Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Infrastructure Automation EngineerAssist with infrastructure team with supporting the overall efforts. The contractor will support the team through helping automate the disaster recovery process to write code and documentation.Experience: Mid- Senior Level looking for some experience in automating core infrastructure (not on public cloud).Qualifications:4+ years of automation development experience using Ansible as the automation tool2+ years of experience in using and configuration an orchestration tool like Ansible Tower (preferably AWX)2+ year of experience Shell Scripting (BASH) and Python scripting on RedHat Linux 6 and above.Experience in automating and managing infrastructure components using Ansible.Experience with Middleware Technologies (Weblogic, Tomcat Application server)Familiarity with VMWare based cloud implementation using different VMWare products (vSphere, vRO, vCO etc.)Nice to Haves:Experience in implementing automated solutions for disaster recovery of web application stack.Familiarity with development tools, e.g JIRA, BitBucket, Bamboo, Maven.Familiarity with containerization concepts, Docker a plus.Familiarity with Service-oriented Architecture (SOA), web services, SOAP and JSON.Familiarity with REST API integration.Familiarity with IaaS or PaaS.Experience installing and administering applications in Unix, Linux, and Windows environments including debugging and command line.Strong experience with Java development.ITSM process experience utilizing ticketing tools like Remedy or Service-Now.Tasks & Responsibilities:Designing, developing, implementing and maintaining core infrastructure automation components using software engineering principals and methodology.Develop automation for different infrastructure technologies and services (Network, Storage, Middleware etc.) using Northern’s approved automation tools and technologies.Writing components that integrate with different Infrastructure components that constitutes Northern’s private and public cloud implementations using the interfaces exposed by those components (REST, Python etc.)The ideal candidate would have excellent software development skills and DevOps or automation experience within a medium to large enterprise environment.This is a fast-paced team and the successful candidate must be able to act with a sense of urgency and able to adapt to changing priorities. Qualified candidates must possess a strong sense of leadership; strong analytical skills, excellent communication skills, good technical abilities, and a can-do attitude.Should be able to work effectively in onshore-offshore model using Agile software development methodologies.