About this opportunity
First Citizens lists this Systems Engineer III - Platform Administrator (Remote) opportunity in workfromhome, North Carolina. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Overview
This is a remote role open for multiple markets across the United States.
We areseekinga skilled and motivated Systems EngineerIII- OpenShift/Kubernetes PlatformAdministrator to build, administer, and optimize enterprise OpenShift container platforms. This roleis responsible for building, automate, maintaining highly available OpenShift clusters, automating infrastructure operations, ensuring platform security, and supporting application teams deploying cloud-native workloads.
The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, Linux administration, automation, and troubleshooting. The individual will work closely with DevOps, Cloud, Security, and Application Development teams to deliver reliable and scalable container platform services.
Responsibilities & Qualifications
Duties & Responsibilities:
Cloud Infrastructure Management – Deploys and manages cloud resources, optimizing configurations for security, performance and cost-effectiveness.
Cloud Solution Design – Leads the design and deployment of scalable, resilient, and secure cloud architectures for critical applications
Infrastructure as Code – Defines and implements best practices for IaC, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation
Support - mentor team members providing guidance and technical leadership on complex projects. Engage in research and continuous improvement initiatives to adopt new technologies and best practices. Maintain and share technical documentation to support knowledge transfer within the team. Provides 24/7 on-call support to ensure the availability and reliability of cloud infrastructure
Position Specific Skills:
Architectural Design & Strategy
Cloud Security & Compliance
SDLC & CI/CD Integration
Cloud Services (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Cloud Formation)
Policy as Code & Service Catalogues
Programming & Automation (e.g., JavaScript, Python)
Container Orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)
Monitoring and Observability Tools
Operating Systems (Windows, Linux)
Cloud and Network Security Architectures
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree and 4 years' experience OR High School Diploma or GED/Equivalent and 8 years' experience in systems engineering.
Technical Skills
5+ years of systems engineering or infrastructure administration experience.
3+ years of hands-on OpenShift and Kubernetes administration experience.
Experience supporting production container platforms in enterprise environments.
Strong Linux system administration background.
Container Platforms
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP)or anyKubernetes flavours
Docker/Container Runtime Technologies
OpenShift/kubernetes Operators
OpenShift Pipelines,GitOps,ArgoCD
Operating Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL),Linux Performance Tuning,Linux Security Hardening
Shell Scripting
Automation & Configuration Management
Ansible,Terraform,Helm,Git,Bash/Python scripting
Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
Virtualization technologies such as VMware
Infrastructure provisioning and management
Networking
TCP/IP,DNS,Load Balancers,SSL/TLS Certificates,Network Policies,Routing and Firewall Concepts
Monitoring & Logging
Dynatrace/AppDynamics,Prometheus,Grafana
Splunk,ELK/EFK Stack
OpenShift Monitoring Stack
Preferred Certifications
Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes
AWS, Azure, or GCP Cloud Certifications
Additional Information
Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found at
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Worksite address
workfromhome, NC, 27601, US
Who can apply
Review the original listing for work authorization, qualifications and employer requirements.