Senior Principal Software Engineer - IT - United States

ACCOUNTABILITIES: Designs, codes, tests, debugs and documents software according to our systems quality standards, policies and procedures. Analyzes business needs and creates software solutions. Responsible for preparing design documentation. Prepares test data for unit, string and parallel testing. Evaluates and recommends software and hardware solutions to meet user needs. Resolves customer issues with software solutions and responds to suggestions for improvements and enhancements. Works with business and development teams to clarify requirements to ensure testability. Drafts, revises, and maintains test plans, test cases, and automated test scripts. Executes test procedures according to software requirements specifications Logs defects and makes recommendations to address defects. Retests software corrections to ensure problems are resolved. Documents evolution of testing procedures for future replication. May conduct performance and scalability testing. RESPONSIBILITIES: Plans, conducts and manages assignments generally involving large, high budgets (cross- functional) projects or more than one project. Assists in creating the strategic technical and architectural direction to the programming function. Serves as point of contact between IT and key business users senior leadership in defining IT solution based on business needs. Drives changes in architecture, methodology or programming procedures. Performs estimation efforts on the most complex projects and tracks progress. Obtains detailed specification from business users and development to ascertain specific output information requirements. Prepares detailed plans for managing cross-testing team dependencies. Serves as the testing consultant to leader in the IT organization and functional user groups. Mentors team members on all aspects of testing concepts.
Dell Digital

Senior Principal Software Engineer - IT

Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain cloud-native applications using Go (Golang).
Develop Kubernetes Operators/Controllers in Go to automate infrastructure tasks.
Implement CI/CD pipelines for containerized applications (e.g. ArgoCD).
Troubleshoot and debug issues in distributed systems running on Kubernetes.
Security best practices in Kubernetes (RBAC, network policies, OPA).

Required Skills & Qualifications
Strong experience in Go (Golang) programming (3 years preferred).
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (deployment, scaling, monitoring).
Familiarity with containerization (Docker, containerd).
Knowledge of Kubernetes APIs, CRDs, and Custom Controllers/Operators.
Experience with any cloud platforms
Understanding of networking in Kubernetes (CNI, Ingress, Service Mesh like Istio).
Proficiency in Linux/Unix environments.
Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk).
Knowledge of GitOps principles (Git, ArgoCD) is a plus.

Location: 100% onsite in Round Rock TX or Hopkinton, MA

Duration: 01/31/2026 - with opportunity to extend but not guaranteed

Hours: Standard work hours 8am - 5pm

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