Software Engineer I

Principal Financial Group•Des Moines, IA

3h•Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a Software Engineer to learn and grow within our Information Services Platform Integrations team. The Software Engineer will provide support of Managed File Transfers (MFT) and Workload Scheduling infrastructure for engineers and internal business partners across the enterprise. This role combines platform engineering with production support responsibilities. The team’s work enables teams to build and deploy solutions across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments. Our focus is on delivering reliable, secure, and easy-to-use platforms through automation and self-service capabilities! The technologies used on this team include: GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer, Cleo Harmony, IBM Sterling B2B Integrator, Tivoli Workload Scheduler, ServiceNow, Git/GitHub, PowerBI, AWS, Python, PowerShell, and many more. Operating at the intersection of financial services and technology, Principal builds financial tools that help our customers live better lives. We take pride in being a purpose-led firm, motivated by our mission to make financial security accessible to all. Our mission, integrity, and customer focus have made us a trusted leader for more than 140 years.

Requirements

An Associate's or Bachelor's degree with preference in a science, technology, engineering, or math related field or equivalent work experience
Experience developing and automating solutions using Python
Strong understanding of Agile methodologies
Excellent planning, organizational, problem-solving, analytical, decision-making and communication skills
Must have the desire to learn new technology and continuously grow
Demonstrated strength in working as part of a team, contributing ideas, supporting peers, and driving work to completion together

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting production systems, including incident response, troubleshooting, and on-call rotations in a Linux environment
Ability to leverage AWS cloud services and to apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools including Ansible, AWS CDK, and Terraform
Experience supporting file transfer protocols such as FTP, FTPS, SFTP, S3, and Connect:Direct, including certificate lifecycle management
Experience deploying production code using DevOps best practices, including GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines

Responsibilities

Partner with engineering, architecture, and business teams to deliver high-quality platforms, actively engaging in agile practices such as pairing, mobbing, and design collaboration.
Find opportunities for automating operational tasks and workflows, as well as contribute to building solutions using tools such as Python, PowerShell, ServiceNow Citizen Development, and GitHub Actions
Experiment with new tools and practices to deliver business value in an agile organization.
Manage and deploy applications using AWS CDK Python.
Develop an understanding of end-to-end transfer architecture including DMZ & solid understanding of load-balancer and firewalls.
Troubleshoot complex production issues across supported technologies and provide on-call support for priority issues.
Plan and execute platform, OS, and database maintenance activities.
Maintain knowledge of supported file transfer technologies and protocols.
Manage certificates, including CSR generation, issuance, implementation, and validation.
Contribute to our enterprise-wide modernization strategy by continuously working towards modern solutions, including platform migrations from on-premise to cloud solutions.
Maintain platform reliability and compliance, including vulnerability remediation, disaster recovery testing, and audit readiness. Continuously improve platform stability, security, and operational processes.