feat(app): Kongsberg Seatex DevOps & Test Infra submitted; KB gaps closed; scout triage 2026-10-08

Application
- Kongsberg Discovery / Seatex, Lead Engineer DevOps and Test Infrastructure
  (Trondheim): resume, cover letter (+ paste text), verbatim JD, session and
  critique. Submitted 2026-10-08 via EasyCruit as a deliberate cold application
  on a user override of the embedded-SW hard gate (Evidence Fit 69, Document
  Quality 84). Recorded in applications.json and decisions.json.
- Google Senior SWE Full Stack Commerce: session and verbatim JD from
  2026-10-03 (no-go on the frontend gap, held, not submitted).

Knowledge base
- claims.json: ED-1 (embedded/robotics coursework, none since studies),
  SW-9 (current unit testing, pytest), new skills (pytest, unit testing,
  embedded systems (coursework), VHDL, robotics (coursework)), and Jenkins and
  GitLab CI/CD registered from existing GN-1/FC-1/BS-6/SW-3 scopes.
- Earlier uncommitted KB work: 2026-09-18 Python frameworks / enterprise SaaS
  clarification, 2026-10-03 data-product design / no-frontend clarification,
  2026-10-06 working-model rule (3 homeoffice days baseline) in config.md and
  application_strategy.md, plus related experience/bundle/taxonomy updates.
- CLAUDE.md corrections log: 2026-10-08 entry for the three canonical gaps.

Scout
- 2026-10-08 run triaged by JD read: NVIDIA DGX Cloud Senior Production
  Engineer, Google SRE III Prod AI / Senior SRE / Staff Shopping Graph and
  Amazon RIVR DevOps logged as maybe; GenAI FDE family, Kraken AI Platform,
  PostFinance DevOps and five Kdo Cy reqs logged as skip with reasons.

Housekeeping
- .gitignore: ignore .cache/ and raw HTML page dumps under output/.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

