capabilities within the enterprise architecture.
• Create/manage project storyboards/viewpoints that articulate project requirements and lead to successful implementation of work.
• Elicit complex project requirements using a variety of methods, such as interviews, document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis, to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals.
• Document complex "as is" and "to be" processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the "to be" capability to record accurately the change required.
• Explore and develop a detailed understanding of external developments or emerging issues and evaluate their potential impact on, or usefulness to, the organization.
• Conduct complex feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective and document findings to complete cost‑benefit analysis on implementing changes to business processes, products, or business unit structure.
• Support Information Security in detecting and analyzing security incidents, including attacks, breaches, and identified vulnerabilities, and remediate any security gaps in line with the security incident management procedure.
• Maintain and renew a deep knowledge and understanding of the organization's policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, and ensure own work adheres to required standards.
• Monitor and review performance and behaviors within area of responsibility to identify and resolve noncompliance with the organization's standards, policies and relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct.
• Discuss and recommend more complex or innovative technical developments to improve the quality of the infrastructure platform to better meet users’ needs.
• Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.
• Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
• Develop straightforward business cases to quantify current costs, justify project investment, and identify the return on investment.
• Use the organization's formal development framework to identify the team's individual development needs.
• Plan and implement actions, including continuing professional development specified by professional or regulatory institutions, to build their professional capabilities.
• Provide informal training or coaching to others throughout the organization in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.
• Design systems which provide fault isolation and resolution for complex challenges to limit and address issues promptly.
• Design…