[Remote] Senior Data Engineer – DevOps [Gitlab, Terraform]

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. 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 cloud operations, enabling data engineers to deploy reliably across AWS and Azure environments.


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

Skills

  • 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
  • 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
  • Financial banking experience is a plus
  • Must have one or more certifications in the relevant technology fields

Company Overview

  • First Citizens Bank provides banking services, essential business and professional services, wealth management capabilities, and more. It was founded in 1898, and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.firstcitizens.com.

    • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • First Citizens Bank has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 126 in 2025, 115 in 2024, 249 in 2023, 53 in 2022, 12 in 2021, 9 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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