Sr Architect (Automation & DevOps)

ABOUT US :

Unitedlex India Pvt. Ltd. (Formerly known as iRunway)

Kindly go through our company website: https://www.unitedlex.com/

OVERALL PURPOSE OF JOB:

We are looking for a highly skilled DevOps Engineer with expertise in Terraform and Ansible to join our dynamic team. The Infrastructure Automation Engineer is charged with the design and development of scripts and code needed to automate and integrate IT systems and related infrastructure. This role would act as the subject matter expert for configuration management, automation and orchestration tools used at UnitedLex.

REQUIREMENTS & COMPETENCIES:

• 8+ years (DevOps and Automation) working in an enterprise systems or software development environments
• Bachelor’s degree in information systems or equivalent experience and certifications.
• Advanced level experience with scripting languages such as Python and PowerShell.
• Advanced level experience with RESTful API consumption and working with XML/JSON data
• Advanced level experience with configuration management solutions (Ansible).
• Advanced level experience with log analytics solutions such as Splunk or Azure Log Analytics.

Experience with using source control software such as Git

• Strong experience with Terraform for managing infrastructure as code.
• Strong experience in deploying, automation/configuration management using Chef,

Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure CI. Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.

• Experience with using cloud platform services in Azure.
• Experience with working on Zabbix and Grafana is a plus.
• Experience using network and cloud monitoring software, SNMP protocol, SNMP MIBs
• Experience with developing dashboards and connecting visualization tools to databases
• Strong knowledge and experience with Linux and Windows OS and common services.
• Strong knowledge and experience with container services such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working/integrated with VMware virtualization technologies. (Onprem)
• Experience working with Microsoft Office365 cloud services is an added plus.
• Experience working with ServiceNow or similar ITSM platforms is an added plus.
• Strong consultative and problem-solving skills at a cross-functional level.
• Quick learner, self-starter, and ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• ITILv3/4 Foundations certification is a plus.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and manage infrastructure using Terraform, ensuring that our environment is scalable, reliable, and secure.
• Utilize Ansible for configuration management and automation of deployment processes across various environments.
• Improve team processes and workflows by building in automation to our systems, infrastructure, and tools to maximize efficiency and productivity of the teams.
• Act as subject matter expert for all the UnitedLex’s configuration management, automation and orchestration tools and provide backup support for monitoring and logging platforms.
• Work with other IT Infrastructure, IT Operations, IT Service Delivery, IT Security, and Applications teams as needed on automation, integration, and monitoring projects.
• Provide regular status updates on project tasks and other non-project task assignments.
• Strategize and identify automation opportunities.
• Enhance existing enterprise monitoring systems through added integration and automation.
• Develop interactive and visual dashboards pulling data from existing monitoring tools
• Participate in DevOps initiatives with software development teams promoting IaC.
• Act as a team lead for other less experienced automation engineers.
• Create standards for the team to follow best practices in using automation tool framework.
• Create and maintain complete and accurate documentation and code repositories.
• Train other team members on using the automation and monitoring tools as needed.
• Maintain a professional attitude and provide excellent customer service at all times.
• Work with multi-cultural teams across different time zones.

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