IT Spec (APPSW) "Principal Software Engineer", GS-2210-15, FPL GS-15 (DH), Full-time

Minimum Qualification Requirements You may meet the minimum qualifications for the GS-15, if you possess the specialize experience. Specialized Experience for the Principal Software Engineer, GS-2210-15 One year of experience in either federal or non-federal service that is equivalent to at least a GS-14 performing two (2) out of three (3) of the following duties or work assignments: 1. Experience serving as a senior technical architect by writing production code, making key architectural decisions, and directing complex IT project work across engineering teams supporting the life cycle for large-scale cloud-based systems. 2. Experience in building or improving deployment pipelines, CI/CD automation, observability, test automation, and deployment reliability of at scale production systems, making programming or software engineering teams more efficient. 3. Experience in translating complex software and system concepts into actionable guidance for non-technical stakeholders and producing technical specifications trusted by software engineering teams. Basic Experience Requirements You must possess IT related experience (paid or unpaid experience and/or completion of specific, intensive training (e.g., IT certification), as appropriate) demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below. 1. Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. 2. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (i.e., any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services. 3. Oral Communication - Expresses information (e.g., ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (e.g., technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. 4. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) The quality of your experience will be measured by the extent to which you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). You do not need to provide separate narrative responses to these KSAs, as they will be measured by your responses to the occupational questionnaire (you may preview the occupational questionnaire by clicking the link at the end of the Evaluations section of this vacancy announcement). 1. Ability to show proficiency with modern software development, testing, automation, and deployment tools, including continuous Improvement/ continuous development (CI/CD) pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code, and automated testing frameworks. 2. Skill in applying systems engineering concepts—through practical experience—to ensure performance, scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability of complex, cloud-based applications. 3. Skill with designing modern software development, testing, automation, and deployment tools, including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code, and automated testing frameworks. 4. Knowledge of software engineering concepts and the ability to apply them through practical coding, debugging, refactoring, and performance optimization in real-world, production environments. 5. Ability to use state-of-the-art cloud, data, and security technologies to design, build, test, and deploy resilient services, including hands-on experience implementing modern architectural patterns.