Position: Linux Automation/Application Engineer

Work Location: Austin, TX (Must be able to work on-site, not negotiable)

Contract period: 12 Months

• Must have a passion for automation and infrastructure development and will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing software solutions and automation workflows for our IT infrastructure and operations.
• Will work closely with other cross-functional teams to automate workflows, improve server OS deployments and provisioning processes using automation, and develop containerized applications using the tools such as OpenShift, Kubernetes, Podman, and Docker.
• Need to leverage web frameworks like Flask or Django to provide full-featured RESTful APIs that can be used by end-users and other applications. Will also be responsible for hands-on application debugging, troubleshooting, and problem remediation with automation workflows.
• Contribute to the development of configuration management policies to further automate and streamline operations and contribute to open-source tool builds used on Linux servers.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and implement software solutions and automation workflows for IT infrastructure and operations
• Based upon requirements, independently design and develop best-practice code that enables integration and administration of diverse applications with a focus on process automation
• Deploy production-ready code using industry-standard testing and deployment processes, such as unit/acceptance tests, testing environments, and CI/CD processes
• Leverage web frameworks (such as Flask or Django) to provide full-featured RESTful APIs that can be used by end-users and other applications
• Document and support automation services and continue to build on that automation framework; make it responsive, make it self-healing and incorporate AI, and make it purely data-driven
• Improving and refining server OS deployments and provisioning processes using automation
• Design, implement, and support IT applications, such as CMDB, ELK stack, GraphQL, and other tools such as Grafana, InfluxDB, MariaDB, PostgreSQL
• Contribute to configuration management policy development to further automate and streamline operations
• Contribute to open-source tool builds used on Linux servers
• Hands-on application debugging, troubleshooting, and problem remediation with automation workflows
• Build tools and implement automated flow to integrate seamlessly into our job scheduling system, including regression and continuous integration systems
• Work with other cross-functional teams to automate workflows, implement dashboards and monitoring systems, and support engineering groups
• Develop containerized applications using tools such as OpenShift/Kubernetes/Podman/Docker and champion the adoption of microservices and containerization best practices for automating IT processes
• Closely collaborate with IT and internal customer teams to understand requirements and develop new tools/applications
• Continuously evaluate and improve best practices for IT process automation
• Responsible for contributing and fully focused on executing project plans defined by the IT Team

Qualifications

Must have

• 7 years of experience in IT automation engineering
• Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Ruby, or Java Significant experience with development best practices: source control, pull requests, code reviews
• Experience with producing production-ready code using testing and deployment best-practices
• Experience working with and developing APIs (Flask, Django, Sanic, or similar)
• Experience with CI/CD tools and software testing frameworks
• Knowledge of building, configuring, monitoring, and supporting open-source tools and application stacks on Linux
• Experience with most Linux operating system commands and utilities
• Experience working with Docker or Podman, Kubernetes, and/or Openshift

Nice to have:

• Preferably Python and shell scripting
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Significant experience designing and developing enterprise-scale software solutions working with customers and stakeholder requirements
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or CFEngine
• Commitment to continually improving services and automated processes to meet the needs of customers and colleagues [good to have]
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Experience working with data analytics tools (CMDB, ELK stack, GraphQL, Grafana) and databases (InfluxDB, MariaDB, PostgreSQL)