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NC - Senior DevOps & Automation Engineer

Leading PA IT Firm
3 days ago
Contract
On-site
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Automation
Hybrid: Onsite as needed in the Research Triangle.

Job Overview Lead the automation of infrastructure provisioning, builds, and deployments for NC FAST applications while ensuring reliable, consistent CI/CD workflows across environments. Collaborate closely with development, database, and architecture teams to continuously improve software release lifecycles and operational processes. Note that this position requires participating in after-hours and weekend on-call support as business needs dictate.

Active Job Duties

  • Create, maintain, and troubleshoot Ansible playbooks and infrastructure-as-code configurations.

  • Automate Linux OS maintenance, software patching, and environment provisioning.

  • Build, manage, and scale containerized application workloads.

  • Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines to streamline build, deployment, and database release processes.

  • Partner with DevOps, architects, developers, and DBAs to enhance release reliability and automation best practices.

  • Provide on-call support during evenings and weekends to meet business requirements.

Job Requirements

Required Skills

  • 7+ years of experience automating Linux OS and software patches/upgrades across multiple environments using tools like Ansible.

  • 7+ years of hands-on experience automating build and deployment processes, including database changes, using tools like Ansible.

  • 7+ years of experience developing automation scripts, operational utilities, and workflow scripts using Python, Bash, or Shell.

  • 4+ years of experience in infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and environment management using Terraform and Ansible.

  • 3+ years of hands-on experience (branching, merging, configuring, and administering) with BitBucket or GIT source code management tools.

  • 2+ years of experience building and packaging applications with Docker, and managing/scaling containerized workloads using Kubernetes.

  • 2+ years of hands-on experience developing and managing CI/CD (DevOps) pipelines using tools like TeamCity, Jenkins, or Ansible.

Preferred Skills

  • 2+ years of strong knowledge and understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and cloud infrastructure.