Principal Technology Engineer

Flagstar Bank

Principal Technology Engineer responsible for backend compute environment at Flagstar Bank. Managing compliance, systems stability, and collaboration across tech teams in New York.

Posted 5/16/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $108,171 - $173,367 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleLinux

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage Systems, configurations, and system stability
Technical engineer overseeing development of Microsoft M365 / Purview solutions to protect company assets
Provides monitoring and resolution support for alerts generated by Microsoft Purview, DLP and certificate management related systems
Provides certificate management and maintenance to enterprise systems leveraging tools such as CyberArk and Venafi.
Provides final oversight on high-risk platform upgrades and migrations.
Owns overall compliance posture for backend systems, ensuring full adherence to FFIEC guidelines, audit requirements, and IT risk management policies.
Coordinates with internal audit, risk, and compliance teams to deliver accurate evidence and remediation plans.
Drives continuous improvement of compliance processes to reduce audit findings and enhance security posture.
Monitors and maintain Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Defender, and corporate certificate systems
Acts as escalation point for major incidents and coordinate with leadership during crisis events.
Delivers and collaborates with infrastructure teams to ensure technology decisions align with enterprise goals.
Champions disaster recovery planning, test execution, and after-action review improvements.
Ensures all backend system documentation is accurate, current, and meets audit standards.
Reviews and approve daily/weekly/monthly operational and compliance reports before submission to leadership.
Promotes documentation as a core operational discipline across the team, setting expectations and accountability for quality.
Reports team performance metrics and operational health to IT leadership.
Ensure we are aligning IT solutions with the needs of the business

Requirements

What you’ll need

Education level required: High School / High School Equivalency (GED, HiSET, TASC) / Foreign Equivalent Computer Science or related field.
Minimum experience required: 10+ Years managing large scale technology.
Minimum experience required: 8+ Years of technical expertise in one or more domain platforms
1+ years of coaching/mentoring experience with technology professionals
Proficient with Microsoft and Linux operating systems.
Proficient with certificate management
Strong knowledge related to Microsoft 365 environments including Entra, Defender and Purview.
Strong knowledge of Data Governance specifically data classification, data retention, data lifecycle management and data labeling within Microsoft Purview
Strong knowledge related to data loss prevention policies and governance.
Strong knowledge of Intune managed devices, MDM, MAM, and zero touch deployments.
Working knowledge of Disaster Recovery execution.
Familiarity with Ansible and infrastructure automation workflows.
Demonstrated understanding of system lifecycle, patching, and EOL remediation.
Awareness of FFIEC, SOX, HIPAA, NIST or similar compliance frameworks.
Strong documentation and cross-functional communication skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision
life
disability insurance
comprehensive leave program

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Hard Skills & Tools

Microsoft M365Microsoft PurviewDLPCyberArkVenafiLinux operating systemsData GovernanceIntuneAnsibleDisaster Recovery

Soft Skills

coachingmentoringcross-functional communicationdocumentationleadershipproblem resolutioncontinuous improvementoperational disciplineteam performance reportingcrisis management