Remote- IT Infrastructure Automation Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Automation Engineer to design and build automation solutions across our data center infrastructure environment on a near-shore contract basis. This role is focused on automating data center infrastructure platforms spanning network, storage, virtualization, and operating systems, reducing manual configuration effort, improving, * Design, build, and maintain Terraform and Ansible automation across network, storage, virtualization, and OS platforms

• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions workflows to support automated testing, validation, and

deployment of infrastructure changes

• Convert manual infrastructure configuration and change processes into repeatable, version-controlled automation

• Collaborate with network, storage, virtualization, systems, and security teams to validate & test processes that are being

automated.

• Troubleshoot automation failures and configuration drift across ACI, Nexus, routing, F5, Palo Alto, NetApp, DNS,

VMware, Linux, and Windows platforms

• Contribute to and maintain team documentation, including automation runbooks, module documentation, and standard

operating procedures

• Participate in change management processes, including occasional night and weekend maintenance windows

• Participate in an on-call rotation to support automation tooling and pipeline issues.

consistency, and accelerating change delivery through infrastructure-as-code and automated workflows. The ideal candidate combines strong infrastructure engineering fundamentals with hands-on automation development experience and can operate independently in complex, multi-platform environments.

Required Automation Experience:

• Terraform - Advanced experience writing and maintaining Terraform modules and providers to manage infrastructure as code.

• Ansible - Advanced experience building and maintaining Ansible playbooks, roles, and inventories for infrastructure configuration management and automation.

• GitHub - Experience managing infrastructure-as-code repositories, branching strategies, pull requests, and CI/CD pipelines using GitHub.

Platform Automation Experience (Some or All Required):

Candidates should have direct experience automating configuration and change management for one or more of the following

platforms:

• Cisco ACI - Fabric, tenant, and policy automation via Terraform/Ansible and the ACI API

• F5 Load Balancers (LTM only) - Automated virtual server, pool, and profile provisioning via Terraform/Ansible modules and the F5 API

• Palo Alto Firewalls - Automated security policy, zone, and rule management via Terraform/Ansible modules and the Palo Alto API

• NetApp Storage - Automated storage provisioning, volume management, and configuration via Terraform/Ansible modules and the ONTAP API

• DNS - Automated zone, record, and configuration management for enterprise DNS platforms

• VMware - Automated VM provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management via Terraform/Ansible and the vSphere API

• Linux - Automated configuration management, patching, and provisioning for Linux server environments

• Windows - Automated configuration management, patching, and provisioning for Windows server environments

Required Technical Skills:

• Python - Strong scripting and development experience for building and maintaining automation tooling and modules

• Infrastructure as Code Methodologies - Solid understanding of infrastructure-as-code principles, including

idempotency, state management, and modular design

• GitHub Actions - Experience building and maintaining automated workflows using GitHub Actions

• CI/CD & Pipelines - Experience designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to support automated testing,

validation, and deployment., * 7+ years of infrastructure engineering experience across networking, systems, storage, or virtualization domains

• 3+ years of hands-on experience building production automation using Terraform and Ansible

• Demonstrated experience automating one or more of: Cisco ACI, Cisco Nexus, Cisco routing, F5 LTM, Palo Alto

firewalls, NetApp storage, DNS, VMware, Linux, or Windows

• Strong experience with GitHub repository management, branching strategies, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD pipelines

• Strong Python scripting and development skills

• Solid understanding of infrastructure-as-code methodologies and best practices

• Experience using AI-assisted development tools, with demonstrated discipline around planning, code ownership, and

thorough testing of outcomes

• Relevant vendor certifications a plus (e.g., Cisco, Palo Alto, NetApp, VMware)

• Strong written communication skills and demonstrated ability to contribute to team documentation

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work independently in a near-shore/remote capacity

• Availability to overlap with core business hours in Eastern Time (EST), minimum 5 hours per day

• Willingness to support occasional night and weekend work, plus participation in an on-call rotation

Work Schedule & Location

• Near-shore contract position

• Minimum 5-hour daily overlap with Eastern Standard Time (EST) required

• Occasional night and weekend work required to support maintenance windows

• Participation in on-call rotation required

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field.

• Master’s degree or MBA is a plus.