Senior AWS Platform Engineer
First American
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $109,650 - $184,938 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
AnsibleAWSCloudDockerEC2FluxGoJavaScriptKubernetesLinux.NETNode.jsPythonTerraform
About the role
- Be part of a transformative team that is shaping the way First American builds and delivers world-class technology products that fuel the real estate industry.
- Design and implement our technical architecture, software, and tooling used to deliver and operate our core, mission critical, software platforms.
- Set the example in driving individual user stories to completion from start to finish.
- Assess and identify risks that may be present to achieving the team’s larger goals.
- Document best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure construction.
- Work in tandem with our platform and software engineering teams and leaders to identify and implement optimal cloud-based solutions for the company.
- Drive implementation of functionally appropriate and technically sound solutions meeting all quality & security standards.
- Assist the team in achieving ambitious goals, providing regular feedback, and driving continuous improvement. Participate in all aspects of our software development lifecycle for cloud-based solutions, including planning, defining requirements, developing, testing, and deploying those solutions with the team.
Requirements
- 3+ years in the Cloud and DevOps field.
- Proven track record for delivering fit for purpose technical solutions balancing complexity, performance, and maintainability.
- A balanced approach between Software Engineering principles and modern Infrastructure Operations.
- Automation orchestration tooling such as GitLab CI or Github Enterprise.
- Experience with GitOps based deployment methodologies such as ArgoCD, Flux, etc.
- Infrastructure automation tooling such as Terraform and Ansible.
- CI/CD best practices and implementation.
- Extensive AWS experience including the implementation of cloud native services such as Lambda, EC2, and EKS.
- Extensive experience with containerized solutions to include Docker and Kubernetes.
- Knowledge of various git patterns such as GitFlow and trunk-based development.
- Experience working within a highly regulated industry such as Financial Services or Healthcare preferred.
- Technical Skills: Kubernetes & Helm, CI / CD pipeline development, Deployment buildout and maintenance of Terraform based IAC, GitOps methodologies, Linux Containerized Workloads / Docker, Supporting .NET (Core & Framework), Node.js, and Golang applications, Serverless Technologies / Lambda, Database automation & administration, Cloud cost management & automation, Solid foundation of cloud networking and security for AWS, Identity Management and least-privileged implementations, AppSec/DevSecOps tooling such as Veracode SAST and DAST, PowerShell, Bash, Python, and/or Golang development, Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, with strong relationship, collaborative, and organization skills.
Benefits
- By choice, we don’t simply accept individuality – we embrace it, we support it, and we thrive on it! Our People First Culture celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion not simply because it’s the right thing to do, but also because it’s the key to our success. We are proud to foster an authentic and inclusive workplace For All.
- First American offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO/paid sick leave and other great benefits like an employee stock purchase plan.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
CloudDevOpsAutomation orchestrationGitLab CIGitHub EnterpriseGitOpsTerraformAnsibleAWSKubernetes
Soft skills
Effective communicationCollaborationOrganizationFeedbackContinuous improvementRisk assessmentProblem-solvingLeadershipDocumentationUser story management