Sn. Infrastructure Engineer

Job Profile Summary Designs, develops, and implements enterprise platform software services that enable scalable, secure, and policy-enforced production operations across the software delivery lifecycle. Builds and maintains control plane components, event-driven automation systems, and policy-as-code enforcement engines that integrate self-service developer experiences, governance gates, and observability capabilities into a unified platform. Implements resilient, highly available architectures with fault-tolerance patterns that ensure platform reliability at enterprise scale. Applies modern software engineering practices including API-first design, micro services architecture, and CI/CD automation to deliver production-ready solutions aligned with organizational compliance, reliability, and operational excellence objectives. Work Details Regular or Temporary: Regular Language Fluency: English (Required) Work Shift: 1st shift (United States of America) Location: In-office position requiring 5‑days per week onsite Essential Duties And Responsibilities Works to achieve operational targets with major impact on the infrastructure engineering department or job area results and contributes to the development of goals for area of responsibility. Designs, builds, manages, and implements enterprise infrastructure technology platforms and systems across cloud, network, database, storage, platform, computing, or middleware domains. Develops and applies automation, monitoring, and optimization techniques to ensure high availability and performance of infrastructure. Manages large infrastructure projects and programs aligned with organizational strategy and regulatory requirements. Collaborates with cross-functional teams and external partners to integrate new technologies and continuously improve infrastructure standards and processes. Troubleshoots and resolves complex technical issues impacting infrastructure performance and reliability. Ensures compliance with technology strategies, standards, and governance to mitigate risks and ensure regulatory adherence. Reviews infrastructure designs, configurations, and procedures to support operational consistency and knowledge sharing. Provides strong technical guidance, training, and direction to infrastructure teams and lower-level technical professionals. Demonstrates innovative influence with stakeholders in supporting business objectives and technical strategic objectives. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field. Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering. Advanced knowledge of enterprise infrastructure technologies including cloud, network, database, storage, platform, computing, and middleware. Preferred Qualifications Experience in the financial services industry, particularly within regulated environments subject to FFIEC, SOX, NIST 800-53, or PCI compliance frameworks. Strong proficiency in Python (FastAPI) and/or Java for implementing production microservices deployed on Kubernetes or OpenShift. Hands-on implementation experience with Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Rego for policy-as-code authoring, testing, and enforcement. Proven experience implementing Apache Kafka producer/consumer services, schema registry integration (Confluent), and event-driven architecture patterns in production environments. Demonstrated experience implementing resilience patterns including circuit breakers, bulkheads, retry with backoff, dead‑letter queues, and graceful degradation in distributed systems. Experience implementing horizontal scaling, connection pooling, caching strategies, and performance optimization to meet sub‑200ms p95 latency and 99.9%+ availability SLOs. Proficiency implementing GitLab CI/CD pipelines, including custom pipeline stages, security scanning integration, and governance gate development. Experience implementing Backstage developer portal workflows, including software template development, catalog entity management, and scaffolder plugin authoring. Working knowledge of HashiCorp Vault for implementing secrets injection, credential rotation, and automated secrets path bootstrapping. Experience implementing observability instrumentation using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Splunk, and distributed tracing systems (Jaeger/Tempo). Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS or Azure) and infrastructure‑as‑code tools such as Terraform and Ansible. Experience implementing container security practices including image signing (Cosign), SBOM generation (CycloneDX), and container scanning pipelines. Industry certifications such as CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator), AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, HashiCorp Certified Vault Associate, or equivalent. Prior experience implementing or contributing to internal developer platforms (IDPs) or platform engineering initiatives at enterprise scale. Experience engineering with AI coding agents and assistants (e.g., GitLab Duo, GitHub Copilot, or similar) as collaborative development partners to accelerate implementation, generate code, review designs, and augment engineering workflows. Benefits All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position. Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax‑preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates. Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full‑time or part‑time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays. By way of additional benefits, depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan. As you advance through the hiring process, you will also learn more about the specific benefits available for any non‑temporary position for which you apply, based on full‑time or part‑time status, position, and division of work. 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