Senior Platform Engineer

First National Bank; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

First National Bank is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to architect, engineer, and optimize enterprise-grade cloud platforms supporting mission-critical services.

Based at our Pittsburgh Financial Center, you will drive automation, security, and resiliency, partnering across teams to deliver scalable cloud solutions aligned with regulatory obligations.

Qualifications

• BA or BS required.
• 7+ years of related experience.
• Strong knowledge of AWS, Azure and GCP with hybrid cloud/datacenter model preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, and maintain secure, scalable enterprise cloud infrastructure platforms.
• Architect highly available, fault-tolerant cloud solutions.
• Develop and implement infrastructure-as-code and automation pipelines.
• Lead security controls, IAM, network segmentation, and zero-trust in platform designs.
• Lead cloud cost-optimization efforts and observability engineering.

Skills

Multi-tasking

Communication

Management

Project management

Organizational skills

Detail-oriented

Education

BA or BS

Tools

Terraform Certified Professional

AWS Solution Architect

ITIL

Job description

Primary Office Location: 626 Washington Place. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 15219.

Join our team. Make a difference - for us and for your future.

Please note: this on-site position is based at our Financial Center in Pittsburgh, PA. Candidates must be local, or willing to relocate to the area.

In addition to the requirements below, strong knowledge of AWS, Azure and GCP along with the ability to take best practices and apply them to a hybrid cloud/datacenter model are strongly preferred.

FNB will not provide sponsorship for employment-based visas for this position; only candidates who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. will be considered.

At First National Bank, we value relevant experience and the accomplishments you've achieved throughout your career. For this position, equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of the education requirements listed below. Specifically, we will accept two (2) years of commensurate experience with an associate degree, or four (4) years of commensurate experience without a bachelor's degree.

Position Title

Senior Platform Engineer

Business Unit

Technology

Reports to

Director of Infrastructure Services

Position Overview

The Senior Platform Engineer is a senior‑level technical expert responsible for architecting, engineering, and optimizing enterprise‑grade cloud platforms that support mission‑critical business services. This role drives innovation in cloud architecture, automation, security engineering, performance, and resiliency. The Senior Platform Engineer partners cross‑functionally to deliver scalable, compliant, and highly available cloud solutions that align with corporate strategy and regulatory obligations.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, and maintain secure, scalable, enterprise cloud infrastructure platforms that support mission‑critical applications and meet stringent operational and regulatory standards.
• Architect highly available, fault‑tolerant cloud solutions that align with resiliency, continuity, and recovery objectives while ensuring maximum system uptime and performance.
• Develop and implement infrastructure‑as‑code, automation pipelines, and standardized deployment patterns to reduce operational risk, improve consistency, and accelerate delivery.
• Integrate advanced security controls, identity and access management, network segmentation, and zero‑trust principles into all platform designs to ensure compliance and minimize exposure.
• Lead cloud cost‑optimization efforts, monitor consumption trends, identify savings opportunities, and support observability engineering including logging, monitoring, and performance tuning.
• Drive disaster‑recovery architecture, validation, and testing for cloud platforms. Execute vulnerability remediation, patching, configuration hardening, and continuous compliance activities.
• Serve as a senior escalation point for complex cloud incidents, conducting deep‑dive root cause analysis and implementing durable corrective actions across platform services.
• Lead enterprise evaluations of cloud technologies, tools, and vendors, influencing platform strategy, sourcing decisions, and long‑term architectural direction.
• Mentor and develop junior and mid‑level platform engineers by providing technical leadership, reviewing solution designs, and setting engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture to ensure cloud solutions align with long‑term technology strategy and reference architectures, leveraging strong expertise across compute, storage, networking, and identity services.
• Perform other related duties and projects as assigned.

Minimum Level of Education Required

BA or BS

Minimum Years of Job‑Related Experience

7

Skills Required

• Ability to work and multi‑task in a fast‑paced environment
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent management skills
• Excellent project management skills
• Excellent organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills
• Detail‑oriented

Licensures/Certifications Required

Preferred, ITIL, Terraform Certified Professional, AWS Solution Architect

Physical Requirements or Work Conditions Beyond Traditional Office Work

N/A

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

It is the policy of F.N.B. Corporation (FNB) and its affiliates not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other category protected by law. It is also the policy of FNB and its affiliates to employ and advance in employment all persons regardless of their status as individuals with disabilities or veterans, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. FNB provides all applicants and employees a discrimination and harassment free workplace.

FNB will not provide sponsorship for employment-based visas for this position; only candidates who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. will be considered.