Location: Austin,TX, USA
Job Description
- Must have a passion for automation and infrastructure development and will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing software solutions and automation workflows for our IT infrastructure and operations.
- Will work closely with other cross-functional teams to automate workflows, improve server OS deployments and provisioning processes using automation, and develop containerized applications using the tools such as OpenShift, Kubernetes, Podman, and Docker.
- Need to leverage web frameworks like Flask or Django to provide full-featured RESTful APIs that can be used by end-users and other applications. Will also be responsible for hands-on application debugging, troubleshooting, and problem remediation with automation workflows.
- Contribute to the development of configuration management policies to further automate and streamline operations and contribute to open-source tool builds used on Linux servers.
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 Linux servers
· Hands-on application debugging, troubleshooting, and problem remediation with automation workflows
· 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/Docker and 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: 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 testing and 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 Linux operating system commands and utilities
· Experience working with Docker or Podman, Kubernetes, and/or Openshift
Nice to have
· preferably Python and 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)
Additional Information
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