Principal DevOps Engineer (Remote)

at First American in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Who We AreJoin a team that puts its People First! First American's Direct division provides comprehensive title insurance protection and professional settlement services for real estate purchases, refinances and equity loans. Since 1889, First American (NYSE: FAF) has held an unwavering belief in its people. They are passionate about what they do, and we are equally passionate about fostering an environment where all feel welcome, supported, and empowered to be innovative and reach their full potential. Our inclusive, people-first culture has earned our company numerous accolades, including being named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list for nine consecutive years. We have also earned awards as a best place to work for women, diversity and LGBTQ+ employees, and have been included on more than 50 regional best places to work lists. First American will always strive to be a great place to work, for all. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com.

What We Do** Remote Work Welcome**

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. We are looking for the best-of-the-best technology experts that will envision, design, build, and deliver innovative solutions that provides exceptional experiences and lasting value to our customers.

First American is seeking candidates for an engineering role in our Platform Engineering team. An ideal candidate has strong technical expertise, a product mindset, and takes a hands-on approach for driving engineering best practices. As a Principal DevOps Engineer, you will help design and implement our technical architecture, software, and tooling used to deliver and operate our core, mission critical, software platforms. The ideal candidate will have a firm grasp of emerging technologies, platforms, and applications and an ability to customize them to help our business remain secure and efficient.

What You'll Do
Technical Leadership: Provide vision and technical leadership to guide us in designing, delivering, and supporting "golden paths," including on-demand infrastructure and CI/CD for our software teams to consume with low cognitive load and high security. Define and document best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance.
Collaborate/Partner: Work in tandem with our engineering teams and leaders to identify and implement optimal cloud-based solutions for the company.
People Leadership & Development: Our people are our greatest asset, and you provide guidance, thought leadership, and mentorship to help our teams develop their technical skill sets. You will educate teams on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives and provide associated training when necessary.
Quality & Security Focused: Drive the implementation of functionally appropriate and technically sound solutions meeting all quality & security standards.
Continuous Improvement: Lead the team in achieving ambitious goals, providing regular feedback, and driving continuous improvement. You will participate in all aspects of our software development lifecycle for cloud-based solutions, including planning, defining requirements, developing, and testing those solutions with the team.

What You'll Bring
6+ 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 Azure DevOps (ADO), GitHub Enterprise, or Gitlab
Infrastructure automation tooling such as Terraform and Ansible
CI/CD best practices and implementation
AWS infrastructure and cloud-native services such as Lambda and EKS
Windows Server automation
Various git patterns, such as gitflow and trunk based development
Working within a highly regulated industry such as Financial Services or Healthcare

Technical Skills
PowerShell, Bash, Python, and/or Golang development
Supporting .NET (Core & Framework), and Node.js applications
Containers (Windows and Linux)
Kubernetes
Database automation & administration
Cloud cost management & automation
Network/Cloud security core concepts and tooling
AppSec/DevSecOps tooling such as Veracode SAST and DAST
Automated software testing (unit, component, API, functional)
GitOps methodologies
Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, with strong relationship, collaborative, and organization skills

Pay Range: $131,800 - $219,675... For full info follow application link.

First American invests in its employees' development and well-being, empowers them to provide superior customer service and encourages them to serve the communities where they live and work. First American is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer.