IT Sr Automation Engineer, Boston MA
Overview
Design and build automation frameworks that cut manual IT work by 40% across 800 servers and 120 applications. You'll join a 12-person platform engineering team supporting Windows, Linux, and VMware environments. This role drives a major infrastructure-as-code migration in the first six months.
What You'll Do8
- 1Design Ansible playbooks and PowerShell scripts to automate routine IT tasks like patch management and user provisioning.
- 2Build CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitLab to deploy configuration changes across 300 endpoints.
- 3Debug and fix failed automation runs, improving reliability to a 99.5% success rate by month three.
- 4Lead the migration of VMware VM templates to Terraform-managed infrastructure.
- 5Monitor automation logs with Splunk and set alerts for critical failures.
- 6Document runbooks and train junior engineers on automation best practices.
- 7Drive the rollout of ServiceNow orchestration to integrate incident management with automated fixes.
- 8Own the monthly security patching cycle, cutting manual effort by 50%.
Requirements8
- 15+ years in IT automation or DevOps engineering.
- 22+ years building automation with Ansible or Puppet.
- 33+ years scripting in Python or PowerShell.
- 4Hands-on with Jenkins, GitLab, or GitHub Actions.
- 5Strong knowledge of Windows Server and Linux administration.
- 6Experience with VMware vSphere and virtual machine lifecycle management.
- 7Familiarity with Terraform or CloudFormation for infrastructure as code.
- 8Ability to write clear technical documentation for cross-team use.
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