Infrastructure Engineer

Role: Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Irving, TX (Onsite)

Type: Contract

In this role, you will:

• Independently design, implement, and manage secure, highly available HashiCorp Vault platform with minimal oversight from lead engineers.
• Contribute to end-to-end automation of Vault provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management using Ansible and Terraform
• Develop and enforce platform standards for secrets management, authentication, authorization, and Vault best practices across the organization.
• Analyze and solve complex technical challenges, including cloud native and multi-cloud integrations, Kubernetes auth setups, PKI hierarchies, replication, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate directly with cross-functional teams—security, platform engineering, application teams, product owners, and vendors—to deliver architecturally sound Vault solutions.
• Troubleshoot deep technical issues independently, including HA failures, unseal workflows, auth method problems, and secret engine configuration errors.
• Implement advanced Vault capabilities, such as static and dynamic secrets, PKI secret engine, dynamic Database secrets, and namespace management.
• Guide and support engineering teams, providing Vault expertise, technical recommendations, and onboarding assistance without requiring constant supervision.
• Drive continuous improvement, identifying opportunities for automation, performance tuning, reliability enhancements, and security hardening across Vault deployments.
• Provide on-call support on rotational basis per team’s schedule.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with HashiCorp Vault, with a proven track record in enterprise-grade Vault design, deployment, and automation.
• Practical experience with Enterprise Change Management, change control processes, and operating within procedural, compliance-driven environments.
• Hands-on expertise with Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and GitHub, with strong understanding of modern automation pipelines for Vault provisioning and configuration.
• Solid understanding of Linux system administration, required for installing, configuring, securing, and troubleshooting Vault clusters.
• Deep understanding of the Vault lifecycle, including installation, upgrades, HA deployment, scaling, and cluster maintenance.