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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Infrastructure Platform Automation Architect - **Company:** Ampcus Inc - **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States (Remote available) - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Application Frameworks, Audit Trail, Microsoft Azure, Configuration Management Databases, Configuration Management, Software Quality, Continuous Integration, Github, Key Management, Automation of Marketing, Windows PowerShell, Role-Based Access Control, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Release Management, Ansible, Runbook, Systems Integration, Policy as Code, Scripting, HybridCloud, Git, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Hashicorp, Rundeck, Restful APIs, Terraform, Software Version Control, Jenkins, Servicenow - **Published:** August 14, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/87357806/1 ## About the Role * Extensive experience designing automation architectures for enterprise infrastructure (hybrid cloud and onprem). * Strong proficiency in infrastructure-as-code and configuration management (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell/CLI automation). * Workflow/orchestration design experience (e.g., Rundeck, AWX/Ansible Automation Platform, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent). * Expertise integrating automation with ITSM (e.g., ServiceNow) including change enablement and CMDB alignment. * Solid engineering practices: version control (Git), CI/CD for automation, testing approaches, and modular reusable code design. * Experience with observability/monitoring integrations to trigger or validate remediation (metrics, alerts, logs, runbook automation). * Strong understanding of security controls for automation (RBAC, secrets management, credential vaulting, audit logging). * Ability to produce architecture documentation, runbooks, and standards; strong stakeholder communication and technical leadership. * Relevant technical certifications are a plus (e.g., Red Hat, Microsoft Azure, AWS, HashiCorp Terraform, ServiceNow, or automation platform certifications). Desired Skills * Experience implementing eventdriven or closedloop automation and AIOps use cases. * SRE/reliability practices (SLO/SLI design, error budgets, incident response automation, postincident reviews). * Container and cloud-native ecosystem exposure (Kubernetes operators, GitOps patterns). * Experience with policy-as-code and compliance automation (e.g., OPA/Gatekeeper, InSpec, Azure Policy). * Data and API integration skills (REST APIs, Python scripting) to extend automation capabilities. * Experience building operating models and adoption plans for automation platforms across multiple teams. ## Description The Infrastructure Platform Automation Architect is a senior technical leader responsible for shaping and delivering automation at scale across enterprise infrastructure platforms. This role designs the automation strategy, reference architectures, and reusable patterns that reduce toil, standardize operations, and improve reliability across hybrid environments (onprem and cloud). You will partner closely with platform owners, operations teams, and service management to translate outcomes into automation roadmaps and measurable improvements. In this role, you will tackle complex, ambiguous problems-modernizing runbooks into eventdriven workflows, integrating automation with monitoring/observability and ITSM, and enforcing secure, governed execution. You will coach engineers, influence stakeholders, and ensure automation solutions are resilient, maintainable, and aligned to service-level objectives and enterprise controls. Responsibilities * Define and maintain the enterprise automation architecture, standards, and reusable frameworks for infrastructure platform operations. * Design and implement endtoend automation workflows (provisioning, configuration, patching, compliance, remediation) across hybrid infrastructure. * Integrate automation with ITSM processes (incident, change, request, CMDB) and observability tooling to enable eventdriven and closedloop operations. * Establish governance for automation content including code quality, peer review, testing, release management, documentation, and lifecycle ownership. * Lead root cause and reliability reviews to identify toil and prioritize automation opportunities with clear ROI and operational impact. * Partner with security and risk teams to embed identity, secrets management, least privilege, and auditability into automation solutions. * Provide technical leadership and mentoring to automation engineers and platform admins; develop patterns and accelerators to scale adoption. * Collaborate with stakeholders to create roadmaps, success metrics, and operational KPIs; communicate progress and outcomes to leadership. * Evaluate and onboard automation and orchestration tooling; define integration patterns and reference implementations. ## Related Videos - [From Pipelines to Platforms: How DevOps Automation Becomes a Force Multiplier at Scale](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1946-from-pipelines-to-platforms-how-devops-automation-becomes-a-force-multiplier-at-scale) - [The Road to MLOps: How Verivox Transitioned to AWS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1050-the-road-to-mlops-how-verivox-transitioned-to-aws) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Our GitOps approach for deploying an Identity Provider and an API Gateway in a SaaS company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/776-our-gitops-approach-for-deploying-an-identity-provider-and-an-api-gateway-in-a-saas-company) - [Bringing AI Model Testing and Prompt Management to Your Codebase with GitHub Models](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1536-bringing-ai-model-testing-and-prompt-management-to-your-codebase-with-github-models) ## Related Articles - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence) - [From Prototype to Production: Build AI Agents with This Free 4-Course Learning Path](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/655-from-prototype-to-production-build-ai-agents-with-this-free-4-course-learning-path) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Transforming Software Development: The Role of AI and Developer Tools](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/527-transforming-software-development-the-role-of-ai-and-developer-tools)