About the role

What will you do at First Citizens Bank?

Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Red Hat Linux Platform Engineer to join our Infrastructure Engineering team responsible for designing, engineering, automating, and continuously improving the enterprise Linux platform supporting critical banking and business applications. This role was adapted from the organization's AIX operations position and refocused toward platform engineering and automation.

The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), enterprise automation, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), Ansible development, security engineering, and platform modernization.

Responsibilities

& Qualifications
Linux Platform Engineering
Design, engineer, and implement enterprise Red Hat Linux platform solutions supporting mission-critical applications.
Develop platform standards, engineering patterns, and architectural best practices.
Engineer highly available, resilient, and scalable Linux infrastructure solutions.
Lead platform modernization, operating system lifecycle management, and technology refresh initiatives.
Evaluate emerging Linux technologies and identify opportunities for platform enhancement.
Partner with enterprise architecture teams to establish long-term Linux platform strategy.
Infrastructure Automation & Ansible Engineering
Serve as a lead engineer for enterprise automation initiatives.
Design, develop, test, maintain, and optimize enterprise-scale Ansible automation solutions.
Create and maintain reusable Ansible roles, playbooks, collections, templates, and automation workflows.
Develop Infrastructure-as-Code standards and automation governance processes.
Build automated server provisioning, operating system configuration, patching, compliance remediation, and application deployment solutions.
Integrate Ansible with CI/CD pipelines and enterprise platforms.
Implement automated configuration drift detection and remediation capabilities.
Establish code review, testing, source control, and release management processes for infrastructure automation.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Engineering
Engineer and support Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments across production, development, testing, and disaster recovery environments.
Design and manage operating system standards, hardening baselines, and configuration management frameworks.
Lead Linux platform upgrades, version migrations, and technology modernization efforts.
Engineer solutions utilizing:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Red Hat Satellite
Red Hat Identity Management (IdM)
Podman
Systemd
SELinux
LVM
Multipathing
Optimize platform performance, scalability, and reliability.
Security Engineering & Compliance
Engineer secure-by-design Linux platform solutions.
Develop Ansible-based security hardening and compliance automation.
Implement automated vulnerability remediation and security configuration management processes.
Ensure platform designs support compliance requirements including:
FFIEC
PCI-DSS
SOX
NIST
CIS Benchmarks
Enterprise Information Security Standards

Qualifications

Minimum Required Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree and 8 years' experience OR High School Diploma or GED/Equivalent and 12 years' experience in Systems engineer including systems programmer, scripting, troubleshootingBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent professional experience.
Preferred Quaifications
10+ years of enterprise Linux administration and engineering experience.
8+ years of experience supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments.
Expert-level knowledge of:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 7/8/9)
Red Hat Satellite
Linux performance tuning and troubleshooting
Storage management and LVM
Kernel and OS lifecycle management
Linux networking and security
Advanced shell scripting experience (Bash, KornShell, and Shell).
Strong Python development skills for automation and tooling.
Experience with:
Git-based source control
CI/CD pipelines
Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies
Enterprise storage platforms
Disaster recovery architectures
Capacity and performance engineering
Enterprise monitoring and observability tools
Experience supporting highly regulated organizations, preferably banking or financial services.
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 https://jobs.firstcitizens.com/benefits.

Which skills does this role require?

AnsibleSecurity EngineeringSystemdSELinuxPodmanComplianceFFIECPCI-DSSSOXNISTCIS BenchmarksPlatform EngineeringSystems EngineeringCapacity Engineering

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