AWS Engineer

Company Description

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to realise their financial goals and help them save time and money.

We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more industry segments.

We invest in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 22,500 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more at experianplc.com

Job Description

This position is for a experienced AWS Engineer to join our team for a critical initiative aimed at enhancing and security of our Customer Identity and Access Management application. This role will focus on designing, implementing, and maintaining robust disaster recovery (DR) strategies and failover mechanisms to ensure high availability and trust in the event of regional AWS outages or domain compromises.

You will work closely with the Solution Architect to build a robust multi-region DR strategy and domain failover plan.You will be reporting to a Senior Manager

Responsibilities

• Design and implement multi-region DR architectures within AWS to ensure recovery times and points.
• Deploy critical resources such as EKS, Aurora PostgreSQL, and S3 in a secondary region to act as a failover site.
• Use Aurora RDS Databases and cross-region replication for database resilience.
• Configure Amazon Route 53 with health checks and DNS failover to reroute traffic during outages.
• Use AWS services like S3 replication, AWS Backup, and RDS snapshots to replicate data and workloads.
• Plan and conduct regular recovery tests and simulations to validate DR plans.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define business continuity requirements and align DR strategies accordingly.
• Maintain detailed DR documentation, including plans, procedures, and recovery steps.
• Communicate DR processes and updates to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Monitor DR infrastructure performance and optimize configurations for cost-efficiency and reliability.
• Implement secure domain failover strategies to alternate domains in case of compromise.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, AWS Cloud, or Site Reliability Engineering.
• Strong expertise in AWS, especially EKS, Aurora PostgreSQL, Route 53, S3, IAM, and VPC.
• Hands-on experience with ForgeRock Identity Platform (IDM, AM, DS, IG etc.) in containerized environments.
• Proficiency in Kubernetes, Helm Charts, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with multi-region deployments, DR planning, and DNS failover.
• Strong scripting skills in Bash, Python, or JavaScript.
• Experience with Terraform and Terragrunt for infrastructure-as-code management.

Additional Information

Our uniqueness is that we truly celebrate yours. Experian's culture and people are important differentiators. We take our people agenda very seriously and focus on what truly matters; DEI, work/life balance, development, authenticity, engagement, collaboration, wellness, reward & recognition, volunteering... the list goes on. Experian's strong people first approach is award winning; Great Place To Work™ in 24 countries, FORTUNE Best Companies to work and Glassdoor Best Places to Work (globally 4.4 Stars) to name a few. Check out Experian Life on social or our Careers Site to understand why.

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Innovation is a critical part of Experian's DNA and practices, and our diverse workforce drives our success. Everyone can succeed at Experian and bring their whole self to work, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, religion, color, sexuality, physical ability or age. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.

Experian Careers - Creating a better tomorrow together

Benefits

Experian care for employee's work life balance, health, safety and wellbeing. In support of this endeavor, we offer best-in-class family well-being benefits, enhanced medical benefits and paid time off.

Experian Careers - Creating a better tomorrow together

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