Principal Platform Engineer/Principal Site Reliability/SRE - AWS/Kubernetes/Golang

FICO is a leading analytics and decision management company that empowers businesses and individuals around the world with data-driven insights. As a Principal Platform Engineer, you will lead the design, implementation, and evolution of cloud-native platform infrastructure, focusing on building scalable and resilient systems for engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable cloud solutions on AWS public cloud platform via Infrastructure as Code
• Manage infrastructure as code (IaC) leveraging CloudFormation, Terraform, and GoLang
• 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
• Work closely 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 deploy and test services
• Write policy & 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 to team members on best practices in GitOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure management
• Work closely with development, operations, and security teams to integrate infrastructure as code practices across the organization

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in cloud & platform engineering, DevOps, developer enablement, or infrastructure roles with increasing responsibility
• Expert-level proficiency with AWS cloud services especially in compute, storage, networking, implementing cloud native services, 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, CircleCI, or GitHub Actions. Experience with Crossplane a plus
• Strong hands-on experience with developing golden paths for engineers and managing CI/CD pipelines leveraging GitOps workflows for Kubernetes application delivery
• Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for multi-cloud resource provisioning and full stack deployments
• Proven 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 GoLang and Python for building platform tooling and automation
• Experience with Grafanna, OTEL, 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
• 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, DevOps Engineer Professional)