Automation & Orchestration Engineer

American Esoteric Laboratories; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonic Healthcare USA, Inc. seeks an Automation & Orchestration Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable automation across our technology environment. This role eliminates manual tasks by delivering self-service automation that boosts efficiency, reduces risk, and accelerates service delivery.

The candidate will combine software engineering, DevOps, and SRE experience to support IaC, CI/CD, orchestration, and observability across cloud and on-prem environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years in Automation Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or related infra role.
• Strong scripting in Python/PowerShell/Bash/Go.
• Hands-on with Ansible/Puppet/Chef/Salt.
• IaC tools: Terraform/CloudFormation/Pulumi.
• CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins or GitHub/GitLab/CircleCI.
• Strong Linux/Unix administration.
• Docker and Kubernetes experience.
• Cloud platforms: AWS/Azure/GCP.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain automated workflows for provisioning, deployment, and configuration management.
• Build and support orchestration solutions for cross-system workflows.
• Identify and automate manual, repetitive processes.
• Develop self-service capabilities to improve efficiency.
• Develop IaC to ensure consistent environments.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for reliable delivery.
• Support containerized/cloud-native environments and collaboration with teams.

Skills

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Go

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Salt

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

CircleCI

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Job Functions, Duties, Responsibilities and Position Qualifications:

We're not just a workplace - we're a Great Place to Work certified employer! Proudly certified as a Great Place to Work, we are dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive environment. At Sonic Healthcare USA, we emphasize teamwork and innovation. Check out our job openings and advance your career with a company that values its team members! Sonic Healthcare USA is seeking an Automation & Orchestration Engineer to design, build, and maintain the systems that power automation across our technology environment. This role is responsible for eliminating manual, repetitive processes by developing scalable solutions for infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, configuration management, and operational workflows. The ideal candidate combines software engineering, systems administration, and DevOps expertise to create reliable, self-service automation that improves efficiency, reduces risk, and accelerates service delivery across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Automation & Orchestration Design, implement, and maintain automated workflows for infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, and configuration management.
• Build and support orchestration solutions that coordinate complex workflows across systems, applications, and environments.
• Identify manual, repetitive, or error-prone processes and replace them with scalable automation.
• Develop self-service capabilities that improve operational efficiency and user experience.

Infrastructure & DevOps

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions to ensure consistent, repeatable, and version-controlled environments.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable and efficient software delivery.
• Support containerized and cloud-native environments using modern deployment practices.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and security teams to deliver automation solutions that scale.

Monitoring & Reliability

• Integrate monitoring, alerting, and self-healing capabilities into automated systems.
• Troubleshoot automation failures, pipeline issues, and orchestration challenges.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventative solutions.
• Improve system reliability, operational efficiency, and platform stability.

Documentation & Continuous Improvement

• Create and maintain automation documentation, runbooks, workflows, and technical standards.
• Evaluate emerging automation tools and technologies to drive continuous improvement.
• Promote automation best practices and support adoption across engineering teams.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in Automation Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or a related infrastructure role.
• Strong scripting and programming skills using Python, PowerShell, Bash, Go, or similar languages.
• Hands‑on experience with configuration management platforms such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or Salt.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or similar tools.
• Strong Linux/Unix administration experience.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience with Git and source control best practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with workflow orchestration technologies such as Airflow, Argo Workflows, Temporal, or AWS Step Functions.
• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms including Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, ELK, or EFK.
• Experience with event‑driven architectures and messaging technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Amazon SQS.
• Exposure to security automation and compliance‑as‑code practices.
• Industry certifications such as Terraform Associate, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), AWS, Azure, or GCP certifications.
• Experience mentoring engineers and promoting automation best practices.

Why Join Us?

You'll play a critical role in modernizing operations and enabling engineering teams to move faster through automation. This position offers the opportunity to build solutions with lasting impact, influence platform strategy, and help drive the next generation of operational excellence.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Work Shift: Job Category: Information Technology Company: Sonic Healthcare USA, Inc

Sonic Healthcare USA is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to an inclusive workplace for all employees. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

About Sonic Healthcare USA

Sonic Healthcare USA is a subsidiary of Sonic Healthcare Limited, one of the world's largest medical diagnostic companies, providing laboratory services to medical practitioners, hospitals and community health services, with operations in eight countries, on three continents and providing care to over 100 million patients each year. Sonic Healthcare USA is a leading provider of state‑of‑the‑art laboratory services and pathology practices throughout the USA with eight operating divisions and nearly eight thousand US‑based employees, 330 Pathologists and serving over 30 million patients per year. Sonic Healthcare USA operates under a federated business model that emphasizes medical leadership and community‑based testing services to provide outstanding quality and service to the doctors and patients that they serve. For more information, visit the Sonic Healthcare website at www.sonichealthcareusa.com.