Role & seniority

Infrastructure Automation Engineer, Mid-Senior level
Contract, Onsite
Location: Cincinnati, OH or Atlanta, GA (local candidates only from GA or OH)

Stack / tools

Ansible (Red Hat), Chef; YAML playbooks
VMware vSphere; virtualization and orchestration
Terraform, cloud (AWS/Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell, JavaScript (NodeJS)
API development/integration; SQL and NoSQL (MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL)
CI/CD: Git, GitHub, Jenkins
Logging/backup/storage integration; Linux internals; open source/tools

Top 3 responsibilities

Design, develop, and implement infrastructure automation across on-prem, virtualization, and cloud environments using Ansible and related tools
Plan, design, create, deliver, implement, maintain, and support user workflows implemented in Ansible; orchestrate tasks across multiple servers/devices
Integrate automation with backup, monitoring, and storage systems; ensure operational consistency and reliability; apply DevOps / IaC practices

Must-have skills

Proven experience architecting complex automation solutions with Ansible
Proficiency in Bash or Python; strong Ansible playbook development
Experience provisioning, orchestration, packaging, services, deployment using Ansible; Linux internals
DevOps mindset with SDLC, CI/CD exposure; Git/GitHub/Jenkins
Familiarity with cloud/virtualization (VMware, OpenStack, OpenShift, AWS/Azure), YAML, and API integration
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Full Description

Role: Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Location: Cincinnati, OH/Atlanta, GA (Onsite): Local candidates only from Georgia or Ohio

Employment type: Contract

No. of Interviews: 2 rounds (1st Remote and 2nd in person)

Job summary The client is looking for an experienced Automation Consultant with strong expertise in infrastructure automation, VMware, and Ansible to join our team. The ideal candidate will design, develop, and implement automation solutions to streamline infrastructure operations across virtualized, on-premise, and cloud environments. This role requires hands-on experience in Ansible-based automation, VMware orchestration, and backup and storage automation, along with a deep understanding of DevOps practices and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies.

Primary job responsibilities

Proficient in scripting languages like Python, JavaScript (NodeJS), PowerShell and other programming languages
Solid understanding of config management tools like Ansible and Chef
Should have used Ansible for task automation. IT orchestration, where you have to run tasks in sequence and create a chain of events that must happen on several different servers or devices. configuration management, application deployment,
In this role, you will be responsible for the planning, design, creation, delivery, implementation, maintenance, and support of user workflows implemented in Ansible by Red Hat and other configuration management tools.
Expertise in API development and integration
Ability to work with SQL and NoSQL DBs—MySQL, Mongo, PostgreSQL etc.
Comfortable working with YAML files and playbook creation in YAML files
Understanding of cloud infrastructure automation tools (Terraform), container platforms (e.g., Docker), and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)
Integrate automation workflows with backup, monitoring, and storage systems to ensure operational consistency and reliability.

Required skills

Background in architecting and designing complex customer solutions in a rapidly evolving technology domain using Ansible
Intermediate-level scripting in Bash or Python
Direct experience with provisioning, orchestration, packages, services, configuration, and deployment using Ansible by Red Hat
Practical experience writing Ansible by Red Hat playbooks
Demonstrated understanding of Linux internals
You will also need to use your solid understanding of DevOps methodologies and tools to apply them within target organizations.
Good software development life cycle (SDLC) skills