Senior Systems DevOps IT Engineer
hace 7 días
Commerce
Job Description Sr. Systems DevOps IT Engineer – First Century Bank First Century Bank is looking for a full-time Sr. Systems DevOps IT Engineer to join a growing team from our Commerce, Georgia location. First Century Bank has distinguished itself by providing specialized financial services through technology channels for our clients. This role is fast-paced and will have a direct impact on the Bank's ability to deliver our technology-enabled fintech programs and products. This is a hybrid role combining DevOps engineering (60%), application / database engineering (25%), and systems administration (15%) for FCB's Windows- and .NET-centric FinTech environment. As a senior engineer, this individual will also provide technical leadership, project ownership, and mentoring to junior DevOps engineers while driving strategic automation and platform improvements. Qualifications, Skills and Certifications Required Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or equivalent experience., • 7-10 years of relevant DevOps/Systems/Database experience, ideally in a regulated or enterprise environment., • Expert-level experience with PowerShell scripting and automation, including advanced modules, APIs and DSC., • Hands-on experience with C#/.NET build and deployment workflows., • Strong SQL Server administration and T-SQL development experience., • Proficiency with Git, GitHub, Azure Repos, and modern branching/peer review workflows., • Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions., • Azure or AWS infrastructure experience (Azure strongly preferred., • Advanced PowerShell: DSC, Pester, dbatools, • IIS management and tuning, • Experience with API integrations, REST, and web service automation., • Azure certifications:, • AZ-104 (Azure Administrator), • AZ-204 (Azure Developer), • AZ-305 (Azure Architect), • AZ-400 (DevOps Engineer Expert), • DP-300 (Azure Database Administrator), • Microsoft certifications:, • SC-100 / SC-200 (Security), • Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert, • Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator, • AWS equivalents (SysOps, Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer), • DevOps, cloud, or automation-related certifications such as:, • HashiCorp Terraform Associate, • Linux Foundation Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), • Experience in FinTech, banking, or other highly regulated environments., • Experience leading technical teams or mentoring engineers., • Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for C#/.NET, web, and database projects using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions., • Implement and enforce Git-based workflows: branching strategies, pull requests, peer review standards, and release processes., • Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, ARM/Bicep, and PowerShell DSC to provision and standardize Windows, IIS, and Azure resources., • Automate operational workflows and integration processes using PowerShell, C# tooling, Azure Functions, and scheduled automation frameworks., • Build and maintain deployment automation for .NET apps, IIS sites, Azure App Services, Window Services, and SQL database changes., • Integrate automated testing pipelines, including Pester for PowerShell and CI-driven validation for .NET and SQL artifacts., • Lead end-to-end monitoring, alerting, and observability initiatives using Datadog, New Relic, Prometheus/Grafana, or equivalent., • Serve as a technical escalation point during incident response, guiding troubleshooting efforts and conducting root-cause analysis and corrective action reports., • Ensure security, compliance (SOX, PCI), and audit-readiness across all DevOps processes, pipelines, and infrastructure components., • Collaborate cross-functionally with software engineers, business analysts, and IT stakeholders to ensure platform reliability, performance, and scalability., • Provide technical leadership, helping establish engineering best practices, coding standards, IaC patterns, and DevOps maturity improvements., • Manage SQL Server 2019/2022 environments across production, QA, and development., • Implement and maintain Always On Availability Groups and HA/DR strategies., • Perform SQL development, including stored procedures, ETL logic, complex T-SQL, and schema design., • Optimize query and index performance; analyze execution plans; refine database workloads., • Support database release automation, including DACPAC pipelines, migration scripts, and CI-driven SQL validation., • Develop and maintain high-quality database documentation, runbooks, and operational standards., • Maintain and support Windows Server and IIS infrastructure; Linux experience is a plus., • Manage Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, certificates, and authentication/authorization systems, • Implement patching, configuration baselines, and security hardening for Windows servers and SQL Server instances., • Provide expertise during capacity planning, scaling initiatives, infrastructure modernization efforts, and cloud migrations., • Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, manage priorities, and deliver complex automation or infrastructure projects., • Ownership of assigned projects from requirements gathering through implementation, documentation, and post-launch support., • Ability to mentor, train, and support junior DevOps engineers and influence team engineering culture., • Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.