Senior OpenShift & Kubernetes Platform Engineer (Remote)

First Citizens; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Systems Engineer III for OpenShift/Kubernetes administration. This remote role supports multiple markets across the United States and collaborates with DevOps, Cloud, Security, and Application teams to deliver scalable container platform services.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, Linux administration, automation, and troubleshooting to build reliable cloud-native workloads.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years in systems engineering or equivalent.
• 4+ years of systems engineering or infrastructure administration experience.
• 3+ years hands-on OpenShift and Kubernetes administration experience.
• Strong Linux system administration background.

Responsibilities

• Deploys and manages cloud resources with security, performance, and cost optimization.
• Leads design and deployment of scalable, resilient cloud architectures for critical apps.
• Defines and implements IaC, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation practices.
• Provides 24/7 on-call support and technical leadership for complex projects.

Skills

Architectural Design & Strategy

Cloud Security & Compliance

SDLC & CI/CD Integration

Cloud Services (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Infrastructure as Code

Policy as Code

Programming & Automation

Container Orchestration (Kubernetes)

Monitoring & Observability

Education

Bachelor's Degree + 4 years experience

High School Diploma or GED + 8 years experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Git

Bash/Python scripting

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Systems Engineer III for OpenShift/Kubernetes administration. This remote role supports multiple markets across the United States and collaborates with DevOps, Cloud, Security, and Application teams to deliver scalable container platform services.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, Linux administration, automation, and troubleshooting to build reliable cloud-native workloads.