Senior DevOps Automation Engineer

Job Title: Senior DevOps Automation Engineer

Job Location: Durham, NC

Job Type: Contract

Pay Range: $75.00hr - $80.00hr

Job Overview:

The organization requires the assistance of a Senior Automation Engineer to help automate and improve the build, deployment, and operation of enterprise applications. The primary role is to lead automation efforts for infrastructure provisioning, build, and deployment activities, requiring a solid understanding of AWS infrastructure and the software release lifecycle.

The primary role is to lead automation efforts for infrastructure provisioning, build, and deployment activities. The successful candidate must demonstrate a solid understanding of AWS infrastructure and the software release lifecycle.

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 preferred.

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. The successful candidate will interact with architects, developers, the deployment team, and database administrators to ensure the automation of various tasks.

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

Required Skills and Experience:

• 7+ years of experience with automating Linux OS and software patches and upgrades across multiple environments using automation tools like Ansible.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience (including branching, merging, configuring, and administering) with BitBucket or GIT Source Code Management tools.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in automating build and deployment processes, including changes to databases, using tools like Ansible.
• 7+ years of experience developing automation scripts, operational utilities, and workflow scripts using Python, Bash, or Shell.
• 2+ years of experience building and packaging applications with Docker, as well as managing and scaling containerized workloads using Kubernetes.
• 4+ years of experience in infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and environment management using Terraform and Ansible.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience developing and managing CI/CD (DevOps) pipelines using tools like TeamCity, Jenkins, and Ansible.
• 2+ years of strong knowledge and understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and infrastructure.

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• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law)
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities