This role has been designed as Onsite with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE partner/customer office.
Who We Are
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what s next. We know diverse backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.
HPE Operations is our innovative IT services organization. It provides the expertise to advise, integrate, and accelerate our customers outcomes from their digital transformation. Our teams collaborate to transform insight into innovation. In today s fast paced, hybrid IT world, being at business speed means overcoming IT complexity to match the speed of actions to the speed of opportunities. Deploy the right technology to respond quickly to market possibilities. Join us and redefine what s next for you.
Overview
The IaC & Automation Sr Consultant will be responsible for helping the organization with their infrastructure and platform automation needs. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 7-8 years of relevant experience, with a strong background in infra/platform development and hands-on experience with configuration management tools and RESTful APIs.
This role requires a candidate with strong analytical/problem-solving skills, and a deep understanding of Linux-based infrastructures and administration. The consultant will be responsible for designing and implementing automation solutions to improve the efficiency, scalability, and security of the organizations infrastructure and platform.
Primary
Design and develop automation scripts using Ansible, Python, GoLang and Ruby
Implement and manage configuration management tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Chef
Work with RESTful APIs to automate infrastructure and platform tasks
Manage and maintain Linux-based infrastructures
Analyze and solve problems related to infrastructure and platform automation
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members
Continuously improve and optimize automation processes
Collaborate with other teams such as Development, Operations and Security to identify opportunities for automation
Document and maintain automation scripts and processes
Required Skills
Strong understanding of infrastructure and platform development principles and experience with programming languages such as Python, GoLang, Ruby and/or Java for developing automation scripts.
Hands-on experience with at least one configuration management tool, such as Ansible, Terraform, or Chef. This includes proficiency in writing playbooks, cookbook, modules & creating and modifying data structures.
Experience with creating, troubleshooting, and maintaining automation scripts, utilizing libraries and frameworks such as Pythons Ansible custom module and libraries, Chefs knife and Terraform s provider plugins.
Working experience with RESTful APIs and understanding of API integration with automation tools
Strong experience with Linux-based infrastructures and administration, including proficiency in command-line interface and shell scripting.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to debug and troubleshoot complex automation issues
Strong understanding of Bare-Metal Server, Storage (SAN/NAS), Network, Security, Enterprise Business Applications, and related technologies
Experience in leading teams, leading solutions during pursuit/solutioning process
Experience in preparing end to end architecture diagram for the solution
Desired Skills
Experience with Bash and PowerShell scripting
Experience with one virtualized platform (VMware/Red Hat/Microsoft)
Experience with Containers/Kubernetes
Experience with Cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, or CircleCI
Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK Stack
Experience with Databases and SQL
Exclusions
DevOps engineers with public cloud work experience (AWS DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer, Build and Release DevOps Engineer) and no prior programming expertise