Senior Platform Automation Engineer

Job Title: Senior Platform Automation Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL or Dallas, TX (Hybrid – 3 days in office per week)

Type: Direct Hire

Compensation: Competitive salary, Access to Healthcare, Dental, and Vision Insurance Plan of Choice, and 401K

Chamberlain Advisors is currently seeking a Senior Platform Automation Engineer for our direct client in the financial services industry. This is a direct hire position requiring 3 days onsite in either Chicago, IL or Dallas, TX. This role combines technical expertise in automation and infrastructure management with leadership capabilities to drive transformative initiatives within the organization. Click apply now and join the Chamberlain experience.

Summary And Ideal Candidate Profile

Our client is seeking a Senior Platform Automation Engineer to spearhead the design and support of core platform engineering automation. The primary responsibility will be to drive the strategy for infrastructure automation, aiming to enhance application adoption, streamline operational support, and elevate end-user usability of platform services. The Engineer will be instrumental in maintaining and evolving a large, complex Architect L3 Linux-based computing environment, with a growing emphasis on Linux infrastructure within AWS. The Engineer will assist in driving “infrastructure as code” mentality throughout the organization and demonstrate a passion for automation concepts and tools.

What You Will Be Accountable For

Drive the strategy for infrastructure automation, aiming to enhance application adoption, streamline operational support, and elevate end-user usability of platform services. Provide advanced system administration and operational support for a complex Linux computing environment, encompassing both virtualized and physical servers. Develop and maintain Automation code using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, etc., for tasks including creating and patching AMIs, performing pull requests, and ensuring infrastructure as code principles. Champion the "infrastructure as code" mindset across the organization and demonstrate a fervor for automation concepts and tools. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement and optimize cloud infrastructure solutions, leveraging technologies like Terraform, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Kafka, and GitHub. Architect and implement highly available, mission-critical environments for 24/7 availability, emphasizing resilient design principles. Lead and mentor junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

What Qualifications You Need

Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a technical discipline (Computer Science, Mathematics, etc.), or equivalent combination of education and experience required. 8+ years’ experience in IT systems installation, operations, administration, and maintenance of cloud systems / virtualized servers. Extensive knowledge of Linux operating systems, Linux shells and standard utilities, and common Linux security tools at L3 level. In depth system administration knowledge and skills for RedHat Linux. Mastery of CICD best practices in a large organization. (GitOps/DevOps, secure builds, secure code promotion, deployments (Harness\Argo), automated testing (app and infra), integration of policy frameworks, cost-optimization, SLSA best practices). Expert knowledge in core automation development toolchain including Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Git, Harness. Hands-on experience with: Terraform, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Kafka, Github, and configuration management tools such as Ansible. Strong knowledge in Kubernetes deployment frameworks\platforms including Helm, Docker, Rancher, OpenShift, EKS. Strong knowledge of secure cloud infrastructure design and components, such as: servers, operating systems, networks, IAM, and storage. Cloud Certifications, specifically AWS Cloud certification would be preferred. Relevant experience with configuration and implementation of IaaS, Infrastructure as code, AWS, Azure, etc Experience with architecting, implementing and maintaining highly available mission critical environments for 24/7 availability. Great communication skills, especially with working with diverse and distributed teams Ability to work independently as well as lead a team to solve complex problems in a timely manner.

Why Work with Chamberlain?

Chamberlain Advisors is a veteran-owned business that provides human capital solutions across a wide range of industries and engagement types. Chamberlain candidates benefit from our unique hiring and interviewing process which has been designed to increase the likelihood that they will be successful in their job searches. This is achieved through our 5-step recruitment process, ensuring a top-of-the-line candidate experience. Find out what makes us different; apply to Chamberlain today.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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