Senior Cloud & Security Platform Engineer

Socket.dev; Troy (AL); On-site; USD 108,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Flagstar Bank in Troy, MI is seeking a Principal Technology Engineer to own backend compute environments, including M365, Azure, AWS, and security suites. You will drive DevOps, IaC, and compliance programs, coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure audit readiness and disaster recovery.

The role emphasizes documentation, lifecycle management, and alignment with FFIEC guidelines, with strong emphasis on cloud and on-premises stability and governance.

Qualifications

• Education level required: High School / High School Equivalency (GED, HiSET, TASC) / Foreign Equivalent Computer Science or related field.
• Minimum experience required: 10+ Years managing large scale technology.
• Minimum experience required: 8+ Years of technical expertise in one or more domain platforms.
• 1+ years of coaching/mentoring experience with technology professionals.
• Proficient with Microsoft and Linux operating systems.
• Proficient with certificate management.
• Strong knowledge related to Microsoft 365 environments including Entra, Defender and Purview.
• Strong knowledge related to Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) core services including compute, storage, networking, identity, and monitoring.
• Strong knowledge related to cloud identity and access management, including Entra ID and AWS IAM.
• Strong knowledge of Data Governance within Microsoft Purview.
• Strong knowledge related to data loss prevention policies and governance.
• Strong knowledge of Intune managed devices, MDM, MAM, and zero touch deployments.
• Working knowledge of Disaster Recovery execution.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code and automation workflows such as Terraform, Ansible, Bicep, or CloudFormation.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, source control, and DevOps toolchains.
• Familiarity with containers and orchestration such as Docker and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Manage Systems, configurations, and system stability.
• DevOps and automation.
• Compliance and audit.
• Daily requests, new builds, cross-team collaboration.
• Documentation and Reporting.
• Business and Technology Alignment.
• ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Performs special projects, and additional duties and responsibilities as required.
• Consistently adheres to regulatory and compliance policies and standards linked to the job as listed and complete required compliance trainings.

Skills

Microsoft 365

Azure

AWS

Certificate management

CI/CD pipelines

Disaster recovery

Regulatory compliance

Documentation

Infrastructure as code

Docker

Kubernetes

Intune

MECM

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Information Technology-related degree

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Bicep

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Intune

MECM

Job description

Flagstar Bank in Troy, MI is seeking a Principal Technology Engineer to own backend compute environments, including M365, Azure, AWS, and security suites. You will drive DevOps, IaC, and compliance programs, coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure audit readiness and disaster recovery.

The role emphasizes documentation, lifecycle management, and alignment with FFIEC guidelines, with strong emphasis on cloud and on-premises stability and governance.