Overview
On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
Skills
IT automation engineering
Python
developing API
Docker
Kubernetes
Ansible
Puppet
Job Details
Responsibilities
- Design, develop and implement software solutions and automation workflows for IT infrastructure and operations
- Based upon requirements, independently design and develop best-practice code that enables integration and administration of diverse applications with a focus on process automation
- Deploy production-ready code using industry-standard testing and deployment processes, such as unit/acceptance tests, testing environments, and CI/CD processes
- Leverage web frameworks (such as Flask or Django) to provide full-featured RESTful APIs that can be used by end-users and other applications
- Document and support automation services and continue to build on that automation framework; make it responsive, make it self-healing and incorporate AI, and make it purely data-driven
- Improving and refining server OS deployments and provisioning processes using automation
- Design, implement, and support IT applications, such as CMDB, ELK stack, GraphQL, and other tools such as Grafana, InfluxDB, MariaDB, PostgreSQL
- Contribute to configuration management policy development to further automate and streamline operations
- Contribute to open-source tool builds used on Linuxservers
- Hands-on application debugging, troubleshooting, and problem remediation with automationworkflows
- Build tools and implement automated flow to integrate seamlessly into our job scheduling system, including regression and continuous integration systems
- Work with other cross-functional teams to automate workflows, implement dashboards and monitoring systems, and support engineering groups
- Develop containerized applications using tools such as OpenShift/Kubernetes/Podman/Dockerand champion the adoption of microservices and containerization best practices for automating IT processes
- Closely collaborate with IT and internal customer teams to understand requirements and develop new tools/applications
- Continuously evaluate and improve best practices for IT process automation
- Responsible for contributing and fully focused on executing project plans defined by the IT Team
Qualifications
Must have
- 7+ years of experience in IT automation engineering
- Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Ruby, or Java Significant experience with development best practices: source control, pull requests, code reviews
- Experience with producing production-ready code using testingand deployment best-practices
- Experience working with and developing APIs (Flask, Django, Sanic, or similar)
- Experience with CI/CD tools and software testing frameworks
- Knowledge of building, configuring, monitoring, and supporting open-source tools and application stacks on Linux
- Experience with most Linuxoperating system commands and utilities
- Experience working with Docker or Podman, Kubernetes, and/or Openshift
Nice to have
- preferably Pythonand shell scripting
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
- Significant experience designing and developing enterprise-scale software solutions working with customers and stakeholder requirements
- Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or CFEngine
- Commitment to continually improving services and automated processes to meet the needs of customers and colleagues [good to have]
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Self-starter with the ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Experience working with data analytics tools (CMDB, ELK stack, GraphQL, Grafana) and databases (InfluxDB, MariaDB, PostgreSQL)