Platform & Automation Engineer
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
Experiences in the following areas would be an added advantage:
- Experience with API Gateway, service mesh and/or observability tooling
- Knowledge of security automation (e.g., CIS hardening, vulnerability scanning)
- Certifications such as:
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform