SMBC Group · 18 hours ago
DevOps Engineer
Charlotte, NC
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expSMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group offering a diverse range of financial services. They are seeking a Cloud DevOps Engineer who will design, build, and evolve their CI/CD platform for Java and Node.js applications running in Azure App Service, while also managing pipelines for PostgreSQL and contributing to Infrastructure as Code.
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Responsibilities
Own GitHub Actions pipelines (reusable workflows, composite actions, environments/approvals)
Implement CI/CD for common application stacks such as Java and Node.js, targeting Azure App Service with slot-based blue/green and automated rollback
Manage relational database schema pipelines including drift detection, gated releases, and environmental promotion
Establish ADF (Azure Data Factory) CI/CD: artifact validation, publishing, parameterized multi-stage deployments, and post-deploy smoke tests
Codify platform building blocks with Terraform/Bicep and integrate infra delivery into application release workflows
Introduce and iterate on SRE practices: SLOs/Error Budgets, on-call playbooks, blameless postmortems, and availability testing
Strengthen observability with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and App Insights; drive alert quality and runbook remediation
Containerize workloads when appropriate and support AKS deployment
Champion DevOps hygiene: trunk-based development, PR templates, semantic versioning, artifact management, and DORA metric improvements
Embed security in the pipeline: unit/integration tests in CI, SAST (e.g., CodeQL), dependency & container image scanning
Participate in Agile/SAFe ceremonies (standups, planning, retrospectives) and collaborate closely with developers, security, and networking teams
Contribute to documentation and knowledge bases, pair with peers and mentor where appropriate
Uphold secure-by-default practices (least privilege, managed identities, secrets-in-Key Vault) and tagging/governance standards
Qualification
Required
5+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure across IaaS and PaaS services
Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform; Bicep/ARM familiarity) and Git-based workflows
Scripting experience (PowerShell required; Bash nice to have) focused on automation and repeatability
Working knowledge of Azure networking (VNets, Private Endpoints/Private Link, DNS, NSGs) and identity (RBAC, managed identities)
Experience with observability in Azure (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights) and alert hygiene
Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to explain complex topics simply and build trust across teams
Expert-level experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions (designing reusable workflows and federated identity to Azure)
Proven delivery of CI/CD for Java and Node apps on Azure App Service (blue/green, slot swaps, staged rollouts)
Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL schema migrations and ADF pipeline deployments
Familiarity with AKS and container-based delivery patterns
Preferred
Microsoft certifications such as AZ-104 (Administrator), AZ-305 (Solutions Architect), AZ-400 (DevOps Engineer Expert)
GitHub Certifications such as GH-100 (Administration), GH-200 (Actions), GH-500 (Advanced Security)
Experience in regulated or enterprise environments and with ITSM tools (e.g., ServiceNow)
Experience working and collaborating in Atlassian Jira
Company
SMBC Group
SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Hirofumi Otsuka
Senior Managing Executive Officer & CEO of Americas Division
Juan Kreutz
Head of Structured Finance Solutions and Deputy Head of the Americas
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