Linux Automation/Application Engineer

Duration: 18 Months

Location: Austin, TX (must be able to work on-site, not negotiable)

Must have a passion for automation and infrastructure development and will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing software solutions and automation workflows for our IT infrastructure and operations.

Will work closely with other cross-functional teams to automate workflows, improve server OS deployments and provisioning processes using automation, and develop containerized applications using the tools such as OpenShift, Kubernetes, Podman, and Docker.

Need to leverage web frameworks like Flask or Django to provide full-featured RESTful APIs that can be used by end-users and other applications. Will also be responsible for hands-on application debugging, troubleshooting, and problem remediation with automation workflows.

Contribute to the development of configuration management policies to further automate and streamline operations and contribute to open-source tool builds used on Linux servers.

Responsibilities

Design, develop and implement software solutions and automation workflows for IT infrastructure and operations.

Based upon requirements, independently design and develop best-practice code that enables integration and administration of diverse applications with a focus on process automation

Deploy production-ready code using industry-standard testing and deployment processes, such as unit/acceptance tests, testing environments, and CI/CD processes

Leverage web frameworks (such as Flask or Django) to provide full-featured RESTful APIs that can be used by end-users and other applications

Document and support automation services and continue to build on that automation framework; make it responsive, make it self-healing and incorporate AI, and make it purely data-driven

Improving and refining server OS deployments and provisioning processes using automation

Design, implement, and support IT applications, such as CMDB, ELK stack, GraphQL, and other tools such as Grafana, InfluxDB, MariaDB, PostgreSQL

Contribute to configuration management policy development to further automate and streamline operations

Contribute to open-source tool builds used on Linux servers

Hands-on application debugging, troubleshooting, and problem remediation with automation workflows

Build tools and implement automated flow to integrate seamlessly into our job scheduling system, including regression and continuous integration systems

Work with other cross-functional teams to automate workflows, implement dashboards and monitoring systems, and support engineering groups

Develop containerized applications using tools such as OpenShift/Kubernetes/Podman/Docker and champion the adoption of microservices and containerization best practices for automating IT processes

Closely collaborate with IT and internal customer teams to understand requirements and develop new tools/applications.

Continuously evaluate and improve best practices for IT process automation

Responsible for contributing and fully focused on executing project plans defined by the IT Team

Qualifications

Must have

10 years of experience in IT automation engineering

Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Ruby, or Java Significant experience with development best practices: source control, pull requests, code reviews

Experience with producing production-ready code using testing and deployment best-practices

Experience working with and developing APIs (Flask, Django, Sanic, or similar)

Experience with CI/CD tools and software testing frameworks

Knowledge of building, configuring, monitoring, and supporting open-source tools and application stacks on Linux

Experience with most Linux operating system commands and utilities

Experience working with Docker or Podman, Kubernetes, and/or Openshift.