Software Engineer - Specialist

Equifax is where you can power your possible. If you want to achieve your true potential, chart new paths, develop new skills, collaborate with bright minds,  and make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you.

Equifax is seeking creative, high-energy, diverse and driven software engineers with hands-on development skills to work on a variety of meaningful projects. Our software engineering positions provide you the opportunity to join a team of talented engineers working with leading-edge technology. You are ideal for this position if you are a forward-thinking, committed, and enthusiastic software engineer who is passionate about technology.

What you will do

• Lead and manage a Platform Engineering team of DevOps and Site Reliability Engineers, and foster a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement. 

• Collaborate with onsite counterparts and support teams for alignment on platform roadmap, architecture and technology delivery. 

• Build and maintain core platform components, including GCP native and third party services. 

• You will be working actively on Infrastructure as Code, using CloudFormation, Terraform, or other tools, and use CICD Workflow tools such as Jenkins and GitHub.

• You will be working on microservices and distributed application architecture, such as containers, Kubernetes, and/or serverless technology.

• Lead the team for automating cloud native technologies (on GCP), deploying applications and provisioning infrastructure.

• Implement and maintain robust SRE practices to ensure high availability, low latency and fault tolerance. Monitor platform health, troubleshoot incidents, and escalate critical issues as needed.

What experience you need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in platform engineering, devops, cloud operations, or a similar role.

• Cloud certification in GCP or AWS. 

• Proven experience in managing and leading a team of DevOps or Site Reliability Engineers.

• Strong understanding of GCP services, including Vertex AI, MLOps, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Big Query, Cloud Monitoring, and Cloud Logging.

• Familiarity with Linux operating systems and scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python).

• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to high-quality work.

What could set you apart

• Source code control management systems (e.g. SVN/Git, Subversion) and build tools like Maven

• Big Data, Postgres, Oracle, MySQL, NoSQL databases (e.g. Cassandra, Hadoop, MongoDB, Neo4J)

• Design patterns

• Agile environments (e.g. Scrum, XP)

• Software development best practices such as TDD (e.g. JUnit), automated testing (e.g. Gauge, Cucumber, FitNesse), continuous integration (e.g. Jenkins, GoCD)

• Linux command line and shell scripting languages

• Relational databases (e.g. SQL Server, MySQL)

• Cloud computing, SaaS (Software as a Service)

• Atlassian tooling (e.g. JIRA, Confluence, and Bitbucket)

• Experience working in financial services

• Assembly, JCL, CICS, VSAM, Expeditor,CA7, File-Aid in a mainframe

• Experience in COBOL, DB2 in a mainframe environment

• Developing with modern JDK (v1.7+) or ScalaJa

• Experience with Big Data technologies such as Spark, Kafka and/or Hadoop or NoSQL such as Cassandra

• Experience working with open source frameworks; preferably Spring, though we would also consider Ruby, Apache Struts, Symfony, Django, etc.

• Automated Testing: JUnit, Selenium, LoadRunner, SoapUI

• Strong knowledge of appropriate programming and scripting languages – Be proficient in .Net, .Net framework 4.5, WCF or related technology, AJAX, and JSON, and some type of automated testing

We offer a hybrid work setting, comprehensive compensation and healthcare packages, attractive paid time off, and organizational growth potential through our online learning platform with guided career tracks.

Are you ready to power your possible?  Apply today, and get started on a path toward an exciting new career at Equifax, where you can make a difference!

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