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As we move America's workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

Are you ready to join our team?

Our values of 'Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First' are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, 'Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security' are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

COMPANY: National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
TITLE: Senior Principal Systems Engineer
LOCATION:Washington, D.C. and various unanticipated locations throughout the U.S. (remote position)

DUTIES: Designs, builds, and presents architecture that will last beyond current initiative on Salesforce multi-cloud Platform/Products. Confirms clear User Stories and follows Agile development methodology and robust testing regimen to deliver quality code. Prepares and deploys solutions by determining and designing system specifications and programming standards. Creates and updates Functional/Technical Design documentation to ensure current as-deployed system documentation. Designs solutions that consume Salesforce Licenses features effectively, and limits technical debt on the Salesforce Platform. Performs code reviews of development teams to ensure applicable coding, security, and quality standards are followed. Determines operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions. Proactively reviews Salesforce Releases to recommend and provide ongoing maintenance of applications. Presents complex design and solutions to senior leadership of Information/Digital Technology and Business. Provides technical guidance and system process expertise.

REQUIREMENTS: Must have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field and seven (7) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience as a Principal Systems Engineer or any occupation related to Software Development. Alternatively, must have a Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field with five (5) years of progressive, post-masters experience as a Principal Systems Engineer or any occupation related to Software Development. Must also have one (1) year of experience: (1) Developing Mobile Publisher applications and publishing to iOS and Android stores; (2) Executing deployment strategies for end-users to download, install, and use the Mobile Applications; and (3) Developing utilities for Application and System Administrators to simplify Metadata updates. Must also have four (4) years of experience: (4) Developing applications on Service Cloud and Community Cloud applications; (5) Reviewing all aspects of Salesforce Platform, including Lightning Framework, Asynchronous and Synchronous Integration methods, Continuous Integration Framework, and Salesforce DX (dev hub) to develop scalable solutions; (6) Using Salesforce Platform App Builder, Platform Developer, Data Architecture and Management Designer, and Integration Architecture domains; and (7) Utilizing Salesforce Visualforce, Apex, SOQL/ SOSL, Wave, and Einstein Analytics. All experience may be acquired concurrently. Remote work permitted in accordance with standard company policy. All positions require pre-employment background check verification and a preemployment drug screen.

SALARY: $165,173- $195,600 per year

CONTACT: To apply, https://bit.ly/3JLp6Pq. Please reference Job Code: 7207756.

Requisition ID:161624
Posting Location(s):District of Columbia
Job Family/Function:Information Technology
Relocation Offered:No
Travel Requirements:0 - 5%

You power our progress through your performance.

We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job. We want your career at Amtrak to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging work, rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, and attractive compensation. Amtrak maintains a culture that values high performance and recognizes individual employee contributions.

Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol. All Amtrak positions requires a pre-employment background check that includes prior employment verification, a criminal history check and a pre-employment drug screen.

Candidates who test positive for marijuana will be disqualified, regardless of any state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use. Amtrak's pre-employment drug testing program is administered in accordance with DOT regulations and applicable law.

In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR * 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety-sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to perform safety-sensitive functions.

In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered individuals for providers of public transportation (Title 6 U.S.C. *1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent or interim disqualifying criminal offenses.

Amtrak is an EOE/Affirmative Action Minority/Female employer, and we welcome all to apply. We consider candidates regardless of race/color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions), national origin/ethnicity, age, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law.