Senior Systems Engineer I: AI-Driven DevOps & Kubernetes

CSX Corporation; Jacksonville (FL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CSX Corporation in Jacksonville, FL, is seeking a Sr Systems Engineer I (DevOps, Agentic AI) to design, implement, and manage enterprise Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms, automate infrastructure, and drive AI-enabled automation across critical systems.

The role emphasizes cloud and on-prem solutions, disaster recovery, and scalable, highly available architectures, with strong collaboration across security, development, and operations teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering, infrastructure engineering, or DevOps roles.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes and/or OpenShift.
• Strong experience with Linux system administration.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage enterprise Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms with a focus on resiliency, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Define and maintain platform standards, including lifecycle management, patching, upgrades, and policy enforcement.
• Engineer infrastructure and operational workflows as code, driving automation, self-healing, and scalability (using Terraform, Kubernetes Operators, etc.).
• Develop, maintain, and evolve internal platforms and tools to simplify deployment, monitoring, and operational health, improving the experience for application development teams.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver secure, performant, and highly-available systems.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins.
• Support GitOps deployment models leveraging tools such as ArgoCD.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and Configuration as Code (Ansible) to automate provisioning and management.
• Automate installation, configuration, and lifecycle management of Kubernetes and supporting infrastructure.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and reporting to ensure system health and performance.

Skills

Kubernetes/OpenShift administration

Linux system administration

DevOps practices

Automation scripting (Python/Java)

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/IS or related field

High School Diploma/GED with 10+ years of experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

ArgoCD

Job description

CSX Corporation in Jacksonville, FL, is seeking a Sr Systems Engineer I (DevOps, Agentic AI) to design, implement, and manage enterprise Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms, automate infrastructure, and drive AI-enabled automation across critical systems.

The role emphasizes cloud and on-prem solutions, disaster recovery, and scalable, highly available architectures, with strong collaboration across security, development, and operations teams.