Senior Automation Developer

We are seeking a Senior Automation Developer to lead the design and development of automation solutions across our Observability and FinOps platforms. This role is key to enhancing monitoring, configuration, and operational efficiency in a hybrid infrastructure environment. You will work closely with Monitoring, SRE, FinOps, and Platform Engineering teams to build scalable automations using Rundeck, SaltStack Enterprise, Icinga, Zabbix, and CloudZero. As a senior-level developer, you are expected to influence automation strategy, design resilient solutions, and contribute to the overall reliability and cost-efficiency of our infrastructure. Key Responsibilities: Design, implement, and maintain automation workflows using Rundeck, SaltStack Enterprise, and custom scripting (Python, Bash, or equivalent). Integrate and automate monitoring alerting processes with Icinga and Zabbix. Collaborate with FinOps teams to extend CloudZero automation for anomaly detection, tagging, and cost insights. Develop self-service operations and orchestration through Rundeck job templates and SaltStack state modules. Create and maintain infrastructure-as-code and configuration-as-code practices. Lead technical efforts in reducing manual toil across observability, monitoring, and cost reporting. Collaborate with the Observability Director to define KPIs for automation reliability and coverage. Review automation changes and support CI/CD pipelines for automation delivery. Provide technical mentorship to junior developers and contribute to knowledge-sharing across teams. Document automation workflows, processes, and best practices. Stay current with industry trends and emerging tools to continuously improve automation strategies. Required Qualifications Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field. 5+ years in automation, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering roles.