Infrastructure Automation Engineer - Python, RHEL

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler; Corsham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Infrastructure Automation Engineer - Python, RHEL

+ 12 month contract

+ Hybrid working out of Corsham

+ MOD SC Clearance

+ Inside IR35 rate up to £670 per day

Key Skills:

1. Python3 Automation
2. Ansible and Bash

Responsibilities:
Design, development, documentation, building and validation of infrastructure automation components. These automation components will primarily be developed using Python3, Ansible and Bash with a focus on hardware components, specifically their various features, services, and configurations, as well as interactions with external REST/SOAP APIs and services. The team's responsibilities include:

1. Apply complex problem solving to "reverse engineer" applications, designs and manual build instructions to create zero touch automation packages that are parameterised, dynamic and able to repeatedly and reliably deploy against these designs. Often these applications are legacy, were created without automation in mind or are otherwise resistive to full, zero touch automation.
2. Create production quality code, following industry standard best practices as well as internal policies and procedures, utilising Version Control mechanisms such as GIT and BitBucket to submit development code as well as peer reviewing other team members' code modules.

Essential:

1. At least 12 months' demonstrable hands-on experience within the last 3 years of:
1. Creating complex Python automation Classes for production systems
2. Using configuration management tools e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Chef
3. Use of scripting languages e.g. Bash
4. Automated deployment of server, network and storage technologies across multiple vendors
5. Building or supporting large infrastructure environments
6. Troubleshooting hardware or software component failure
7. Working as part of an Agile development team
8. Demonstrable experience with advanced Python3 coding features e.g. Workflows, Desired State Configuration (DSC) and Bare Metal Deployment
2. At least one of the following professional certifications that have been obtained within the last five years:
1. Networking certification - CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) or similar
2. Virtualisation certification - VMware VCP (VMware vCenter Certified Professional) or similar
3. Linux certification - RHCA or RHCE
4. Formal Software Development certification - OCA (Oracle Certified Associate) or similar