Systems Engineer III - Platform Administrator; Remote

This is a remote role open for multiple markets across the United States.

We areseekinga skilled and motivated Systems Engineer III
- Open Shift/Kubernetes Platform Administrator to build, administer, and optimize enterprise Open Shift container platforms. This roleis responsible for building, automate, maintaining highly available Open Shift clusters, automating infrastructure operations, ensuring platform security, and supporting application teams deploying cloud-native workloads.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Red Hat Open Shift, Kubernetes, Linux administration, automation, and troubleshooting. The individual will work closely with Dev Ops, Cloud, Security, and Application Development teams to deliver reliable and scalable container platform services.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Cloud Infrastructure Management – Deploys and manages cloud resources, optimizing configurations for security, performance and cost-effectiveness.
• Cloud Solution Design – Leads the design and deployment of scalable, resilient, and secure cloud architectures for critical applications
• Infrastructure as Code – Defines and implements best practices for IaC, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation
• Support - mentor team members providing guidance and technical leadership on complex projects. Engage in research and continuous improvement initiatives to adopt new technologies and best practices. Maintain and share technical documentation to support knowledge transfer within the team. Provides 24/7 on-call support to ensure the availability and reliability of cloud infrastructure

Position Specific

Skills:

• Architectural Design & Strategy
• Cloud Security & Compliance
• SDLC & CI/CD Integration
• Cloud Services (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Cloud Formation)
• Policy as Code & Service Catalogues
• Programming & Automation (e.g., JavaScript, Python)
• Container Orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)
• Monitoring and Observability Tools
• Operating Systems (Windows, Linux)
• Cloud and Network Security Architectures

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and 4 years' experience OR High School Diploma or GED/Equivalent and 8 years' experience in systems engineering.

Technical Skills

• 5+ years of systems engineering or infrastructure administration experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on Open Shift and Kubernetes administration experience.
• Experience supporting production container platforms in enterprise environments.
• Strong Linux system administration background.

Container Platforms

• Red Hat Open Shift Container Platform (OCP) or any Kubernetes flavours
• Docker/Container Runtime Technologies
• Open Shift/kubernetes Operators
• Open Shift Pipelines,Git Ops,ArgoCD

Operating Systems

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL),Linux Performance Tuning,Linux Security Hardening
• Shell Scripting

Automation & Configuration Management

• Ansible,Terraform,Helm,Git,Bash/Python scripting

Cloud & Infrastructure

• AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Virtualization technologies such as VMware
• Infrastructure provisioning and management

Networking

• TCP/IP,DNS,Load Balancers,SSL/TLS Certificates,Network Policies,Routing and Firewall Concepts

Monitoring & Logging

• Dynatrace/App Dynamics,Prometheus,Grafana
• Splunk,ELK/EFK Stack
• Open Shift Monitoring Stack

Preferred Certifications

• Red Hat Certified Open Shift Administrator
• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes
• AWS, Azure, or GCP Cloud Certifications

Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found at