Responsibilities:
- Will lead Automation initiatives and efforts for on premise infrastructure.
- This includes development of the infrastructure, automation tools, pipeline executions, and monitoring dashboards of the automations deployed.
- Identify existing automation use cases to document, catalog, manage and improve.
- Improve efficiency of Platform task execution by identifying repeatable tasks that can be automated and streamlined, including self-service abilities.
- Own and be responsible for automation pipeline, execution, and roadmap of the Platform Engineering Team
- Work independently and as part of a team to develop and document standards and procedures.
- Be responsible for overseeing major automation initiatives and supporting key functional groups.
- Development of support processes, technical planning, and work coordination for all facets of automation.
- When necessary, interact with software vendors to reach problem resolution; may include opening service calls, providing logs, and responding to advice received by phone call, tickets or email.
- Oncall required as part of a team rotation
The Person:
- Automation first attitude and ownership approach
- 5+ years of high development proficiency in one or more scripting languages (Python, Ruby, PowerShell).
- 5+ Years development experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools including Ansible, and Terraform, and code repositories in GitLab/Github.
- 5+ Years working with GitOps / DevOps processes and environments including developing and running automated CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation, vRealize Operations(vROps) and vRealize Automation (vRa), Vmware Tanzu and other virtualization management tools
- 8+ Years of UNIX/Linux and Windows Administrator experience supporting medium to large enterprise environments.
- Ability to understand complex technical concepts and communicate them effectively to other team members
- Familiarity with ITSM practices and process.
- Participate in performing and leading technology development, test, and deployment activities
- Ability and desire to work both independently and with a team.