Principal DevOps Engineer

Company Description Experian is the world’s leading global information services company. During life’s big moments - from buying a home or a car, to sending a child to college, to growing a business by connecting with new customers - we empower consumers and our clients to manage their data with confidence. We help individuals to take financial control and access financial services, businesses to make smarter decisions and thrive, lenders to lend more responsibly, and organizations to prevent identity fraud and crime. As the world’s leading repository of consumer credit data, Experian is transforming data into solutions that facilitate transactions, ensure financial safety and improve the financial lives of millions of consumers around the world. We have been named by Forbes magazine as one of the “World’s Most Innovative Companies" and ranked on Fortune’s Best Companies to work for. **Job Description**: The Principal DevOps Engineer is a hands-on technical position responsible for architecting, designing, and implementing common framework solutions in a cloud-based environment. In the world of DevOps, infrastructure and code become one. This person will architect and drive platform enhancements, enable automation/self-service and implement innovative solutions that enable DevOps capabilities. As part of the Cloud architecture team this person will be responsible for facilitating the end-to-end deployment of platform systems for global Experian environments **Responsibilities**: - Architect procedures and processes across the cloud. - Design, deploy, document, and support cloud platform capabilities using AWS (Amazon Web Services) best practices (Fault tolerance, High Availability, Security, etc.) - Architect, design, deploy, document, to streamline deployments and infrastructure updates across Experian cloud platforms. - Support development teams on key initiatives or projects from requirements to design to implementation - Expand automation processes to improve functionality, availability, and manageability of our enterprise cloud offerings - Perform advanced operational troubleshooting for cloud & e-commerce environments Improve system performance and features on a regular basis to enhance customer experience - Document development team requirements and create and deliver technical solutions to those specifications **Qualifications**: **Education and Experience**: - 10+ years’ experience in a Systems engineering role with at least 5 years supporting DevOps concepts in the cloud. - Strong knowledge of docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes. - In-depth understanding of code and scripting languages such as BASH, Python, JS, or Ruby as well as YAML, JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data formats - Ability to use a wide variety of open-source tooling and cloud services such as AWS, and Infrastructure as code technologies like Terraform. - Strong knowledge of DevOps/GitOps tool chains for CI/CD on Linux platforms: Jenkins, Nexus OSS, Artifactory, Harness, Code Pipeline, Code Build, Code Deploy, Confluence, GitHub, Chocolaty, Cloud Formation, JIRA, etc. - Operational savvy, experienced in monitoring, alerting, and analyzing system metrics using Splunk, Prometheus, DataDog, Grafana, and/or Dynatrace - Proven complex problem-solving capabilities to explain errant system behavior, provide remediation and drive down MTTR - Concise English communication, collaboration, and documentation skills tailored to the target audience - Passionate about innovation, codified operations, and continuous learning - Excited to work in a fast paced, rapidly changing, iterative e-commerce environment Additional Information Our benefits include: Medical, life and dental insurance, Asociacion Solidarista, International Share Save Plan, Flex Work/Work from home, Paid time off, Annual Performance Bonus, Education Reimbursement, Family Bonding, Bereavement Leave, Referral Program, and more. LI-remote LI-LM1 Experian Careers - Creating a better tomorrow together Find out what its like to work for Experian by clicking here - Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Our goal is to create a thriving, inclusive and diverse team where people love their work and love working together. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion is essential to our purpose of creating a better tomorrow. We value the uniqueness of every individual and want you to bring your whole, authentic self to work. For us, this is _**_The Power of YOU_**_ and it ensures that we live what we believe._