Principal, Infra Info Svcs

Position Title

Principal Automation Engineer

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly technical Principal Automation Engineer to lead the design, development, and implementation of enterprise automation solutions across hybrid infrastructure, cloud platforms, and application environments. This individual will serve as the organization s technical authority for automation engineering, driving Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Configuration as Code (CaC), and orchestration strategies that improve resiliency, security, operational efficiency, and consistency.

The ideal candidate is an expert in Ansible Automation Platform, automation architecture, enterprise-scale orchestration, API integration, and software engineering principles. They are equally comfortable writing automation code, designing enterprise automation frameworks, mentoring engineers, and influencing executive technology strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Automation Strategy

• Define and lead the enterprise automation roadmap.
• Establish reusable automation standards, frameworks, and engineering best practices.
• Develop automation that supports enterprise resiliency, cyber recovery, disaster recovery, backup and restore, and operational excellence.
• Champion Infrastructure as Code, Configuration as Code, GitOps, and policy-driven automation.

Automation Engineering

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade Ansible Playbooks, Roles, Collections, and Automation Controller workflows.
• Develop reusable automation modules and enterprise automation libraries.
• Build automation for:
  • Server provisioning
  • Operating system configuration
  • Middleware deployment
  • Application deployment
  • Database automation
  • Storage automation
  • Network automation
  • Kubernetes/OpenShift lifecycle management
  • Public and private cloud provisioning
  • Security configuration
  • Disaster recovery orchestration
  • Cyber recovery execution
  • Patch management
  • Compliance remediation

Platform Integration

Develop automation integrating with technologies such as:

• GitHub Enterprise
• GitLab
• Jenkins
• Azure DevOps
• Terraform
• ServiceNow
• VMware
• Red Hat OpenShift
• Kubernetes
• AWS
• Azure
• HashiCorp Vault
• Active Directory
• LDAP
• REST APIs
• Python SDKs

Enterprise Orchestration

• Build complex multi-step workflows spanning infrastructure, cloud, applications, databases, networking, and security.
• Design event-driven automation triggered by monitoring, observability, or ITSM platforms.
• Develop self-service automation catalogs for engineering teams.
• Enable fully automated provisioning and recovery capabilities.

Software Development

• Develop Python modules supporting Ansible automation.
• Build REST API integrations.
• Create custom Ansible plugins.
• Develop testing frameworks for automation quality.
• Implement automated validation and reporting.

DevSecOps

• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement automated testing.
• Implement automated code quality gates.
• Build secure software delivery pipelines.
• Automate compliance validation.

Enterprise Resiliency Automation

Develop automation supporting:

• Disaster Recovery
• Point-in-Time Recovery (PiTR)
• Backup Validation
• Cyber Recovery
• Air-gapped Recovery
• Isolated Recovery Environments (IRE)
• Clean Room recovery
• Automated recovery testing
• Automated evidence collection
• RTO/RPO reporting
• Infrastructure rebuild automation

Technical Leadership

• Serve as the enterprise subject matter expert for automation engineering.
• Mentor automation engineers and software developers.
• Conduct architecture reviews.
• Lead proof-of-concepts for emerging automation technologies.
• Drive engineering standards across infrastructure teams.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of enterprise infrastructure engineering.
• 8+ years of Ansible automation development.
• 5+ years developing enterprise automation frameworks.
• Expert knowledge of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
• Strong software development background.
• Experience building enterprise APIs.
• Experience with enterprise Linux administration.
• Deep understanding of Windows automation.
• Experience automating hybrid cloud environments.

Technical Skills

Expert

• Ansible Automation Platform
• Ansible Controller / Tower
• Playbooks
• Roles
• Collections
• Jinja2
• YAML
• Python
• Git
• Linux

Advanced

• PowerShell
• Bash
• OpenShift
• Docker
• GitHub Actions

Preferred

• Red Hat Satellite
• CyberArk
• Kafka
• MQ
• Splunk
• Dynatrace
• Prometheus
• Grafana

Preferred Experience

• Financial services or GSIB environments.

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