Principal Application Engineer-Digital Platform Engineering

Job-:
Systems Engineering

Location:

Vienna, VA, United States;
Winchester, VA, United States;
Pensacola, FL, United States;
San Diego, CA, United States Workplace:
Hybrid

Schedule:

Full time, Regular Hours Posted:
Closes:
Targeted Salary Range: $133,000 - $208,500 annually

Navy Federal Credit Union currently does not provide sponsorship for this role. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

We are looking for an experienced Digital Engineer to provide technical leadership and direction across Digital, with a focus on security, technology strategy, architecture, and cross-functional collaboration.

This role will serve as a key technical liaison between Digital and partner technology teams, including Security, Architecture, Infrastructure, and other engineering organizations. The individual will help drive alignment on complex technical initiatives, lead and influence security-related efforts, and provide technical insight that helps shape Digital's technology strategy and direction.

The ideal candidate will have broad engineering experience and strong technical credibility, along with the ability to understand complex technologies, guide technical decisions, communicate effectively across organizational boundaries, and influence outcomes. While a strong technical foundation is essential, this role is focused more on technical leadership, strategic direction, security, and cross-team collaboration than day-to-day hands-on development.

Qualifications Technical leadership and architecture:
Ability to guide complex technical decisions, influence engineering direction, and provide technical leadership across teams.

Application/platform security :
Strong understanding of secure engineering practices and the ability to lead and influence security-related initiatives.

Cloud and modern Digital engineering:
Strong understanding of Microsoft Azure, APIs, microservices, CI/CD, cloud-native architecture, and modern application platforms

Significant experience providing technical leadership and direction across complex technology initiatives.

Demonstrated ability to evaluate technical solutions and provide recommendations related to architecture, security, reliability, scalability, and engineering standards.

Experience contributing to or influencing technology strategy, technical roadmaps, architectural direction, and engineering practices.

Experience providing technical guidance and mentoring engineers on complex technology challenges.

Strong knowledge of application and platform security, secure engineering principles, vulnerability management, and security best practices.

Experience partnering with Security and Engineering teams to identify technology risks, guide remediation, and incorporate security into solution design and delivery.

Understanding of Dev Sec Ops  practices and the integration of security into engineering and Strong understanding of modern application and platform architecture, including APIs, microservices, integrations, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures.

Experience with Microsoft Azure and an understanding of cloud architecture, security, scalability, reliability, and operational considerations.

Experience with CI/CD and modern engineering practices using tools and technologies such as Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub, Jenkins, Sonar Qube, Docker, and Kubernetes/AKS.Working knowledge of modern application development technologies such as Java/Spring Boot, JavaScript/Type Script, Angular, or comparable technologies and frameworks.

Understanding of observability, application performance, reliability, and production support principles.

Demonstrated ability to work effectively across Security, Architecture, Infrastructure, Cloud, Engineering, business teams, and other technology organizations.

Effective experience working with all levels of staff, management, stakeholders, and vendors.

Advanced relationship-building skills with the ability to establish rapport and trust and influence across organizational boundaries.

Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex technology and security concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Significant experience managing multiple priorities independently and/or within a team environment to achieve goals.

Strong analytical, conceptual, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field, or an…