Remote Senior DevOps SRE Engineer

Company: First American Financial Corporation
Location: Las Vegas
Posted on: May 15, 2022

Job Description:

Company SummaryJoin a team that puts its People First! First American's National Production Services division provides global title and escrow production support across all channels within First American Title including the Mortgage Services, Commercial, Direct, and Agency divisions. 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 six 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.Job SummaryWe are looking for a Senior DevOps engineer to join our DevOps team focused on the digital transformation of our business applications into the Cloud. -Our team is responsible for working with our AppDev team on developing code that can be deployed in a repeatable automated method using DevOps industry best practices.Participate in the automation, deployment, debugging, and maintenance of software code to build and deploy our customer-facing business applications. -Work with AppDev teams to understand problems with software build and deployments. -Help AppDev create Build/Application/Database servers for Business Application based on documentation provided. Develop and maintain deployment Framework (Infrastructure as Code) for application and database automations.******** 100% Remote Opportunity *********Essential Functions

• Devises/modifies procedures to solve problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time, and desired results.
• Designs, codes, test and debugs deployment Framework as needed. Documents deployment procedures and changes.
• Consult with PM's and develop business relationships and integrate activities with other IT departments to ensure successful integration.
• Expert in Source control tools and provides support for complex administration tasks for all Application Projects
• Expert in DBA tasks and work with Infrastructure and AppDev teams in trouble shooting complex Database issues.
• Experience in collaboration tool administration tasks and provide support in installation, configuration and upgrade tasks.
• Enhance and document onboarding process and provide feedback to team in process improvement.
• May lead small projects or regularly coach other team members to ensure business application systems are supported in a way that complies with established methodologies and practices.
• 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.
• Foster and maintain good relationships with customers and IT colleagues to meet expected customer service levels.
• Implement Disaster recovery tasks in collaboration with AppDev teams for each onboarded applications.
• Experienced in Agile process and understand how to create a project, create user stories and assign tasks to SCM team members.Job Complexities
  • Competent to work at the highest technical level of all phases of software configuration and support activities.
  • Uses skills as a seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of industry practices and established policies and procedures.
  • Troubleshoots a wide variety of complex problems and identifies solutions within broad applications and functional expertise.
  • Regularly provides input to define and implement conceptual issues.
  • Provide SCM team support to onboard new application.
  • Provide SCM team support for Disaster recovery tasks.
  • Provide on call support on weekends and holidays.
  • Work with external vendors to troubleshoot and resolve technical issuesKnowledge and Skills/Technology Used
    • Fluent in multiple application development languages & data structures at an expert level including javascript, python, .net, C#, json, xml, yaml.
    • Current experience with various computer platforms and Cloud application environments including Azure, GCP and AWS.
    • Expert in design and development of automation tools and scripting languages including Terraform, Groovy, python, shell
    • Expert in Database administrations tasks and provide critical support including MSsql, MySql, Postgress, AWS RDS/Aurora, Redshift.
    • Expert in continuous integration products and collaboration tools including Jenkins, TeamCity, BitBucket, Jira
    • Solid Project Management skills.
    • Solid Presentation skills.
    • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
    • Provides excellent customer service to customer base and mentors junior team members.Typical Education
      • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experienceTypical Range of Experience
        • Typically 5-7 years of directly related experience#techreferral#LI-NM1#NPSITFirst 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.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.

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