DevOps Engineer
Why FCS Financial? Ever dreamed of being part of an organization with deep roots in agriculture and the community? For over 100 years, as part of the Farm Credit System, we’ve been supporting agriculture and rural communities in Missouri. If you are a technology professional passionate about bridging software development and operations and driving secure, scalable delivery pipelines, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact!
About the Role: As DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for automating and streamlining software delivery processes. You’ll design and manage CI/CD pipelines, oversee cloud infrastructure, and implement infrastructure as code. This role ensures development, testing, deployment, and monitoring are efficient, secure, and scalable, enabling the organization to deliver technology solutions with speed and reliability.
What We Offer:
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Competitive Salary: $87,500 - $151,000 with outstanding incentive opportunities linked to Association performance.
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Growth Opportunities: Opportunities to lead strategic initiatives and shape technology direction.
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Comprehensive Benefits: A highly competitive benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and work-life balance.
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Flexible Work Environment: Hybrid options available within FCS Financial’s Loan Servicing Area
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Collaborative Culture: Work closely with Infrastructure, Data, and Platform teams to deliver impactful solutions
What You’ll Do:
CI/CD Pipeline: Design, build, and maintain automated systems for continuous integration and delivery.-
Deployment & Configuration: Deploy applications, manage configurations, and orchestrate containers across environments.
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Security: Implement and enforce security policies, monitor vulnerabilities, and ensure compliance.
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Incident Management: Troubleshoot issues across internal, cloud, and third-party systems to maintain reliability.
What You Bring:
Education: Associate’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
Experience: 5+ years in enterprise technical systems administration and implementation with similar duties
Technical Strengths & Skills:
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Expertise in Microsoft Azure, CI/CD pipelines, scripting/programming, and cloud infrastructure
Strong troubleshooting, communication, and problem-solving abilities -
Hands-on experience with Bicep, Terraform, ARM templates, and deployments via Octopus
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Deploy, AutoRABIT ARM, Azure, DevOps, Git
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Proven success in structured project delivery: sprint cycles, time-boxed work,and metrics-driven tracking.
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Skilled in cross-team coordination, ensuring dependencies are managed and milestones are consistently met.
This position is open until filled.
Candidates must reside in Missouri to be considered for this position.
Preferred office location is Jefferson City, MO. All other Missouri FCS Financial Branch Locations will be considered.
This position is classified as Exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Hybrid work environment and flexible work schedule will be considered based off of the candidates' qualifications and needs.
Department: Information Systems
Reports To: Vice President, Technical Operations
Supervises: None
CI/CD Pipeline
- Designs, builds, and maintains automated systems for continuous integration and continuous delivery to test and deploy code efficiently
- Customizes solutions via configuration changes or custom development to meet requirements
- Develops and/or configure pipelines between internal, cloud-based, and third-party systems to share data between systems and automated processes
- Allocates and manages resources such as computing, storage, and networking to meet the needs of applications and services
- Documents new and existing systems and solutions
- Supports cloud-based initiatives by designing and implementing the necessary technology configuration
- Researches, develops, and maintains system scalability, reliability, and security within budget
Deployment and Configuration
- Deploys applications, manages configurations, and orchestrates containers
- Coordinates with other IS Department team members to maintain our system configurations for Cloud-based & internal production and non-production environments
- Troubleshoots problems across internal, cloud-based, and third-party systems to identify and resolve issues by implementing appropriate changes and/or configurations
- Makes support decisions regarding the scope of issues and possible solutions and determines the correct resolutions
Security
- Evaluates new platforms, tools, practices, and methodologies and recommend integration strategies to enhance our environment
- Researches and prototypes new solutions using cloud platforms and integration tools to determine suitability for our organization
- Stays up to date with emerging cloud technologies, platforms, and trends, continuously improving cloud operations and adapting to changing requirements
- Implements and enforces security policies, best practices, and compliance requirements to protect sensitive data and maintain cloud infrastructure integrity
- Monitors environments for security vulnerabilities and independently take action to remediate and/or mitigate risks
Incident Management and Troubleshooting
- Evaluates new platforms, tools, practices, and methodologies and recommends integration strategies to enhance our environment
- Researches and prototypes new solutions using cloud platforms and integration tools to determine suitability for our organization
Minimum Qualifications
- Associate’s degree in information technology, computer science, or a related field
- 5+ years’ experience in enterprise technical systems administration and implementation with similar duties
- Or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job
Required Knowledge and Skills
- Expert knowledge of Microsoft Azure
- Expert knowledge of CI/CD pipeline methodologies
- Expert knowledge of scripting/programming languages
- Extensive knowledge of cloud platforms and infrastructure
- Extensive knowledge of monitoring, troubleshooting, implementation and supporting SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services
- Working knowledge of security principles and encryption
- Skill in establishing and utilizing testing environments and plans to ensure applications perform as designed
- Skill in listening and conveying awareness of a customer's problem or issue to find a resolution
- Verbal and written communication skills are sufficient to discuss a variety of job-related topics and to effectively communicate complex issues to a variety of audiences
- Skill in analyzing complex technical data by using logic and quantitative reasoning
- Skill in prioritizing assignments to complete work promptly
- Responsible for protecting the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the Association’s systems and data and clients’ data
We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.
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