Senior Systems DevOps IT Engineer

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 Banks ability to deliver our technology enabled fintech programs and products. This is a hybrid role combining DevOps engineering (70%) database administration (20%) and systems administration (10%) for FCBs FinTech environment. This individual will be responsible for automating infrastructure managing SQL Server environments and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

Primary Responsibilities (70% - DevOps Engineering)

• Automate file and workflow processes validation monitoring and tracking
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and automation tools
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and PowerShell DSC
• Automate deployment processes and infrastructure provisioning
• Monitor system performance and implement alerting strategies
• Lead incident response troubleshooting and post-mortem analysis
• Ensure security and compliance throughout development lifecycle

Database Administration (20% - SQL DBA)

• Manage SQL Server 2019/2022 production/development environments
• Implement and maintain Always On Availability Groups
• Perform database performance tuning and query optimization
• Design and test backup/recovery procedures (RPO/RTO requirements)
• Support database migrations and schema change management
• Ensure compliance with SOX and financial data regulations

Systems Administration (10% - Infrastructure Support)

• Maintain Windows/Linux server infrastructure
• Implement security patches and system updates
• Support capacity planning and scaling initiatives
• Manage Active Directory and authentication systems
• Assist the IT Department in various ad-hoc and/or special projects and perform duties as assigned.
• Exemplify Banks values while carrying out its mission and organizational goals and priorities.

Qualified candidates will have a bachelors degree in computer science or related experience plus 7 to 10 years of relevant experience. Ideal candidates would also have expert level scripting and automation (Windows PowerShell 5.1) 3 years of SQL Server database administration experience with Azure or AWS; Proficiency with Azure DevOps GitHub or GitLab CI/CD; Terraform ARM templates or CloudFormation; Git workflow and branching strategies. Required technical skills include: scripting (PowerShell Python or Ansible) databases (SQL Server administration T-SQL) containerization (Docker and Kubernetes deployment/management) monitoring (experience with Datadog New Relic or Prometheus/Grafana) security (network security/encryption) and documentation. Preferred candidates may also have Azure certifications (AZ-104 AZ-400 DP-300) or AWS equivalents FinTech experience knowledge of SOX PCI-DSS compliance Advanced Automation (PowerShell DSC Pester testing framework) and experience with dbatools PowerShell module.

First Century Bank is an equal opportunity employer. It is the Companys policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race color sex gender or gender identification religious creed or religious beliefs age national origin physical or mental disability pregnancy military or veterans status marital status sexual orientation or any other category protected by state or federal law.

Required Experience:

Senior IC