Senior Automation engineer

Job Title: Senior Automation engineer

Job Location: Raleigh, NC

 

Notes:

Please prioritize candidates located in the Research Triangle Park (RTP) area, including Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, with a strong preference for candidates based in Durham. Thank you.

Position Description:

***Only qualified Senior Automation engineer located near the Raleigh NC area to be considered due to the position requiring an onsite presence***

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE ABILITIES AND SKILLS:

• Experience with automating Linux OS and software patches and upgrades across multiple environments using automations tools like Ansible (7+ Years)

• Hands on Experience (like branching merging configuring and administering) with BitBucket or GIT Source Code Management Tool (3+ Years)

• Hands on experience in Automating build/deploy process including changes to database using tools like Ansible (7+ Years)

• Experience developing automation scripts operational utilities and workflow scripts using Python/Bash/Shell (7+ Years)

• Experience building and packaging applications with Docker and managing and scaling containerized workloads using Kubernetes (2+ Years)

• Experience in infrastructure provisioning configuration and environment management using Terraform and Ansible (4+ Years)

• Hands on experience developing and managing CI/CD (DevOps) pipeline using tools like Teamcity Jenkins Ansible (2+ Years)

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE ABILITIES AND SKILLS:

• Strong knowledge and understanding of Amazon web Services and infrastructure (2+ Years)

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The primary role is to lead Automation effort of infrastructure provisioning build and deploy activities for Client applications 

• This position must demonstrate a solid understanding of AWS infrastructure and software release life cycle

• The role involves creating and maintaining Ansible playbooks troubleshooting automation issues ensuring consistent and reliable deployments across environments and collaborating with DevOps and application teams to enhance CI/CD workflows 

• Strong knowledge of Linux Ansible Tower/AWX YAML automation best practices and infrastructure-as-code principles is required

• Experience with debugging deployments validating configurations and improving release reliability is a plus

• The position will work with IT management to improve the software engineering processes and practices associated with continuous integration and Continuous deployment (CI/CD) of application changes

• This position will interact with the architect’s developer’s deployment Team and Database Administrators to ensure automation of various tasks

• This position is required to be on call for evenings and weekends as required to meet business needs