job_scout/state/decisions.json

@@ -2425,5 +2425,152 @@
     "decision": "rejected",
     "note": "Applied 2026-07-10. Rejection received 2026-09-11, reported by user. No interview recorded; rejection reason not provided. Application closed.",
     "date": "2026-09-11"
+  },
+  "https://job.bkw.com/offene-stellen/senior-data-engineer-alle/f6eff0f7-01bf-4a5b-b62b-cb2a079992c8": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "skip",
+    "note": "USER DECISION 2026-10-03: Do not pursue. User reviewed Glassdoor salary entries and found hardly any above his current salary; considers BKW unlikely to offer a competitive package and chooses Google instead. This is the users assessment from salary entries, not a verified BKW band or formal offer.",
+    "date": "2026-10-03"
+  },
+  "https://www.kongsberg.com/careers/vacancies/lead-engineer-devops-and-test-infrastructure/": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "applied",
+    "note": "SUBMITTED 2026-10-08 via EasyCruit (cold, by user decision - named contact Are B. Willumsen not contacted). Evidence Fit 69, hard gate FAIL (embedded academic-only; clearance unresolved), user override. Document Quality 84. Package: output/Kongsberg_Lead_Engineer_DevOps_Test_Infra/.",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/134588982343148230-senior-forward-deployed-engineer-genai-google-cloud?location=Switzerland": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "skip",
+    "note": "TRIAGE 2026-10-08 (JD read): required 5 yrs shipping production AI solutions, RAG/vector-DB pipelines and AI systems on GCP - all Gap (SW-8 is configured LLM assistants; GCP forbidden). Same gap that paused Google FDE GenAI earlier.",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/111514322084995782-staff-forward-deployed-engineer-genai-google-cloud?location=Switzerland": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "skip",
+    "note": "TRIAGE 2026-10-08 (JD read): as Senior FDE GenAI but 8 yrs shipping production AI solutions; RAG/vector DB and GCP AI systems required - Gap.",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/139113133389030086-senior-staff-forward-deployed-engineer-genai-google-cloud?location=Switzerland": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "skip",
+    "note": "TRIAGE 2026-10-08 (JD read): production AI solutions on GCP and RAG/vector-DB pipelines required - Gap; Senior Staff level.",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/106113082882695878-forward-deployed-engineer-iii-applied-ai?location=Switzerland": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "skip",
+    "note": "TRIAGE 2026-10-08 (JD read): required 2 yrs GenAI techniques and 'developing and deploying multilingual NLP models' - Gap (FC-2 ARTUS was a contribution, no model ownership).",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/81427103366423238-staff-software-engineer-generative-ai-commerce?location=Switzerland": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "skip",
+    "note": "TRIAGE 2026-10-08 (JD read): required 5 yrs leading ML design/ML infrastructure and agentic tool-calling systems - Gap.",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kraken.com/7d6a3e1a-79ef-4bd5-a759-7bd6f9628e9e": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "skip",
+    "note": "TRIAGE 2026-10-08 (JD read): required enterprise SaaS administration at 1,000+ seats plus Okta/SCIM/SSO identity work - user-confirmed NOT performed 2026-09-18 (claims.json: enterprise SaaS/SSO administration forbidden).",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://jobs.postfinance.ch/PostFinance/job/DevOps-Engineer-%28wmd%29/74805-de_DE": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "skip",
+    "note": "TRIAGE 2026-10-08 (JD read): Zofingen (not Bern) / homeoffice, CHF 130-145k = lateral vs current ~135k in band to 160k; required GitOps with ArgoCD and IaC with Kustomize/Helm/Terraform - GitOps and Terraform are forbidden/unverified.",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://jobs.admin.ch/offene-stellen/ict-system-engineer-senior-devsecops-gis/f39c122b-cefb-4ce4-a008-991cf75dc70f": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "skip",
+    "note": "TRIAGE 2026-10-08 (JD read): required practical ArcGIS (user-confirmed never used), Red Hat OpenShift and RHEL (0 canonical), and a second official language (FR/IT) - he has DE+EN only. Ref JRQ$540-20505.",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://jobs.admin.ch/offene-stellen/devops-engineer-iii-data-platform/0ba9d9e3-dc66-478b-a7ca-deca45f50083": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "rejected",
+    "note": "Same requisition JRQ$540-19848 he applied to and was rejected without interview (see applications.json); this URL is a repost UUID. NOTE 2026-10-08: posting requires 'Aktive Kenntnisse einer zweiten Amtssprache' - plausible, unproven factor in the rejection.",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/Switzerland-Remote/Senior-Production-Engineer----DGX-Cloud_JR2027105": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "maybe",
