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First Century Bank · 4 weeks ago

Sr. Systems DevOps IT Engineer

Commerce, GA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$100K/yr - $120K/yr

7+ years exp

First Century Bank is looking for a full-time Sr. Systems DevOps IT Engineer to join a growing team. This role combines DevOps engineering, application/database engineering, and systems administration in a fast-paced environment, significantly impacting the bank's technology-enabled fintech programs and products.

BankingCommunitiesFinancial ServicesFinTechInsuranceLending

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for C#/.NET, web, and database projects using Azure DevOps or GitHub 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 PowerShell DSC to provision and standardize Windows, IIS, and Azure resources

Automate operational workflows and integration processes using PowerShell, 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 PowerShell 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 DevOps processes, pipelines, and infrastructure components

Collaborate cross-functionally with software engineers, business analysts, and IT stakeholders to ensure platform reliability, performance, and scalability

Provide technical leadership, helping establish engineering best practices, coding standards, IaC patterns, and DevOps maturity improvements

Mentor and support junior DevOps engineers, providing guidance in scripting, automation, CICD pipelines, Azure, SQL, and system troubleshooting

Manage SQL Server 2019/2022 environments across production, QA, and development

Implement and maintain Always On Availability Groups and HA/DR strategies

Perform SQL development, including stored procedures, ETL logic, complex T-SQL, and schema design

Optimize query and index performance; analyze execution plans; refine database workloads

Support database release automation, including DACPAC pipelines, migration scripts, and CI-driven SQL validation

Develop and maintain high-quality database documentation, runbooks, and operational standards

Work with development teams to design efficient data models and integration patterns for high-volume FinTech workloads

Maintain and support Windows Server and IIS infrastructure; Linux experience is a plus

Manage Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, certificates, and authentication/authorization systems

Implement patching, configuration baselines, and security hardening for Windows servers and SQL Server instances

Provide expertise during capacity planning, scaling initiatives, infrastructure modernization efforts, and cloud migrations

Participate in cross-team initiatives and special projects providing senior-level guidance and architectural insight

Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, manage priorities, and deliver complex automation or infrastructure projects

Ownership of assigned projects from requirements gathering through implementation, documentation, and post-launch support

Ability to mentor, train, and support junior DevOps engineers and influence team engineering culture

Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Track record of introducing process improvements, DevOps best practices, and operational efficiencies

Qualification

PowerShell scriptingC#/.NET workflowsSQL Server administrationCI/CD pipelinesAzure DevOpsGit/GitHub proficiencyInfrastructure as CodeAzure/AWS experienceContainers (Docker/Kubernetes)Mentoring junior engineersProcess improvementsTechnical leadershipCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or equivalent experience

7-10 years of relevant DevOps/Systems/Database experience, ideally in a regulated or enterprise environment

Expert-level experience with PowerShell 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, GitHub, Azure Repos, and modern branching/peer review workflows

Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions

Azure or AWS infrastructure experience (Azure strongly preferred)

Experience with containers (Docker/Kubernetes, monitoring systems, and cloud networking/security fundamentals)

Preferred

Advanced PowerShell: 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)

AWS CloudFormation: 5 years (Preferred)

Web development: 5 years (Preferred)

Windows server administration (2019 or later): 5 years (Preferred)

Azure: 5 years (Preferred)

Benefits

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Employee assistance program

Employee discount

Flexible spending account

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Professional development assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

Company

First Century Bank

First Century Bank is a full-service community bank based in Georgia.

Founded in 2002

Gainesville, Georgia, USA

51-200 employees

http://myfcbmortgage.com

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