Staff Engineer at First American (India)

Bengaluru, karnataka, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

29 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

29 Dec, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, PowerShell, Ansible, Security, PKI, Automation

Industry

Financial Services

Description

Company Summary First American (India) is a GCC (Global Capability Center) of the First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF) family of companies. FAI is a proud member of the FORTUNE 500 companies and has been amongst the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for eight consecutive years. First American Financial Corporation provides comprehensive title insurance, closing/settlement, property data and technology solutions. First American (India) creates quality solutions for its customers by combining software, back office, and knowledge processing operations to fulfill First American's business requirements. Our priorities are our employees, customers, and shareholders - in that order. First American (India) has been ranked amongst India's Best Companies To Work For™ 2023: Listed amongst the Top 100 by Great Place To Work® India, FAI is also certified Best Workplaces for Women and Workplace with Inclusive Practices. Software Services helps build First American's product suite that encompasses the best in class Title Insurance, Settlement and Mortgage solutions platforms. Leverages technology product stack across Microsoft platform predominantly to develop, enhance and maintain the best in class applications. The R & D division delivers solutions for the title insurance industry leveraging the best of NLP, AI and ML. Job Summary Job Title: Staff Platform Engineer (12+ Years Experience) About the Role We seek a Staff Platform Engineer (12+ years) to architect, build, and operate cloud-native platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and paved-path tooling that accelerate delivery at scale. You will define platform standards and guardrails, implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), and design resilient, multi-tenant services with HA/DR, zero-trust security, and cost governance. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable CI/CD, service catalogs, and automation aligned to strategic goals. You will also contribute to secure connectivity through core PKI practices, including TLS/mTLS enablement, certificate lifecycle automation, and policy compliance. Experience integrating with CLM platforms (e.g., Venafi) or cloud certificate services is a plus. Key Responsibilities Architect and operate platform services across AWS/Azure/GCP, including multi account/subscription governance. Design scalable CI/CD ecosystems (ADO, GitHub Actions, Jenkins) with security gates and automated testing. Implement monitoring and diagnostics to ensure availability, performance, and reliability (SLO-aware). Define platform standards, patterns, and guardrails; own technical roadmap and conduct technical reviews. Partner with App/SRE/SecOps to align capabilities, controls, and cost optimization; drive automation and incident readiness. Mentor engineers; promote best practices in IaC, security, and operational excellence. Lead enterprise PKI architecture and automation (Venafi/CLM; public/private CAs) for certificate lifecycle, mTLS patterns, and secure key custody (HSM/KMS/Key Vault/Secrets Manager). Drive PKI governance—policies, CRL/OCSP/AIA distribution, and code signing—integrated with CI/CD, compliance, and audit reporting. Key Requirements 12+ years in platform engineering/DevOps/SRE with proven technical leadership and high level design ownership. Advanced AWS/Azure infrastructure; strong scripting (Python) and shell (PowerShell/Bash). IaC expertise (Terraform/CloudFormation), module design, remote state, and policy as code. CI/CD design and implementation (ADO, GitHub Actions, CodePipeline); artifact/versioning. Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes); cluster operations and workload security. Configuration management (Ansible/Chef/Puppet) and Windows/Linux systems administration. Version control proficiency (GitHub, Azure DevOps, Git). Security integration (SonarQube/Veracode), TLS/mTLS, secrets management, and compliance controls. 5+ years in application development (.NET/Java) and hands on code/design reviews. PKI experience: X.509, CSR/EKU/SAN, OCSP/CRL, TLS 1.2/1.3; Venafi/CLM or cloud certificate services. Nice to Have Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP); serverless automation. GitOps and progressive delivery (Argo CD/Flux, blue/green, canary). Networking: VPC/VNet, Transit Gateway/Virtual WAN, DNS, load balancers, reverse proxies. Identity: AD/ADFS, SSO/OIDC/SAML; platform integration patterns. Image/AMI baking (Packer). FinOps/cost governance; cloud security posture management (CSPM). Crypto agility/PQC awareness and code signing workflows. FAI is committed to create an environment that respects, supports and inspires all individuals. We do not discriminate on the basis of color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation and age. At FAI, we celebrate diversity and believe that an inclusive workforce benefits employees, the organization and our community. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information about our company and dedication to putting People First, check out https://firstam.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/faicareers. If you're looking for a career where you can work with great people in an environment that is built on strong relationships, innovative technology and an unyielding integrity, follow the instructions below to take the first step on a rewarding career path with FAI.

Responsibilities

The Staff Platform Engineer will architect, build, and operate cloud-native platforms while defining platform standards and implementing Infrastructure as Code. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable CI/CD and contribute to secure connectivity through core PKI practices.