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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Data Engineer - DevOps - **Company:** First Citizens - **Location:** Austin, TX, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Component-Based Software Engineering, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Command-Line Interface, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, Directed Acyclic Graph (Directed Graphs), Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Data Systems, DevOps, Domain Name System (DNS), Github, Monitoring of Systems, Identity and Access Management, Subnetting, Python (Programming Language), Networking Basics, Ansible, Runbook, Software Configuration Management, Systems Integration, Data Logging, Data Processing, Scripting, Load Balancing, Delivery Pipeline, Snowflake, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Gitlab, Git, Amazon Relational Database Service, Git Flow, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation, Qlikview, Enterprise Integration, Cosmos DB, Cloud Integration, Functional Programming, Cloudwatch, Puppet, Terraform, Splunk, Software Version Control, Dynatrace, Jenkins - **Published:** September 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18349320?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18349320%2FSenior-Data-Engineer-Devops-Texas-Austin ## About the Role We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment workflows supporting our data engineering platform. This role focuses on infrastructure as code, configuration management, cloud operations, and enabling data engineers to deploy reliably and rapidly across AWS and Azure environments., Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of experience in DevOps engineering, data technologies, cloud platforms OR High School Diploma or GED and 8 years of experience in DevOps engineering, data technologies, cloud platforms, * Strong experience developing automated CI/CD frameworks using GitLab, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, AWS * Hands-on with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code * Configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, or similar) * Python programming, scripting, automation development * Integrating on-premise and cloud applications/tools with AWS services, Snowflake, DBT * Configuration Management: Ansible and/or Puppet - ability to write playbooks/manifests and manage infrastructure state * Cloud platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, Lambda, Glue, Lakeformation) and Azure (VMs, App Services, Blob Storage, Cosmos DB, networking) * Snowflake: operational knowledge of warehouse management, cost optimization, and cloud integration * Git/GitLab/GitHub: version control, branching strategies, and repository management * Linux/Unix system administration and command-line proficiency * Networking fundamentals: VPCs, subnets, security groups, DNS, load balancing * Relevant cloud and devops certifications * Financial banking experience is a plus. ## Description * Design, build, automate, test, deploy enterprise CI/CD deployment pipelines using GitLab, Azure DevOps frameworks across multiple environments ensuring secure, auditable, rollback capabilities. * Design, provision, and manage reusable and standardized Infrastructure as Code frameworks for Snowflake, AWS, DBT, Qlik infrastructure using Terraform. * Develop Python scripts and tools for infrastructure automation, cloud operations, and deployment workflows. Build custom integrations between CI/CD systems, cloud platforms, DBT, and Snowflake. * Implement enterprise monitoring, logging, and observability solutions using Splunk, Dynatrace, CloudWatch to enable proactive alerting, centralized log management, audit compliance, and real-time visibility into infrastructure health, system utilization, and operational reliability. * Design and automate deployment frameworks for Airflow DAGs, dbt Cloud transformations, data processing jobs, and application components, leveraging artifact management, container registries, and blue-green/canary deployment strategies. * Design backup and disaster recovery strategies for data infrastructure; automate backup provisioning and testing. * Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures for infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and platform services; promote knowledge sharing through mentoring, training sessions, and continuous improvement initiatives. ## Related Videos - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Our journey with Spring Boot in a microservice architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/511-our-journey-with-spring-boot-in-a-microservice-architecture) - [Automate everything via NodeJS and Puppeteer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/322-automate-everything-via-nodejs-and-puppeteer) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Git for Code Reviews](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/429-git-for-code-reviews) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [DevOps Engineer Salary [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/203-devops-engineer-salary-2023) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries)