Top-20 U.S. bank scaling identity, real-time data, and enterprise AI
First Citizens Bank operates $200B+ in assets across 500+ branches in 30 states, serving personal, business, commercial, and wealth clients. The tech stack reveals a traditional banking infrastructure (Oracle RAC, PeopleSoft, Hyperion) paired with modern data and analytics layers (Snowflake, AWS, Tableau, Power BI). Active projects in CIAM, OAuth2/OIDC, real-time data pipelines, and enterprise AI platform development signal a shift toward identity-first architecture and data-driven decisioning—critical for managing credit risk and regulatory compliance at scale.
Notable leadership hires: Technical Lead, Delivery Lead
First Citizens Bank is a publicly traded, top-20 U.S. financial institution headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. The bank serves four client segments: personal retail, business, commercial, and wealth management, alongside brokerage, insurance, and mortgage products through a nationwide network and direct bank. The organization operates legacy core banking systems (Oracle, PeopleSoft) while simultaneously building modern data infrastructure on Snowflake and AWS, reflecting a financial services firm mid-transition between monolithic and cloud-native architectures. Current hiring spans sales, finance, engineering, and operations, with emphasis on senior and mid-level roles.
Core banking: Oracle RAC, PeopleSoft, Hyperion. Data/analytics: Snowflake, AWS, Tableau, Power BI, Cognos. Infrastructure: ServiceNow, Jamf, Terraform, Ansible. Enterprise is multi-cloud (AWS, OCI) with on-premises Oracle footprint.
Identity and fraud (CIAM, Okta, OAuth2/OIDC), real-time data pipelines, enterprise AI platform, mergers & acquisitions integration, and operational readiness—aligned with credit risk management and regulatory compliance challenges.
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