Automation Platform Operations, Intermediate [T500-29451]

CIBC India; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

CIBC India in Hyderabad is seeking an Intermediate Automation Platform Support Engineer to aid day-to-day automation operations. You will work under guidance on automation development, monitoring, incident response, and documentation across Linux infrastructure and related platform services.

The role emphasizes Ansible and Terraform expertise, scripting basics, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure operational reliability.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of infrastructure support, platform operations, DevOps, or related technical roles.
• Foundational knowledge of automation tools such as Ansible or Terraform.
• Proficient in spoken and written English.
• Basic scripting experience with Bash, Python, PowerShell.
• Understanding of incident, service request, change and release management processes.
• Ability to follow troubleshooting procedures and analyze logs.
• Clear communication, teamwork, and willingness to learn new tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support for automation platforms such as Ansible and Terraform with guidance from senior teammates.
• Develop, maintain, test, and troubleshoot Ansible playbooks, roles, workflows, and reusable components.
• Support Terraform configurations for provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Monitor automation jobs, Linux infra, databases, and services; escalate as needed.
• Respond to incidents, service requests, and alerts per established procedures.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual effort and improve operational processes.
• Assist with patching, compliance, vulnerability remediation, and health reporting via automation.
• Collaborate with infra, database, security, app, cloud, and operations teams.
• Create and maintain runbooks, docs, and knowledge articles.
• Participate in peer reviews, change activities, release support, and on-call rotation.

Skills

Automation

Ansible

Terraform

Bash

Python

PowerShell

Incident management

English proficiency

Teamwork

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/related

Tools

Ansible Automation Platform

Terraform

Job description

CIBC is a leading North American bank, with a history of more than 150 years of living our purpose - to help make your ambition a reality. Client relationships are at the center of our strategy, and our growth is enabled by a highly engaged and connected global team. From digital banking to community impact, we’re proud to drive progress for our clients and our communities. Recognized for our culture, award-winning innovation and community investment, CIBC continues to evolve by putting people and progress at the centre of everything we do.

About CIBC India:

CIBC India is a technology and operations hub in Hyderabad, where you’ll be part of our highly engaged and global team, and play a central role in supporting our growth. Whether you’re driving innovation in digital banking or streamlining client onboarding, you’ll be part of a culture recognized for excellence and investment in people. At CIBC India, people and progress are at the center of what we do: you’ll develop skills, collaborate with industry leaders, and see your ideas realized in a culture that values progress and belonging. We provide cutting-edge resources, ongoing learning, and a supportive environment where people come first. If you’re ready to create meaningful change and build your future, CIBC India is where your ambition meets opportunity.

What CIBC India Offers:

At CIBC India, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career that goes well beyond your compensation.

We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including competitive fixed pay, performance-based incentive programs, a family-first benefits program, employer contributions for your retirement, attractive time off and leave offerings, wellbeing support, and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.

Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients worldwide

We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day, a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.

BUSINESS UNIT DESCRIPTION:

Infrastructure Operations and Networks (IO&N) delivers technology stability in support of the client and employee experience by running, protecting and transforming applications and technology that support enterprise processes, while also supporting our businesses in delivering innovative technology changes to create enduring value for our clients.

JOB PURPOSE:

The Intermediate Automation Platform Support Engineer supports the day-to-day operation and continuous improvement of enterprise automation platforms and infrastructure services. Working with guidance from experienced engineers, this role assists with automation development, monitoring, incident response, documentation, and routine support across Linux infrastructure, database environments, and related platform services.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Provide day-to-day support for automation platforms such as Ansible Automation Platform, Terraform, and related orchestration tools, with guidance from senior team members.
• Assist with developing, maintaining, testing, and troubleshooting Ansible playbooks, roles, job templates, workflows, and reusable automation components.
• Support Terraform configurations and infrastructure-as-code workflows for provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Monitor automation jobs, Linux infrastructure, database platforms, and supporting services; elevate issues when required.
• Respond to incidents, service requests, and alerts by following established procedures and documenting actions taken.
• Help identify opportunities to reduce manual effort and improve the consistency of routine operational processes.
• Support patching, compliance, vulnerability remediation, configuration checks, and infrastructure health reporting through automation.
• Assist with integrations involving IT service management, monitoring, logging, CI/CD, source control, and secrets management platforms.
• Contribute to troubleshooting and root cause analysis for recurring automation or infrastructure issues.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, database, security, application, cloud, and operations teams.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, support procedures, and knowledge articles.
• Participate in peer reviews, team learning, change activities, release support, and an on-call rotation where required.

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

• Coordinates with Internal and External technology partner for infrastructure escalations.
• Collaborates with internal technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure seamless support operations.

COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• As an employee of CIBC, the incumbent must comply with all applicable CIBC and Line of Business policies, standards, guidelines and controls.

AUTHORITIES/DECISION RIGHTS:

• As a key contributor to the business unit, this job has the authority to recommend changes to business processes in order to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field.

Must have skills:

• 5–7 years of relevant experience in infrastructure support, platform operations, automation, DevOps, systems administration, or a related technical role; equivalent internship, co-op, academic, or project experience may be considered.
• Foundational knowledge of automation or infrastructure-as-code tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or equivalent technologies.
• Proficient in spoken and written English.
• Basic scripting experience with Bash, Python, PowerShell, or a similar language.
• Basic understanding of incident, service request, change, and release management processes.
• Ability to follow troubleshooting procedures, analyze logs, and investigate issues involving automation workflows, servers, connectivity, permissions, or platform dependencies.
• Clear communication, teamwork, attention to detail, and a willingness to learn new tools and technologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exposure to Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Ansible Tower, execution environments, collections, inventories, or workflow templates.
• Exposure to Terraform Enterprise, Terraform Cloud, or infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Coursework, certification, lab, internship, or project experience with Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Basic awareness of security controls, secrets management, vulnerability management, compliance, and audit requirements.
• Experience working in a team-based technical support or enterprise environment.
• Complete assigned support and automation tasks with appropriate guidance and increasing independence over time.
• Follow established development, testing, documentation, change, and operational support standards.
• Ask questions, seek feedback, and build practical knowledge of automation platforms and infrastructure services.
• Participate in troubleshooting and incident response while escalating complex or high-impact issues promptly.
• Contribute ideas for small improvements to automation reliability, monitoring, documentation, and team processes.

Nice To Have:

• Familiarity with Windows/Linux systems Git-based source control, and fundamental CI/CD concepts, infrastructure-as-code delivery models.
• Familiar with monitoring or logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, SCOM, or equivalent platforms.
• Familiar with ServiceNow or another IT service management platform.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• This role operates within a normal office environment with little exposure to adverse working conditions.

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