Staff Platform Engineer

ABOUT FIRST AMERICAN INDIA First American (India) Private Limited (FAI”) is a Global

Capability Centre (GCC) of the First American Financial Corporation (FAF: NYSE) a leading provider

of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions since 1889.

FAI delivers Software Development, IT Infrastructure, Data & Analytics, back-office, and

knowledge-processing operations to support First American's global operations across the US, UK,

Australia & Canada. We build technology that powers millions of real-estate transactions, with a

people-first culture that encourages innovation, collaboration, and solving real-world problems at

scale.

Job Title: AWS/Azure Staff Engineer (Remote India)

About the Role

You will be the technical lead for First American’s enterprise AWS platform powering application

modernization, with strong multi-cloud exposure across AWS and Azure. You will define strategy

and reference architectures with a strong product mindset, lead complex designs (networking,

security, identity, observability, centralized root account management, and org-wide Config and

GuardDuty on AWS; Management Groups, Azure Policy and Entra ID RBAC/PIM on Azure), and

guide multiple squads building a secure, compliant, self-service platform. You will take end-to-end

ownership, hold yourself accountable for outcomes, communicate clearly across stakeholders,

mentor engineers, and collaborate with AWS, Azure, and GCP Platform Engineering teams and our

centralized point of presence to align guardrails and shared patterns across clouds.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end AWS platform architecture (Organizations/OU model, Control Tower

and AVM account vending, identity, network, security, observability, cost) and its roadmap.

• Partner with Azure Platform Engineering to align landing-zone design: Azure Management

Groups, subscription vending/Enterprise Scale, identity, network, security, observability,

and cost governance.

• Set and enforce platform principles across AWS and Azure: security-by-default, IaC-only

(Terraform with CloudFormation/Bicep/ARM where appropriate), least privilege, and

defense-in-depth for workloads.

• Lead AWS hub-and-spoke networking: Direct Connect/Partner connectivity, centralized

DNS, policy-based routes, Palo Alto security inspection, and centralized VPC interface

endpoints.

• Align Azure hub-and-spoke networking patterns: ExpressRoute/Partner connectivity, Azure

Virtual WAN, centralized DNS, policy-based routing, Palo Alto inspection, and centralized

Private Link/Private Endpoints.

• Define and govern AWS SCPs, IAM policies, and permission boundaries; drive policy-ascode,

exception processes, and AWS Well-Architected reviews.

• Align Azure governance: Azure Policy, deny assignments, RBAC least-privilege design,

policy-as-code, exception processes, and Azure Well-Architected reviews.

• Own centralized AWS root account management strategy: no routine root access, secured

credentials, activity monitoring, and audited break-glass aligned with InfoSec and

compliance requirements.

• Support Azure tenant/subscription break-glass controls: secured privileged access, PIM/JIT

governance, activity monitoring, and audited emergency access aligned with InfoSec.

• Define org-wide AWS Config and GuardDuty architecture (delegated admin, aggregators,

conformance packs, auto-remediation, threat detection baselines) integrated with Security

Hub and operational response.

• Align Azure security posture: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Policy compliance, autoremediation,

threat detection baselines, and integration with Security Hub-equivalent

operational response.

• Direct AWS identity architecture: IAM Identity Center with Entra ID (SAML), workload roles

and OIDC for keyless auth across CI/CD and services; break-glass model with hardware

MFA.

• Align Azure identity architecture: Entra ID (Azure AD) federation, group-based RBAC,

PIM/JIT access, managed identities, workload OIDC for keyless CI/CD, and AKS workload

identity.

• Own AWS observability architecture: org-level CloudTrail and log aggregation streaming

Splunk/Elastic; ensure coverage for management, data, VPC flow, DNS, firewall, Config,

GuardDuty, and Security Hub findings.

• Align Azure observability: Activity Log, Diagnostic Settings, Azure Monitor, VNet flow logs,

DNS/firewall logs streaming Splunk/Elastic; ensure Defender for Cloud and policy

compliance coverage.

• Partner with InfoSec on unified posture management across AWS (Security Hub, Config,

GuardDuty) and Azure (Defender for Cloud, Azure Policy), plus Prisma Cloud and Qualys;

define controls, SLAs, and drift remediation.

