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Mountain America Credit Union · 11 hours ago

Principal Platform Engineer

Sandy, UT

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Mountain America Credit Union is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of their platform. This role involves customizing Backstage, building self-service automation, and advocating for automation processes across the organization to enhance productivity and engineering efficiency.

BankingFinancial ServicesMortgage

Culture & Values

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Leads the architecture and design of full stack solutions for complex business problems, and break down projects and features into manageable tasks, particularly with large projects that involve multiple teams

Advocates for automation processes by working closely with other teams from across the organization following well established DevOps practices and principles

Responsible for working with teams necessary to implement and transition to automated workflows, with a continuous focus on making sure security, quality, performance, scalability, and high reliability are integrated into every part of the platform

Leads full-stack software development covering database design, services and API implementations, and front-end UI development for an engaging user experience primarily with C# and Backstage

Work with stakeholders on determining priorities and capabilities of the platform

Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure standardization of technologies between different projects and systems

Work with other teams across the organization in the establishment of standards and best practices, and to reduce operational complexity

Continuously introduce new ways of improving and scaling systems and services, including microservices architecture, cloud computing, and other evolving technologies

Determine and implement processes to ensure the success of all users of the platform

Champions automation practices throughout the Credit Union by providing guidance, mentorship, and best practices

Consults across multiple teams and is considered a top-level technical expert in the field

May be required to work occasional evenings and weekend hours to support production releases and resolve system issues

Qualification

Platform engineeringC#CI/CD toolsCloud computingKubernetesLinux expertiseWindows server expertiseInfrastructure as codeScripting languagesRelational databasesCommunicationProblem-solving skillsTime managementAdaptabilityMentorship

Required

Minimum 8 years of platform engineering or related area experience with 3 in a senior level position

Experience in contributing to the standardization of SDLC processes and methodologies across the organization, for both internally developed software and externally acquired systems

Linux and Windows server expertise, including system installation, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting

Expertise with multiple scripting languages such as PowerShell and Bash

Expertise with infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform or Ansible

Expertise with cloud providers such as AWS or Azure

Experience in implementing cloud providers at the organization level

Expertise with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, Octopus or GitHub

Expertise in container creation and orchestration

Expertise in Kubernetes implementation and administration

Expertise managing source code in Git (repositories, branching, merging, etc.)

Expertise in managing source control providers such as GitHub and Azure DevOps

Experience with relational databases

Expertise automating manual and repetitive system processes

Expertise in standard IT security practices such as encryption, certificates, and key management

Expertise guiding cross-organization teams in platform engineering and automation practices

Expertise with documenting current and new processes in a way that is usable by others

Experience with teaching and guiding platform engineering and automation practices and concepts to others

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in computer science, information systems, or related field. Education will be verified. OR 4 years combined education and experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps or Software Development

Demonstrated ability to clearly express ideas, methodology, results and recommendations verbally, in writing and through insightful reports and graphic illustrations

Demonstrated ability to document outcomes and present information in a manner appropriate for key stakeholders and all levels of the organization

Willingness and ability to contribute to software development tasks as assigned, with a proven ability to implement and troubleshoot code changes in C#, MVC, .NET Core, JavaScript, TypeScript or other languages

Ability to architect and develop tools and utilities as needed to support the platforms systems

Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) are critical, along with exceptional problem-solving skills, and exceptionally professional behavior when interacting with and responding to other technical teams throughout the organization

Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment

Self-starter with strong organizing and time management skills and the ability to work productively and efficiently in a fast-paced environment with multiple projects and timelines

Adaptive to change, responds positively to altered circumstances or conditions

Possess a desire and willingness to learn and continually update knowledge based on evolving DevOps concepts, strategies, tools, etc

Preferred

Familiarity with banking or credit union regulatory and security requirements is a plus

Familiarity with core banking or credit union systems such as Keystone is a plus

Company

Mountain America Credit Union

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Mountain America Credit Union is a member-owned, full-service financial institution.

Founded in 1936

West Jordan, Utah, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.macu.com/

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