DevOps Engineer

Job Description

JCW has partnered with a leading digital assets and data center infrastructure firm to identify a Vice President, DevOps/SRE to lead their infrastructure automation platform across data center operations. Based in Chicago, this is a senior technical leadership role for a DevOps/SRE professional who can steer an enterprise automation roadmap while remaining hands-on enough to dive into the code.

The ideal candidate treats infrastructure as a product and has a proven track record building self-service automation platforms in complex hybrid environments. They are equally comfortable setting IaC governance standards and mentoring a team of engineers. This individual operates with an automate-first mindset, drives engineering velocity, and brings deep expertise across Terraform, Ansible, and VMware in large-scale environments.

Key Qualifications

• 6–10 years of experience in infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE with a focus on automation at scale
• Deep proficiency with Terraform (providers, modules, state management) and Ansible (roles, playbooks, Tower/AWX)
• Hands-on experience with image creation tooling (Packer, SCCM) for hardened Windows and Linux builds in hybrid environments
• Strong experience managing and automating VMware (vSphere/vCenter) and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS)
• High-level scripting skills across Python, Go, PowerShell, and Bash
• Experience with observability tools such as Splunk, ELK, Prometheus, or Grafana
• Strong mastery of Git branching strategies and CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions)
• Understanding of network topology with experience on platforms such as Juniper or Palo Alto
• Prior team leadership or management experience strongly preferred