Role & seniority

Sr. Infrastructure Automation Engineer (Contract)

Location & work type

Onsite: Cincinnati, OH or Atlanta, GA

Contract employment

Stack / tools

Automation: Ansible (Red Hat), Chef, YAML playbooks

Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell, JavaScript (NodeJS)

Cloud/virtualization: VMware vSphere, Red Hat OpenStack, Red Hat Virtualization, AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes

IaC / tooling: Terraform, Git, GitHub, Jenkins

Databases: MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL (SQL/NoSQL)

APIs: API development and integration

Monitoring/backup/storage integration

Top 3 responsibilities

Design, develop, and implement automation solutions across virtualized, on-premises, and cloud environments
Build and maintain Ansible playbooks and workflow automations; orchestrate tasks across multiple servers/devices; integrate with backup, storage, and monitoring systems
Drive DevOps practices and Infrastructure as Code (IaC); contribute to SDLC and CI/CD pipelines; collaborate with distributed teams

Must-have skills

Deep experience architecting complex solutions using Ansible; provisioning, orchestration, configuration, and deployment
Proficient scripting (Python, Bash) and strong Linux fundamentals
Practical experience with Ansible playbooks, Ansible-based task automation, and configuration management
Familiarity with YAML, SDLC, Git/GitHub, Jenkins; CI/CD delivery
Exposure to virtualization and cloud technologies (VMware, OpenStack, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes/Docker)

Full Description

Role: Sr. Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Location: Cincinnati, OH/Atlanta, GA (Onsite)

Employment type: Contract

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
Experience with Git, GitHub, and Jenkins
Experience working with distributed teams, delivering enterprise-quality software, and working on open-source software projects