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First Citizens Bank · 2 weeks ago

Senior Data Engineer – DevOps [Gitlab, Terraform]

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

4+ years exp

First Citizens Bank is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment workflows supporting their data engineering platform. The role focuses on infrastructure as code, configuration management, and enabling data engineers to deploy reliably across AWS and Azure environments.

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Responsibilities

Design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitLab; automate build, test, and deployment processes for data applications, dbt Cloud jobs, and infrastructure changes

Build deployment orchestration for multi-environment (dev, qa, uat, production) workflows with approval gates, rollback mechanisms, and artifact management

Implement GitOps practices for infrastructure and application deployments; maintain version control and audit trails for all changes

Optimize pipeline performance, reduce deployment times, and enable fast feedback loops for rapid iteration

Design and manage Snowflake, AWS and Azure infrastructure using Terraform; ensure modularity, reusability, and consistency across environments

Provision and manage Cloud resources

Implement tagging strategies and resource governance; maintain Terraform state management and implement remote state backends

Support multi-cloud architecture patterns and ensure portability between AWS and Azure where applicable

Deploy and manage Ansible playbooks for configuration management, patching, and infrastructure orchestration across cloud environments

Utilize Puppet for infrastructure configuration, state management, and compliance enforcement; maintain Puppet modules and manifests for reproducible environments

Automate VM provisioning, OS hardening, and application stack deployment; reduce manual configuration and ensure environment consistency

Build automation for scaling, failover, and disaster recovery procedures

Automate Snowflake provisioning, warehouse sizing, and cluster management via Terraform; integrate Snowflake with CI/CD pipelines

Implement Infrastructure as Code patterns for Snowflake roles, permissions, databases, and schema management

Build automated deployment workflows for dbt Cloud jobs and Snowflake objects; integrate version control with Snowflake changes

Monitor Snowflake resource utilization, costs, and performance; implement auto-suspend/auto-resume policies and scaling strategies

Develop Python scripts and tools for infrastructure automation, cloud operations, and deployment workflows

Build custom integrations between CI/CD systems, cloud platforms, and Snowflake; create monitoring and alerting automation

Integrate monitoring and logging solutions (Splunk, Dynatrace, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor) into CI/CD and infrastructure stacks

Build automated alerting for infrastructure health, deployment failures, and performance degradation

Implement centralized logging for applications, infrastructure, and cloud audit trails; maintain log retention and compliance requirements

Create dashboards and metrics for infrastructure utilization, deployment frequency, and change failure rates

Support deployment of data processing jobs, Airflow DAGs, and dbt Cloud transformations through automated pipelines

Implement blue-green or canary deployment patterns for zero-downtime updates to data applications

Build artifact management workflows (Docker images, Python packages, dbt artifacts); integrate with Artifactory or cloud registries

Collaborate with data engineers on deployment best practices and production readiness reviews

Design backup and disaster recovery strategies for data infrastructure; automate backup provisioning and testing

Implement infrastructure redundancy and failover automation using AWS/Azure native services

Maintain comprehensive documentation for infrastructure architecture, CI/CD workflows, and operational procedures

Create runbooks and troubleshooting guides for common issues; document infrastructure changes and design decisions

Establish DevOps best practices and standards; share knowledge through documentation, lunch-and-learns, and mentoring

Qualification

TerraformCI/CD toolsPython programmingSnowflakeAnsiblePuppetAWSAzureLinux/UnixNetworking fundamentalsBashProblem-solvingClear communicationDetail-orientedCollaborative approach

Required

Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of experience in Data engineering, big data technologies, cloud platforms OR High School Diploma or GED and 8 years of experience in Data engineering, big data technologies, cloud platforms

Preferred

CI/CD tools: Azure DevOps Pipelines or GitLab CI/CD (hands-on pipeline development)

Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (AWS and Azure providers) — production-grade experience

Configuration Management: Ansible and/or Puppet — ability to write playbooks/manifests and manage infrastructure state

Cloud platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, Lambda, Glue, Lakeformation) and Azure (VMs, App Services, Blob Storage, Cosmos DB, networking)

Python programming: scripting, automation, API integration, and tooling development

Snowflake: operational knowledge of warehouse management, cost optimization, and cloud integration

Git/GitLab/GitHub: version control, branching strategies, and repository management

Linux/Unix system administration and command-line proficiency

Networking fundamentals: VPCs, subnets, security groups, DNS, load balancing

Scripting languages: Bash, Python, or similar for automation

5+ years in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering

3+ years hands-on with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code

3+ years with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or similar)

2+ years with configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, or similar)

2+ years supporting cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure in production)

1+ years with Python automation and scripting

Experience supporting or integrating with Snowflake or modern data warehouses

Company

First Citizens Bank

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First Citizens Bank provides banking services, essential business and professional services, wealth management capabilities, and more.

Founded in 1898

Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.firstcitizens.com

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Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$33M

2021-05-07Post Ipo Debt· $10M

2018-08-29Post Ipo Debt· $23M

1986-10-31IPO

Leadership Team

Craig Nix

Chief Financial Officer

Samantha Bureau - Johnson

SVP & Director, Customer Contact Center

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