• Drive multi-cloud patterns and guardrails consistent across AWS, Azure, and GCP;

harmonize landing-zone, identity, networking, and security models and shared

Blueprint/Modules standards.

• Define modernization paths for AWS (EKS, ECS, RDS, data services) and Azure (AKS,

Container Apps, Azure SQL, data services) with consistent platform patterns.

• Champion AI-assisted engineering (Claude, Cursor) and agentic automations for platform

delivery, documentation, and operational excellence across AWS and Azure.

• Lead Terraform IaC migration strategy, module standards, and pipeline governance

(GitHub; Spacelift where adopted) for AWS and Azure workloads.

• Apply a strong product mindset: prioritize platform capabilities that deliver measurable

value to application teams, balance roadmap trade-offs, and translate technical work into

clear outcomes and adoption.

• Mentor and develop senior and mid-level engineers through design reviews, pairing, and

career guidance; model accountability, ownership, and high-quality delivery.

• Collaborate across Platform Engineering teams (AWS, Azure, GCP, Blueprint and Modules,

DNA Enablement) to align standards, shared patterns, and multi-cloud guardrails.

• Design and manage AWS multi-account strategy using AWS Organizations with OU

hierarchy aligned to environment, business unit, and workload classification

• Implement and maintain AWS Control Tower or a custom landing zone for account vending

and baseline configuration

• Define and execute strategic roadmaps for AWS and Azure cloud platforms, aligning cloud

adoption with business objectives, optimizing cost and performance, and ensuring

scalability, security, and compliance across environments.

• Communicate effectively with engineering, InfoSec, operations, and leadership; represent

the AWS platform and multi-cloud alignment in architecture councils, CAB, and executive

updates.

Key Requirements

• 12+ years in platform/cloud engineering with 6+ on AWS at enterprise scale; proven multicloud

exposure with hands-on Azure platform engineering in regulated environments.

• Expert in Terraform (modules, workspaces), IaC governance (policy-as-code/OPA), and

CI/CD (GitHub; Spacelift OIDC federation, policies, and stacks preferred) across AWS and

Azure.

• Deep AWS networking: VPC design, Transit Gateway, centralized VPC endpoints, routing,

load balancing; hub/spoke with centralized inspection.

• Solid Azure networking: VNet design, Azure Virtual WAN, Private Link/Private Endpoints,

routing, load balancing; hub/spoke with centralized inspection.

• Strong AWS security engineering: SCPs, IAM least-privilege/deny patterns, centralized root

account management, AWS Config, GuardDuty, Security Hub, KMS/CMEK strategy, Secrets

Manager and enterprise secrets integrations.

• Strong Azure security engineering: Azure Policy, deny assignments, RBAC least-privilege

design, Defender for Cloud, Key Vault/CMEK strategy, and enterprise secrets integrations.

• AWS identity: Entra ID federation via IAM Identity Center, group-based RBAC, JIT/PIM

concepts; OIDC for CI/CD and Kubernetes (IRSA).

• Azure identity: Entra ID (Azure AD) federation, group-based RBAC, PIM/JIT access,

managed identities, OIDC for CI/CD and AKS workload identity.

• AWS observability: CloudTrail, CloudWatch, log streaming pipelines, Splunk/Elastic design

and cost optimization.

• Azure observability: Activity Log, Diagnostic Settings, Azure Monitor, log streaming

pipelines, Splunk/Elastic design and cost optimization.

• Hands-on with AWS Control Tower, AVM, Organizations, and the AWS Well-Architected

Framework.

• Hands-on with Azure Management Groups, subscription vending/Enterprise Scale landing

zones, and the Azure Well-Architected Framework.

• Strong product mindset with a track record of shaping platform roadmaps around customer

(application team) needs, adoption, and measurable outcomes.

• Excellent communication skills; demonstrated accountability and ownership of complex

initiatives end to end.

• Proven ability to mentor and grow engineers and to collaborate effectively across Platform

Engineering and partner teams.

• Excellent leadership: roadmaps, cross-BU influence, vendor management, risk trade-offs,

and executive communication.

Nice to Have

• Spacelift knowledge or hands-on experience.
• Cloudflare Zero Trust/Tunnels, WAF/DDoS; Palo Alto VM-Series design at scale.
• CloudFormation and Bicep/ARM expertise; GitHub Actions federation at scale.
• GCP platform familiarity for multi-cloud architecture alignment.