Navy Federal Credit Union · 820 Follin Lane, Vienna, VA 22180; 5510 Heritage Oaks Drive, Pensacola, FL 32526; 141 Security Drive, Winchester, VA 22602, United States
Join Navy Federal's Core Banking Foundation Services team as an ETS Principal Engineer , helping design, modernize, and scale the integration and API capabilities that enable the enterprise core banking ecosystem. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who brings deep expertise in API engineering, cloud-native integration patterns, automation, and DevOps practices within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The selected candidate will partner closely with engineering, architecture, testing, security, and operations teams to build secure, scalable, and reusable API services, automate delivery pipelines, and establish engineering standards that support the organization's core banking transformation initiatives. This position offers the opportunity to influence enterprise integration strategy, improve platform reliability and operational efficiency, and help shape the future state of critical banking services supporting millions of member interactions.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and support enterprise API and integration solutions that enable secure, scalable, and reliable core banking services.
Define and promote API engineering standards, integration patterns, governance practices, and reusable frameworks across the Core Banking ecosystem.
Lead the design and implementation of cloud-native integration solutions leveraging Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and modern API management technologies.
Architect and implement CI/CD pipelines that automate build, testing, deployment, and release activities for API and integration services.
Build and maintain automated API regression, functional, and integration testing capabilities using tools such as Postman, and related testing frameworks.
Develop automation solutions using Python, PowerShell, or similar technologies to improve operational efficiency, system reliability, and deployment consistency.
Partner with application, architecture, infrastructure, security, and product teams to deliver secure, resilient, and supportable integration services.
Drive adoption of DevSecOps practices, including automated testing, code quality validation, security scanning, secrets management, and compliance controls.
Lead technical investigations and resolution efforts for complex production issues affecting APIs, integrations, and core banking services.
Establish monitoring, observability, alerting, and operational health metrics for critical integration and API platforms.
Evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and integration approaches to improve platform capabilities and engineering efficiency.
Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineering teams while fostering engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
Maintain architecture documentation, operational runbooks, engineering standards, and implementation guidance.
Support release planning, production readiness reviews, operational support activities, and continuous service improvement initiatives.
Contribute to strategic modernization efforts supporting Navy Federal's core banking transformation roadmap.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
15 + years of experience in software engineering, API engineering, cloud engineering, integration engineering, or related technical disciplines
Experience with API management platforms such as OCI API Gateway, MuleSoft, or similar technologies
Advanced experience designing, developing, and supporting RESTful APIs and enterprise integration solutions
Strong understanding of API lifecycle management, security, governance, versioning, and service design best practices
Hands-on experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation using Azure DevOps, GitHub, or comparable DevOps platforms
Experience developing automated testing frameworks for APIs and integrations using Postman, Newman, or similar tools
Strong scripting and automation experience using Python, PowerShell, or equivalent programming languages
Working knowledge of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services and cloud-native deployment practices
Experience with event-driven architectures, service integrations, messaging technologies, and distributed systems
Experience implementing observability, monitoring, logging, and operational support processes for enterprise applications
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across application, integration, infrastructure, and deployment layers
Effective communication, collaboration, organization, and technical leadership skills
Nice to Have Skills
Experience supporting core banking platforms, financial services applications, or large-scale enterprise transformation programs
Experience with Oracle Banking Cloud Services (OBCS), Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), or other Oracle platform technologies
Familiarity with containerized and cloud-native technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes
Experience implementing security controls such as OAuth2, OpenID Connect, mTLS, JWT, API threat protection, and secrets management solutions
Experience with DevSecOps practices, automated compliance validation, vulnerability remediation, and secure software delivery pipelines
Experience working in Agile, Scrum, or SAFe environments
Experience supporting hybrid-cloud or multi-cloud architectures
Oracle Cloud and/or API-related certifications
Financial services industry experience