Infrastructure & DevOps / Automation Engineer

Automation Engineer Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Terraform Ansible

hands-on engineer

Responsibilities include:

Infrastructure Automation & IaC

• Design, build, and maintain infrastructure usingTerraform & Azure DevOps[Ansible as Secondary objective]
• Develop reusable modules for multi-environment deployments (dev, test, production)
• Automate provisioning of Virtual machines (VMware / Hyper-V), Networking components (VLANs, firewalls, load balancers), Storage systems, Cloud resources (Azure/AWS if applicable)

Configuration Management & Orchestration

• Develop and maintainAnsible playbooks and Terraform Plans, Azure pipelines and roles
• Automate OS provisioning and hardening, Application deployments, Patch management, Configuration drift remediation
• Integrate Ansible/Terraform with CI/CD pipelines

System Integration & DevOps Enablement

• Integrate automation workflows with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Build automated pipelines for infrastructure deployment and validation
• Implement version control and change tracking for all automation artifacts

Infrastructure & Platform Engineering

• Support and automate Virtualization platforms (VMware ESXi / Hyper-V), Windows Server and/or Linux systems, Networking (routing, switching, firewall policies)
• Work closely with infrastructure and security teams to ensure compliance

Monitoring, Logging & Reliability

• Automate monitoring deployment and alerting configurations
• Improve system reliability through automation and self-healing scripts
• Troubleshoot automation failures and infrastructure issues

Security & Compliance

• Implement secure configurations aligned with NIST, ISO 27001, or similar frameworks
• Automate security baselines and compliance checks
• Manage secrets securely (e.g., Vault, Key Vault)

Documentation & Standards

• Develop and maintain Automation standards, SOPs and runbooks
• Ensure all automation is Version-controlled, Documented and Auditable

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure or DevOps engineering
• Strong experience withTerraform (advanced)/Ansible (advanced)
• Experience with Virtualization (VMware ESXi, Hyper-V), Windows Server and/or Linux administration, Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, VLANs, routing)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure or AWS cloud platforms - CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred) - Veeam Backup & Replication
• Knowledge of - OT/SCADA environments (highly desirable) - Cybersecurity frameworks (NERC CIP, IEC 62443)
• Scripting experience - PowerShell, Python, Bash

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to work independently and own environments
• Excellent documentation and communication skills
• Detail-oriented with a focus on automation quality and reliability

Work Conditions

• Participation in on-call rotation and off-hours work when required
• Support patching windows and deployment activities

Nice-to-Have

• Experience buildingend-to-end automated environments from scratch
• Strong understanding ofhybrid IT/OT infrastructure
• Experience withinfrastructure migration or transformation projects