Senior Systems DevOps IT Engineer

Overview

Sr. Systems Dev Ops IT Engineer – First Century Bank

First Century Bank is looking for a full-time Sr. Systems Dev Ops IT Engineer to join a growing team from our Commerce, Georgia location. First Century Bank provides 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 technology-enabled fintech programs and products. This is a hybrid role combining Dev Ops engineering (60%), application / database engineering (25%), and systems administration (15%) for FCB's Windows- and .NET-centric

Fin Tech environment. As a senior engineer, this individual will provide technical leadership, project ownership, and mentoring to junior Dev Ops engineers while driving strategic automation and platform improvements.

Qualifications, Skills and Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 7-10 years of relevant Dev Ops/Systems/Database experience, ideally in a regulated or enterprise environment.
• Expert-level experience with Power Shell 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, Git Hub, Azure Repos, and modern branching/peer review workflows.
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with Azure Dev Ops or Git Hub Actions.
• Azure or AWS infrastructure experience (Azure strongly preferred).
• Experience with containers (Docker/Kubernetes), monitoring systems, and cloud networking/security fundamentals.

• Advanced Power Shell: DSC, Pester, dbatools
• IIS management and tuning
• Experience with API integrations, REST, and web service automation.
• Experience supporting web development (HTML/CSS/JS fundamentals, build workflows)

• Azure certifications:
• AZ-104 (Azure Administrator)
• AZ-204 (Azure Developer)
• AZ-305 (Azure Architect)
• AZ-400 (Dev Ops Engineer Expert)
• DP-300 (Azure Database Administrator)
• Microsoft certifications:
• SC-100 / SC-200 (Security)
• Microsoft Certified:
  Dev Ops Engineer Expert
• Microsoft Certified:
  Windows Server Hybrid Administrator
• AWS equivalents (Sys Ops, Solutions Architect, Dev Ops Engineer)
• Dev Ops, cloud, or automation-related certifications such as:
• Hashi Corp Terraform Associate
• Linux Foundation Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• ITIL Foundation or service management certifications

• Experience in Fin Tech, banking, or other highly regulated environments.
• Experience leading technical teams or mentoring engineers.
• Demonstrated experience modernizing legacy processes or driving Dev Ops transformation efforts.

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for C#/.NET, web, and database projects using Azure Dev Ops or Git Hub 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 Power Shell DSC to provision and standardize Windows, IIS, and Azure resources.
• Automate operational workflows and integration processes using Power Shell, 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 Power Shell 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 Dev Ops processes, pipelines, and infrastructure components.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with software engineers, business analysts, and IT stakeholders to…