Senior Systems Engineer III - Automation & Infra Expert

First Citizens; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank seeks an experienced Systems Engineer to lead technical support, testing, and enhancements for its complex infrastructure. You will guide and mentor junior staff while coordinating patches, upgrades, and disaster recovery efforts across Windows, UNIX, Linux, and mainframe environments.

The role emphasizes automation, workflow improvements, and strong collaboration with application and infrastructure teams. On-call readiness may be required to ensure continuous availability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 6+ years in systems engineering/systems programming or equivalent experience.
• Experience with mainframe and multiple OS environments (Windows, UNIX, Linux, AIX).
• Strong knowledge of backup, recovery, data security, and disaster recovery processes.
• Familiarity with configuration management and automation tools.
• Ability to mentor junior staff and lead technical projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical support for software, patches, and upgrades; document activities and coordinate testing.
• Coordinate system testing with support teams to verify function, stability, and performance.
• Improve systems and processes by automation and scripting; participate in multi-platform environments.

Skills

Mainframe exposure

Server virtualization

Automation tooling

Directory services

Data warehouse concepts

BI / Enterprise reporting

Scripting (PowerShell, Python, Perl)

Networking basics (TCP/IP, DNS)

DB2 / SQL Server / Oracle

On-call availability

Education

Bachelor's degree

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Puppet

Chef

Ansible

Terraform

SMP/E

Iebgenr

Iebcopy

Rexx

Korn shell

PowerShell

Job description

First Citizens Bank seeks an experienced Systems Engineer to lead technical support, testing, and enhancements for its complex infrastructure. You will guide and mentor junior staff while coordinating patches, upgrades, and disaster recovery efforts across Windows, UNIX, Linux, and mainframe environments.

The role emphasizes automation, workflow improvements, and strong collaboration with application and infrastructure teams. On-call readiness may be required to ensure continuous availability.