About the role

What will you do at SouthState Bank?

The SouthState story is one of steady growth, deep community roots, and an

unwavering commitment to helping our customers move forward. Since our

beginnings in the 1930s to becoming a trusted financial partner across the South

and beyond - we are known for combining personal relationships with

forward-thinking solutions. We are committed to helping our team members find

their success while maintaining the integrity of our values: building trust,

fostering lasting relationships and pursuing excellence. At SouthState,

individual contributions are recognized, potential is cultivated and team

members are inspired to achieve their greater purpose. Your future begins here!

Summary The Payment Platform DevOps Engineer enables the secure, scalable

delivery of the bank’s payment platform SDLC—supporting both traditional

software development and emerging AI-driven payment initiatives. This role

delivers solutions to support the lifecycle of cloud infrastructure, CI/CD

automation, and Power Platform / M365 Copilot Studio agents that power payment

operations. The engineer works closely with internal developers, platform

engineers, and cloud services engineers. Through Infrastructure as Code,

GitHub-native delivery, and disciplined Power Platform ALM, the engineer

accelerates innovation while reducing risk and operational cost. Duties &

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain Terraform Infrastructure as Code
for Azure payment platform environments (dev, UAT, prod) using reusable modules
and policy-as-code guardrails Own end-to-end M365 Copilot Studio agent
lifecycle—environment strategy, solution packaging, automated promotion,
telemetry, and governance for payment-focused agents Operate Power Platform ALM
(Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse) using managed environments, the ALM
Accelerator, and pipelines integrated with GitHub Actions Build and maintain
GitHub-native CI/CD pipelines using Actions, OIDC federation, environments, and
reusable workflows for .NET, TypeScript, and IaC repositories Implement and
harden Azure platform services for payments—AKS, Azure Functions, API
Management, Service Bus, and Key Vault—with secure-by-default networking and
identity Drive observability, reliability, and incident response across payment
workloads using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and OpenTelemetry Partner
with software, data, and AI engineers to deploy, evaluate, and operate Azure
OpenAI and Azure AI Foundry workloads supporting payment initiatives Mentor
developers on DevOps practices, IaC patterns, and Power Platform / Copilot
Studio governance; champion compliance with PCI DSS, change management, and SDLC
standards It is the responsibility of this role to take ownership of all tasks
and challenges that they encounter in the operation of their assigned position.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to
perform the essential functions.

Qualifications

Education Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; or 5+
years of equivalent experience Minimum Experience 7+ years in DevOps, platform,
or cloud engineering, including 3+ years on Microsoft Azure and Infrastructure
as Code Licenses & Certifications Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer
Expert, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Power Platform Developer/Solution
Architect; HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate; GitHub Actions or GitHub
Advanced Security (one or more preferred) Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Infrastructure as Code with Terraform — reusable modules, remote state,
policy-as-code (Sentinel, OPA, Azure Policy), and Azure Verified Modules
Microsoft Azure breadth: AKS, Azure Functions, API Management, Service Bus,
Event Grid, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Key Vault, Front Door, Application Gateway,
Azure AI Foundry, and Azure OpenAI GitHub platform: Actions (reusable and matrix
workflows, OIDC), Advanced Security, Dependabot, Codespaces, GitHub Copilot, and
environment policies Power Platform ALM at scale: managed environments,
solutions, ALM Accelerator, Power Platform CLI, Dataverse, and tenant-wide DLP
and governance M365 Copilot Studio: agent design, knowledge sources,
plugins/connectors, authentication, environment promotion, telemetry, content
moderation, and evaluation Modern .NET (.NET 10 / C# 13, ASP.NET Core, Minimal
APIs) Containers and orchestration: AKS, Azure Container Apps Observability:
Application Insights, Azure Monitor, and log analytics. Security and compliance
for payments: PCI DSS 4.0, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel,
Microsoft Purview, secrets management, and zero-trust networking Payments domain
awareness: ISO 20022, real-time rails (RTP, FedNow, Zelle), card networks, and
tokenization AI engineering for production: Retrieval-Augmented Generation
patterns, prompt and agent evaluation, responsible AI guardrails, and content
safety Physical Demands and Work Environment Physical Demands Ability to
communicate in person, on the phone, and through electronic channels Ability to
use a computer on a frequent basis, including typing and sustained attention to
a monitor Ability to sit, walk, and/or stand for extended periods of time
Ability to bend and reach Work Environment Office: This position reports to a
physical Company location, and the setting will be a typical office environment.
Remote or hybrid: For remote or hybrid positions, a secure and distraction-free
setting is required, with a reliable internet connection (cable or fiber
preferred, mobile hotspots not acceptable). Hybrid positions will report to a
physical Company location, as directed by the manager, and that setting will be
a typical office environment. Work Location: 520 Gervais Street Columbia, South
Carolina 29201 Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled/veterans. Our
business model supports the unique character of the communities we serve and
encourages decision making by the banker that is closest to the customer. We
think and act like owners and measure success over entire economic cycles. We
prioritize soundness before short-term profitability and growth.

Which skills does this role require?

GitHub ActionsCI/CDTypeScriptOpenTelemetryRAG.NET 10DevOpsRubyC#

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