Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Platform and Automation Engineer with deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management, platform containerisation, and open-source automation tools. This role is critical to streamlining IT infrastructure operations, accelerating deployment lifecycles, and enabling platform scalability across on-perm, hybrid and cloud-native environments.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Ansible, Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes, along with a passion for leveraging open-source tools to drive efficiency and reliability in IT services delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Solutions Architect, project team, post support team and customer IT team in deploying/implementing modern IT solutions on platform and IT automation solutions
• Collaborate with network engineering and operations teams to define automation requirements and solutions
• Develop, test, and deploy playbook using automation tools such as Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) and Terraform
• Integrate automation with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems
• Document developed playbooks, workflows, and automation processes
• Document and share reusable automation modules and best practices across teams
• Troubleshoot and support existing automation frameworks and scripts
• Engage in the maintenance and support activities, which include perform troubleshooting, incident response, and patching in a timely manner
• Perform Scripting and coding (Such as Python, Bash/shell, YAML) when required
• Possess strong Interest in implementation and support of Linux-variant, Opensource & Devops/Containers technologies, automation platform, middleware and modernize IT technologies

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Technology, Engineering or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Minimum 3 years of experience in automation, infrastructure, or DevOps roles within IT services
• Basic understanding of network architectures and configuration workflows.
• Experience with the containerization platform tools
• Hands-on experience with container lifecycle management, and Kubernetes (on-prem or managed) and familiar with the containerization tools such as Red Hat OpenShift.
• Strong hands-on experience with Automation tool preferably on Ansible AAP, Terraform and playbook development.
• Proven experience in network automation infrastructure tasks with Cisco ACI, network switches, F5, and Checkpoint firewall etc is an added advantage
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, YAML
• Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems administration and networking fundamentals
• Experience with Git, CI/CD Tools such as GitHub, Jenkins etc, and automation best practices
• Familiar with YAML, Jinja2 templates, REST APIs, and JSON/XML
• Ability to learn in a fast-paced environment and acquire of modern technologies
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Good problem-solving skills and ability to work independently or in a team setting