Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Infrastructure Automation Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Linux administration, network troubleshooting, syslog-ng, and programming. This role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining automated infrastructure solutions to enhance our operational efficiency and reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Linux Administration: Manage and maintain Linux servers, ensuring optimal performance, security, and reliability.

• Network Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve network issues, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal network performance.

• Syslog-ng Management: Configure and manage syslog-ng for centralized logging and monitoring from various servers i.e. servers (both linux and windows platforms), firewall appliances, proxies etc.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design, implement, and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform, Ansible or equivalent to automate the provisioning and management of infrastructure resources

• Programming: Have strong skills in at least one of the higher-level programming languages such as Python, Go etc. to handle automation tasks

• Collaboration: Work closely with development, operations, and security teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of infrastructure solutions.

• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for all automation processes and infrastructure configurations.

• Monitoring and Optimization: Continuously monitor infrastructure performance and implement improvements to enhance efficiency and scalability.

      Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in infrastructure automation, Linux administration, and network

troubleshooting.

• Minimum 5 years of experience of Linux system administration (primarily RedHat)

• Extensive experience with PCRE (Perl Compatible Regex Engine)

• Minimum 2 years’ experience with syslog-ng for centralized logging. Specifically, librdkafka, rsyslog

(customizing endpoints), keepalived (in large clusters beyond 2 systems)

• Strong knowledge of network protocols and troubleshooting techniques.

• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible or any other equivalent service for infrastructure as

code.

• Strong programming experience with at least few of the higher-level programming languages like

Bash, Perl, Python, Go or C

• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications in relevant technologies (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Red Hat Certified Engineer).

• Experience with other automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.

• Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

Top Skills Details

Automation, IaC, Python, Linux, sys-log

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Strong programming experience with at least few of the higher-level programming languages like Bash, Perl, Python, Go or C

Strong programming experience with the following: Bash, Perl, Python, Go or C

Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

Familiarity with Kafka, Elastic Search, Microsoft SQL and PostgreSQL

Experience with programmatically reading/writing to databases

Experience with programmatically consuming from and publishing to Kafka

Experience with programmatically using REST, gRPC or GraphQL

Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

Strong communication and teamwork abilities.