Principal Engineer - Platform Engineering​/Site Reliability

Overview

FICO (NYSE: FICO) is a leading global analytics software company, operating in 100+ countries. Join our world-class team and fulfill your career potential.

As a Principal Platform Engineer, you will lead the design, implementation, and evolution of our cloud-native platform infrastructure. This role is instrumental in building and maintaining scalable, resilient systems that empower engineering teams to deliver innovative solutions rapidly and reliably. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise in modern platform engineering practices, SRE & Dev Ops methodologies, and infrastructure automation.

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable cloud solutions on AWS via Infrastructure as Code.
• Manage infrastructure as code (IaC) leveraging Terraform, Cloud Formation, and Go.
• 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.
• Collaborate 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 to deploy and test services.
• Write policy and 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 on Git Ops, CI/CD, and infrastructure management.
• Collaborate across the organization to integrate infrastructure as code practices.

• 10+ years of experience in cloud and platform engineering, Dev Ops, developer enablement, or infrastructure roles with increasing responsibility.
• Expert-level proficiency with AWS compute, storage, networking, 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, Circle
  
  CI, or Git Hub Actions. Crossplane is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git Ops workflows for Kubernetes application delivery.
• Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for multi-cloud resource provisioning and full stack deployments.
• 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 Go and Python for building platform tooling and automation.
• Experience with Grafana, Open Telemetry, 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 stakeholders.
• 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, Dev Ops Engineer Professional).

• 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 strengths and learning experiences.
• Highly competitive compensation, benefits, and rewards programs.
• An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events.
• The targeted base pay range for this role is: $146,000 to $229,000, depending on knowledge, skills, and experience.

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