Payment Platform DevOps Engineer
SouthState Bank•Remote Worker, SC
•$152,630 - $243,812•Onsite
About The Position
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.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; or 5+ years of equivalent experience
- 7+ years in DevOps, platform, or cloud engineering, including 3+ years on Microsoft Azure and Infrastructure as Code
- 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
Nice To Haves
- 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)
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.
Benefits
- Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled/veterans.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
