Technical Lead

First Citizens Bank
United States, North Carolina, Raleigh
4300 Six Forks Road (Show on map)
Aug 06, 2026
Overview This position provides specialized technical leadership during the architecture, design, implementation, and support of assigned systems and applications. Directs decision-making within technical projects to facilitate project planning, scope, and time estimates. Trains less experienced associates and assists management in monitoring team performance. Collaborates with peers, managers, and cross-platform teams to align projects and tasks with wider organizational goals. Responsibilities & Qualifications Duties & Responsibilities: Team Leadership - Mentors and trains team members. Utilizes expertise to provide guidance, feedback, and direction on complex matters. Assists in the communication of performance results and expected behaviors for success. Project Management - Leads specialized technical projects to include development of time estimates, determining scope, and addressing potential impacts. Business Support - Provides insight to management allowing the strategic alignment of technologies with business needs. Facilitates system modifications or architectural changes. Effectively collaborates with others on technical issues and initiatives, acting as the primary escalation point for technology-related team concerns across the enterprise. Technical Expertise - Maintains a strong knowledge of Bank technologies, processes, procedures, and industry standards. Serves as a resource on one or more specialized technologies to management, associates, and cross-platform teams. Position Specific Skills: Advanced experience with modern technologies, prototyping, technical leadership, systems development lifecycle, communication and planning skills Advanced knowledge in working with leadership to define strategy and approach for solving complicated technical problems Proven ability to deliver solutions that solve complex problems, using thought leadership and independent thinking skills Ability to lead others in the successful execution and delivery of long term, multi-layered projects and initiatives. Ability to clearly articulate complex processes/situations to executive leadership Qualifications: Minimum Required Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree and 8 years' experience OR High School Diploma or GED/Equivalent and 12 years' experience in Technical work in Application Development, Server Administration, Information Security, or Engineering Preferred Education:Bachelor Degree Preferred Area of Study:Computer Science Preferred Area of Experience:MS.NET; ASP.NET; SQL Scripting; Powershell Scripting; Windows Server Administration; Project Management Required Licenses or Certifications: Preferred Licenses or Certifications: Additional Information Bachelor's Degree and 8 years of experience in Technical work in Application Development, Server Administration, Information Security, or Engineering OR High School Diploma or GED and 12 years of experience in Technical work in Application Development, Server Administration, Information Security, or Engineering 5+ years of hands-on AWS cloud engineering and architecture experience. Proven experience designing, developing, and supporting cloud-native applications on AWS. Strong expertise with: AWS Lambda Amazon ECS AWS Step Functions Amazon SQS and SNS Amazon S3 Amazon DynamoDB Amazon RDS AWS IAM and KMS AWS Transfer Family Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices. Experience designing and implementing event-driven, microservices, and serverless architectures. Strong hands-on development experience with Java, Spring Boot, and/or Node.js. Experience with containerization technologies including Docker and OpenShift. Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment strategies. Ability to build highly available, fault-tolerant, secure, and scalable enterprise solutions. Proven experience leading development teams and driving technical architecture decisions. Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills. Preferred Qualifications AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional) AWS Certified Developer Associate Experience with payment processing, ACH, wire transfers, real-time payments, card processing, or other money movement platforms. Experience with financial systems integrations and regulatory reporting solutions. Experience with Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, and enterprise observability platforms. Experience leading cloud modernization and application transformation initiatives. Experience in regulated financial services environments. Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found at https://jobs.firstcitizens.com/benefits.