Remote Azure Payments Platform DevOps Engineer

SouthState Bank, N.A.; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SouthState Bank, N.A. is seeking a Payments Platform DevOps Engineer to enable secure, scalable delivery of the bank's payment platform across the SDLC, including cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and Power Platform Copilot Studio agents.

This role collaborates with internal developers, platform engineers, and cloud services engineers to accelerate innovation while reducing risk and operational cost through Infrastructure as Code, GitHub-native delivery, and disciplined Power Platform ALM.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in DevOps, platform, or cloud engineering
• 3+ years on Microsoft Azure and Infrastructure as Code
• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or 5+ years of equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Terraform Infrastructure as Code for Azure payment platform environments (dev, UAT, prod).
• Own end-to-end M365 Copilot Studio agent lifecycle-environment strategy, solution packaging, automated promotion, telemetry, and governance for payment-focused agents.
• Operate Power Platform ALM using managed environments, the ALM Accelerator, and pipelines integrated with GitHub Actions.
• Build and maintain GitHub-native CI/CD pipelines using Actions, OIDC federation, environments, and reusable workflows for .NET, TypeScript, and IaC repositories.
• Harden Azure platform services for payments-AKS, Azure Functions, API Management, Service Bus, and Key Vault with secure-by-default networking and identity.
• Drive observability, reliability, and incident response across payment workloads using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and OpenTelemetry.
• Partner with software, data, and AI engineers to deploy, evaluate, and operate Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Foundry workloads supporting payment initiatives.
• Mentor developers on DevOps practices, IaC patterns, and Power Platform / Copilot Studio governance; champion compliance with PCI DSS, change management, and SDLC standards.

Skills

Terraform

Azure

GitHub Actions

Power Platform

M365 Copilot Studio

.NET

Observability

Security/compliance

AI engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Job description

SouthState Bank, N.A. is seeking a Payments Platform DevOps Engineer to enable secure, scalable delivery of the bank's payment platform across the SDLC, including cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and Power Platform Copilot Studio agents.

This role collaborates with internal developers, platform engineers, and cloud services engineers to accelerate innovation while reducing risk and operational cost through Infrastructure as Code, GitHub-native delivery, and disciplined Power Platform ALM.