FICO

FICO is an analytics company helping businesses make better decisions that drive higher levels of growth and success.

Principal Engineer – Platform Engineering, Site Reliability

Full TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000Since 1956H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

12 days ago

Salary

$146K - $229K / year

Bachelor Degree10 yrs expEnglishAWSCloudDockerKubernetesPythonTerraform

Job Description

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable cloud solutions on AWS public cloud platform via Infrastructure as Code. • Manage infrastructure as code (IaC) leveraging Terraform, CloudFormation and GoLang. • Design and implement Kubernetes-based platform solutions with focus on scalability, reliability, and security. • Support and maintain large Kubernetes clusters in production environments. • Implement security best practices and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations. • Work closely with development, operations, and security teams to integrate infrastructure as code practices. • Develop automation to build and deploy Docker Containers through CI/CD pipelines for engineering teams deploy and test services. • Write policy & standard validation tests and integrations with Security Scanning software to ensure compliance. • Implement and support Observability solutions to ensure platform performance, reliability, and scalability. • Create Dashboards and integrate into Backstage IDP for visibility into system health. • Provide guidance and mentorship to team members on best practices in GitOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure management. • Work closely with development, operations, and security teams to integrate infrastructure as code practices across the organization.

Job Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in cloud & platform engineering, DevOps, developer enablement, or infrastructure roles with increasing responsibility.
  • Expert-level proficiency with AWS cloud services especially in compute, storage, networking, implementing cloud native services, and developing resilient infrastructure architecture.
  • Strong software engineering skills and methodologies.
  • Deep Knowledge of AWS EKS or running multiple Kubernetes instances, VPC Configuration, AWS Waf, S3, RDS, and other cloud services.
  • Experience with ArgoCD, Argo Workflows, CircleCI, or GitHub Actions.
  • Experience with Crossplane a plus.
  • Strong hands-on experience with developing golden paths for engineers and managing CI/CD pipelines leveraging GitOps workflows for Kubernetes application delivery.
  • Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for multi-cloud resource provisioning and full stack deployments.
  • Proven experience with Kubernetes infrastructure management and service mesh technologies like Istio and API gateway solutions.
  • Strong understanding of Kubernetes architecture, operators, custom resources, and ecosystem tools.
  • Advanced programming skills in GoLang and Python for building platform tooling and automation.
  • Experience with Grafanna, OTEL, and Backstage.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and influence architectural decisions across engineering teams.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical.
  • Background in SRE or Software Engineering practices and principles.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline, or relevant experience.
  • AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional).

Benefits

  • An inclusive culture strongly reflecting our core values: Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers and Earn the Respect of Others.
  • The opportunity to make an impact and develop professionally by leveraging your unique strengths and participating in valuable learning experiences.
  • Highly competitive compensation, benefits and rewards programs that encourage you to bring your best every day and be recognized for doing so.
  • An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie.

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