Compensation Overview

Who We Are

Join a team that puts its People First! 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

Participates in the design, planning, management, maintenance, and support, and any other technological duties associated with an organization’s cloud computing environment.

Essential Functions

• Develop, test, and implement repeatable process to provision AWS infrastructure using IaC; Develop code using enterprise grade source code control, artifact management, testing, change management, user documentation.
• Analyze AWS services to determine how to automate their deployment consistent with company policies and standards. Implement automated provisioning of these new services.
• Implement Security and Compliance Controls.
• Develop and Publish Technical Standards.
• Actively participate on an Agile infrastructure product team including daily standups, demos, retrospectives, sprint planning, etc.
• Perform work consistent with agreed upon team goals and priorities; Assist team members as requested or required.
• Build test automation suites to ensure the quality of products.
• Designs, codes, unit test, debug, and document those programs.
• Customizes Cloud software based on research and customer needs.
• May consult with users and develop business relationships and integrate activities with other IT departments to ensure successful implementation.
• Monitor and report to management on the status of project efforts, anticipating/identifying issues that inhibit the attainment of project goals and implementing corrective actions.
• Formulates and defines system scope and objectives for assigned projects.
• Performs maintenance, installations, upgrades, and other technical duties associated with the support of product applications platforms and/or product systems platforms.
• Responsible for top-tier implementation and integration with backend databases.
• Formulate and define system scope and objectives through research and fact-finding to develop or modify internal business systems.
• Required to perform duties outside of normal work hours based on business needs.

Knowledge and Skills/Technology Used

• Experience and solid understanding of AWS engineering practices
• Experience translating Cloud requirements and experience with AWS design solutions.
• Thorough knowledge of AWS networking concepts; Hands-on experience working with AWS networking technologies; Advances AWS networking troubleshooting knowledge.
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft AD, Azure AD, and AWS specific identity and access management (users, groups, roles, permissions)
• Advanced knowledge of AWS routing, peering, internet ingress and egress, cloud network design skills; Global / geo load balancing; Network security groups.
• Strong role-based access design
• Strategies for managing quotas and limits.
• Advanced knowledge of AWS cloud services associated with job role.
• Knowledge of pros / cons / implications of implementing various cloud services.
• Advanced knowledge of AWS logging and monitoring services; Design of logging and monitoring strategies.
• Collaborate and create AWS governance policies.
• Create advanced, modular, parameterized pipelines using cloud native tools.
• Fluent in role-specific programming languages (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, Python, YAML, C#, PowerShell, Linux shell, etc.); Ability to create advanced IaC modules and reusable functions.
• Advanced design skills including modularity, reliability, parameterization.
• Deep understanding of modern software development testing strategies (Test Driven Development, etc.)
• Thorough knowledge of source code control systems and strategies; Code branching and forking; pull requests.
• Thorough knowledge of IaC testing tools and integration into development and deployment processes.
• Experience with various computer platforms and application environments.
• Constantly updating personal technical and business knowledge and skills and mentoring others to increase the knowledge and skills of the team.
• Strong organizational or Project Management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Typical Education

• Normally requires BS Degree or equivalent work experience.

Typical Range of Experience

• Typically have 5-7 years of directly related experience.
• Experience with Cloud Platform and Automation / IaC
• Having experience working with distributed team is preferred.

Typical Certifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty
• AWS Certified Security - Specialty
• ISC2 CCSP - Certified Cloud Security Professional

Pay Range: $79,950 - $166,050 Annually

This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting.  Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.  

What We Offer

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. You are free and encouraged to bring your entire, unique self to work. First American is an equal opportunity employer in every sense of the term.Based on eligibility, 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.