+    "note": "TRIAGE 2026-10-08 (JD read), NOT a user decision. TOP FIND. JR2027105, posted ~2026-10-06, Switzerland REMOTE or Zurich. Build/operate automation for DGX Cloud inference/agentic endpoints and control plane. Direct: Python, Ansible config mgmt + CloudFormation (JD says IaC, config mgmt OR GitOps), Linux, containers, AWS, SLOs (BS-3), on-call/incident (SW-2), production ML inference in 24/7 fab (BS-1). Adjacent: 8+ yrs production services and large-scale distributed systems; Kubernetes historical; metrics/logs/traces only via BS-4 PoC; networking fundamentals. Stand-out items (vLLM/SGLang/CUDA/Terraform/ArgoCD) are Gap but optional. Rough Evidence Fit ~68 provisional. CAVEAT: NVIDIA Senior DevOps JR2024256 pending since 2026-09-05 - stacking a second cold NVIDIA application is the user's call.",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/110222556983632582-software-engineer-iii-site-reliability-engineering-prod-ai?location=Switzerland": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "maybe",
+    "note": "TRIAGE 2026-10-08 (JD read), NOT a user decision. Google SWE III SRE, Prod AI, Zurich (Mid). Min quals: degree + 2 yrs software dev - Direct. Preferred 2 yrs designing/troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems - Adjacent. SRE ops evidence strong (SW-2 on-call, BS-6 Linux/Ansible, BS-1 24/7 ML inference). User accepts mid FAANG (memory). Practical: Thun-Zurich ~1h50 - FAANG comp is his named exception. Google 3-per-30-days: no Google submit since 2026-07-27.",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/86715874555110086-senior-software-engineer-site-reliability-engineering?location=Switzerland": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "maybe",
+    "note": "TRIAGE 2026-10-08 (JD read), NOT a user decision. Google Senior SWE SRE (Technical Infrastructure), Zurich. Min quals: 5 yrs software dev Direct; 3 yrs designing/troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems Adjacent; 2 yrs leading projects/technical leadership Adjacent (Component Owner SW-2, Application Owner BS-3, BDD introduction GN-1). Level-matched alternative to the SRE III Prod AI req.",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/102064172115600070-staff-software-engineer-shopping-graph?location=Switzerland": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "maybe",
+    "note": "TRIAGE 2026-10-08 (JD read), NOT a user decision. Google Staff SWE, Shopping Graph - Feeds Infra (ingestion infrastructure: files, APIs, crawling; data quality). Min quals: 8 yrs programming in Python/Java/Kotlin - Direct (2015 onward); 5 yrs testing and launching software - Direct-ish; 3 yrs software design/architecture - Adjacent (SW-7 data-product design, duration unconfirmed); GenAI tools/LLM interfaces in workflows - Adjacent (SW-8). On-thesis data-ingestion work; Staff-level tech leadership is the reach. Backend infra, NOT the frontend-gated Commerce Full Stack req.",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://jobs.admin.ch/offene-stellen/devsecops-ict-ingenieur-in-professional/9db3251b-9f5c-4836-914e-388112908b93\r": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "skip",
+    "note": "TRIAGE 2026-10-08 (JD read): requires active second official language (DE+EN only); Payerne/Meiringen. Ref JRQ$540-20434.",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://jobs.admin.ch/offene-stellen/ict-system-ingenieur-in-senior-backend-services-communication-services/05e1d041-cd48-43f0-bf22-87670490836e\r": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "skip",
+    "note": "TRIAGE 2026-10-08 (JD read): no language line, but required OpenShift (0), broad security-services depth (COMSEC/TRANSEC key management, PKI, IAM/PAM) and ServiceNow ITSM operation, plus leading external DevSecOps engineers - security-services core is a Gap. Ref JRQ$540-20501.",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://jobs.admin.ch/offene-stellen/devsecops-ict-ingenieur-in-junior/bcab683d-4647-488b-badb-57f92e835ce6\r": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "skip",
+    "note": "TRIAGE 2026-10-08 (JD read): junior level; requires active second official language. Ref JRQ$540-20435.",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://jobs.admin.ch/offene-stellen/ict-test-manager-in-senior/d98cd6a4-bd19-4135-84cf-bb1195378440\r": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "skip",
+    "note": "TRIAGE 2026-10-08 (JD read): requires 'Gute aktive Kenntnisse mindestens einer zweiten Amtssprache' - he has DE+EN only (see memory project_federal_second_language_gate). Ref JRQ$540-20616.",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://jobs.ruag.ch/offene-stellen/senior-data-scientist-c5i/c7a39d90-1a8d-4b69-929b-cbd304b94373": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "skip",
+    "note": "TRIAGE 2026-10-08 on TITLE/FAMILY, JD NOT read: data-scientist = model-building, off-thesis per user_positioning; RUAG AI Engineer C5I was rejected after interview 2026. Re-open only if the user asks.",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
+  },
+  "https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10570651/sr-software-engineer-devops-rivr": {
+    "company": "",
+    "title": "",
+    "decision": "maybe",
+    "note": "TRIAGE 2026-10-08 (JD read), NOT a user decision. AWS/Amazon RIVR (delivery robots) mid-level DevOps, Zurich. Direct: CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab), Docker/Kubernetes, Git, degree, 3+ yrs DevOps-related. REQUIRED 'C++ build tools (CMake)' - unknown, ask user. Preferred robotics (ED-1 coursework only), Terraform (forbidden), ROS2 (0). PRACTICAL, UNVERIFIED: check Amazon's office-attendance policy for this team before any effort - Thun-Zurich ~1h50 each way.",
+    "date": "2026-10-08"
   }
 }