Infrastructural Automation Engineer

Infrastructural Automation Engineer 37387823
* Hourly pay: $85-$100 (Depends on experience)
* Worksite: Leading audio, video, and voice technologies company (Remote, open to candidates in the United States)
* W2 Employment, Group Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement Savings Program, PSL
* 40 hours/week, 3 Month Assignment

A leading video, audio, and voice technologies company Infrastructural Automation Engineer to support infrastructure automation, systems management integration, security tooling deployment, CI/CD development, and virtualization platform migration initiatives.

Infrastructural Automation Engineer Responsibilities:
* Develop and maintain reusable infrastructure automation templates using VMware Aria Automation, Terraform, and Ansible for Windows, Linux, and Intel-based macOS environments, including AWS SSM and SentinelOne integration.
* Design, build, and support GitLab CI/CD pipelines for provisioning, validation, testing, deployment, and environment promotion, utilizing GitLab, Artifactory, and established software development practices.
* Partner with Security teams to implement agent deployment standards, exclusion processes, token governance, and secure automation workflows.
* Develop and support VMware-to-Proxmox migration tooling, including VM assessment, conversion automation, post-migration validation, SSM and SentinelOne re-registration, and migration runbook creation.
* Support Proxmox platform readiness through capacity planning, provisioning automation, infrastructure validation, documentation, and knowledge transfer activities.

Infrastructural Automation Engineer Qualifications:
* Experience with VMware Aria Automation/vRealize Automation 8.x, including Cloud Assembly, ABX, or vRO.
* Terraform experience, including HCL, modules, state management, and vSphere, AWS, and Proxmox providers.
* Experience developing Ansible playbooks and roles for system configuration, automation, and migration activities.
* Experience with AWS Systems Manager (SSM), including agent deployment, hybrid activations, and IAM integration.
* Experience deploying and managing SentinelOne agents across Windows, Linux, and macOS environments.
* Experience administering Proxmox VE, including virtual machine management, storage, and networking.
* Experience with VMware-to-KVM/Proxmox migrations using tools such as virt-v2v, qemu-img, or similar technologies.
* Experience automating configuration and agent deployment on Intel-based macOS systems.
* GitLab and GitLab CI/CD experience, including repository management, branching strategies, merge requests, and multi-stage deployment pipelines.
* Experience integrating JFrog Artifactory into CI/CD workflows.
* Experience utilizing 1Password Vaults or similar solutions for secret management.
* Proficiency in Bash, Python, and/or PowerShell scripting.
* Experience with Packer for VMware or Proxmox template creation is preferred.
* Experience with HashiCorp Vault or AWS Secrets Manager is preferred.
* Experience in security-regulated environments (SOC 2, FedRAMP, or similar) is preferred.
* Experience performing large-scale VMware-to-Proxmox or VMware-to-KVM migrations is preferred.
* Experience with GitLab Environments and deployment tracking is preferred.
* Experience integrating infrastructure automation with ITSM platforms, such as ServiceNow, is preferred.

Shift:
* Required to be available during US business hours with a reliable overlap for team collaboration.