• Leading the design and implementation of robust, scalable, and secure cloud-native solutions on AWS. • Collaborating with security experts to translate organizational security requirements into secure and compliant cloud implementations. • Developing and maintaining infrastructure-as-code to manage and provision infrastructure across numerous Azure and AWS accounts, ensuring consistency and efficiency. • Maintaining and optimizing CI/CD automation pipelines to facilitate rapid and reliable software deployments. • Crafting automation scripts in Python, Bash, JavaScript, and other relevant languages to streamline operational workflows. • Contributing to the development and maintenance of infrastructure supporting Generative AI applications on domain-specific datasets. • Automating the creation and management of front and back-end applications, pipelines, security tooling, etc. • Defining and advocating for best practices and standards for DevOps success across Element 84 and our customer organizations.

• DevSecOps Engineer to strengthen our software development lifecycle by embedding security practices into every stage of delivery • Work across development, operations, and security teams to ensure applications and infrastructure are secure, compliant, and resilient, while maintaining speed and efficiency in deployment • Responsible for streamlining our development and operational processes, ensuring efficient deployment and management of applications in cloud environments • Implement CI/CD pipelines, manage cloud resources, and enhance system performance

Role Description This is a remote role that may only be hired in the following locations: NC, TX, AZ, GA. This position is responsible for all phases of data processing system projects, from requirements definition to installation. Leads technical efforts in the development, implementation, and maintenance of complex systems. Develops test plans, software, and procedures that improve processing capabilities. Supports production systems by resolving complicated issues and ensuring ongoing functionality. Serves as a technical expert and may provide a leadership role for less experienced associates in the work group. Responsibilities - CI/CD implementation: Develop, implement, and maintain CICD pipelines to automate the build, test, and deployment process. Standardize and ensure adoption of the process. - Infrastructure management: Automate the process to provision, configure, and manage infrastructure on cloud platforms using "infrastructure as code" tools like Terraform and Ansible. - Automation: Identify and automate manual processes to improve efficiency and reduce errors, including writing scripts for various operational and development tasks. - System monitoring and reliability: Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting tools to track system performance and availability. Perform root cause analysis and troubleshoot production issues. - Security as a code: Ensure the security of the software development pipeline and infrastructure by implementing security best practices and tools throughout the lifecycle. - Collaboration: Work closely with development, QA, Application Security, Governance, and IT teams to improve the overall delivery process. - Containerization and orchestration: Implement and manage containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes. - System Enhancement: Evaluate and improve department systems, processes, and applications. Provide new feature time estimates for system changes and assist in implementing modifications. - Analysis: Collect data related to user requests and determine scope, time estimates, and system impacts. Inspect business specifications, programming specifications, coding, test plans, documentation, and implementation plans for accuracy. - Business Support: Provide technical support to production systems by addressing reported issues, anticipating maintenance requirements, and ensuring functionality for end user needs. - Technical Expertise: Responsible for complex involvement in the software development life cycle including the creation, enhancement, implementation, and evaluation of software. - On-call Support: Provide 24/7 on-call support via rotations. Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance OR High School Diploma or GED and 8 years of experience in Software application development and maintenance. - Preferred skills: - 8+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or related disciplines. - 6+ years of experience in architecting, developing, maintaining, and optimizing enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines using GitLab. - 5+ years of experience in implementing DevSecOps practices, security controls, and automated compliance checks within CI/CD pipelines. - Experience in developing automation solutions using Python, Bash, and other scripting languages. - Knowledge in major tech stacks of modern application development. - Experience in developing build processes for Java, .NET, iOS, and Android, and automating deployment processes for OpenShift and VM. - Knowledge in AWS & Azure is a plus. - Hands-on experience in Linux environments (RHEL), Ansible, writing playbooks to automate tasks, deploy artifacts, configuring monitoring tools (AppDynamics, Dynatrace), tools upgrade, patching and migrations, security vulnerability remediations. - Experience in automating deployment and release processes across OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, virtual machines, and cloud environments. - Experience in implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform for cloud infrastructure provisioning and DevSecOps tool deployments. - Deep knowledge in security scans and experience in implementing them as part of the CI/CD pipeline. - Experience in working with cross-functional teams, including App security, Application engineering, Quality automation engineering, and Infrastructure teams to integrate security and automation throughout the software development lifecycle. - Experience in migrating applications from one SCM to another. - Working experience on Docker, OpenShift/Kubernetes/Docker Swarm. - Implementation, management, and administration of Enterprise systems tools and processes - AWS stack, JIRA, Confluence, GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Nexus, Artifactory, Snyk, SonarQube. Benefits - 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 https://jobs.firstcitizens.com/benefits .

Role Description Architect and maintain highly available, secure cloud infrastructure, primarily on AWS, GCP, Azure; - Lead CI/CD efforts by building and improving pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.); - Manage Kubernetes clusters in production, including Helm charts, auto-scaling, and service mesh; - Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Pulumi, or similar tools; - Automate provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, and incident response; - Drive observability across systems with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Datadog, or ELK; - Collaborate with software engineers to enable fast, safe, and repeatable deployments; - Mentor team members and establish DevOps best practices across the organization; - Ensure compliance and security through automation, policy-as-code, and secure pipeline management; - Use AI coding assistants (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to speed up automation scripting, IaC development, and troubleshooting; - Apply AIOps practices (anomaly detection, automated root-cause analysis) to improve incident response and operational efficiency. Qualifications - 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering roles; - Expertise with cloud platforms (AWS preferred; GCP or Azure also valuable); - Production experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads; - Strong skills in scripting or programming (e.g., Python, Go, Bash); - Deep understanding of CI/CD, GitOps (Argo CD, Flux, or similar), and modern deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, etc.); - Hands-on experience with Terraform, Helm, and cloud networking concepts; - Working knowledge of policy-as-code (OPA, HashiCorp Sentinel, or similar); - Familiarity with monitoring, alerting, and incident management best practices; - Proven ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, security, and QA teams; - Strong communicator and mentor; able to guide and uplift other engineers; - Practical experience using AI-assisted development or ops tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) in daily workflows. Requirements - Certifications such as AWS DevOps Engineer, CKA, or Terraform Associate; - Background in scaling SaaS or multi-tenant platforms; - Experience with secrets management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager); - Experience building or integrating AIOps solutions (anomaly detection, automated root-cause analysis, predictive scaling). Company Description Softeq communicates only from @softeq.com email addresses. We never request payments or fees for any reason during hiring — including trainings or courses to be completed, equipment, onboarding, or background checks — and we will not ask for banking information, cryptocurrency or gift cards. If you receive a message from any other domain or requesting payment, do not respond and report it to abuse@softeq.com.