DevOps Engineer - Terraform & Ansible

TekWissen ®; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

TekWissen Group is seeking a hands-on DevOps Engineer to build and maintain scalable infrastructure solutions onsite in San Jose, CA. This temporary assignment spans 6 months and focuses on automation across cloud and on-prem environments.

The role emphasizes Terraform, Ansible, and Python skills, with a strong emphasis on RHEL-based production systems and OpenShift/VM management. Onsite work and collaboration with development teams are required.

Qualifications

• Terraform hands-on development and deployment experience.
• Ansible depth in building roles and automation playbooks.
• RHEL Linux experience supporting production environments.
• Python scripting for automation.
• Experience in engineering-focused DevOps environments.
• Good UNIX basics for maintenance and support.
• Exposure to SUSE or AIX environments.

Responsibilities

• System Administration - day-to-day Linux server management and monitoring.
• Design, develop, and maintain Terraform modules and automation pipelines.
• Develop Ansible playbooks and deploy automation across environments.
• Manage, troubleshoot, and support OpenShift/VM environments.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and assist OS-level tasks.
• Documentation - maintain system documentation and standards.

Skills

Terraform

Ansible

RHEL

Python

DevOps

UNIX basics

SUSE/AIX

OpenShift/VM

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

OpenShift

VMware

RHEL

Job description

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide.

Location: San Jose, CA

Duration: 6 Months

Job Type: Temporary Assignment

Work Type: Onsite

Pay Rate: $58.20 - $58.20/Hr

Job Description

About the Role

• We are looking for a hands-on DevOps Engineer to join our team in building and maintaining scalable infrastructure solutions.
• This is not a typical Linux SysAdmin role we need someone with engineering depth who can design, deploy, and maintain automation workflows across our cloud and on-prem environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Terraform modules and infrastructure automation pipelines.
• Develop Ansible playbooks and roles, deploy and maintain automation across production and non-production environments.
• Manage, troubleshoot, and support RHEL Linux systems; SUSE/AIX experience is a plus.
• Integrate infrastructure components using Python scripting for automation and process efficiency.
• Collaborate with the development team to deploy and manage applications in OpenShift or virtualized environments.
• Participate in configuration management, infrastructure standardization, and operational improvements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues; support maintenance and minor OS-level tasks.

Must-Have Skills

• Terraform hands-on development and deployment experience.
• Ansible deep experience building roles and automation playbooks.
• RHEL Linux experience supporting and troubleshooting production environments.
• Python basic to moderate scripting experience for automation.
• Proven ability to work in an engineering-focused, DevOps-oriented environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive, growth-oriented mindset.
• Basic UNIX skills -Somebody that can jump into the OS and do support/maintenance -not going to be the major part of this role.
• Client primarily deal with RHEL
• Exposure to SUSE or AIX environments.
• Strong Terraform + Ansible experience, some OpenShift/VM knowledge, and the ability to integrate all components into a working system.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with hybrid cloud or virtualized infrastructure.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure integration tools.

The Challenge

• Seeking as UNIX Administrator with excellent technical, process and automation skills to be part of High-Performance Cloud Operations Team.
• As an Infrastructure Administrator, this person is responsible for the daily administration of Linux and Unix servers in a business application environment.
• This includes general system administration tasks, software and hardware support, system configuration, system monitoring.
• This person must have excellent Linux/Unix administration experience, with customer relation skills.
• Candidate should be able to work with business application administrators, helping troubleshoot their applications and guide them with standard methodologies.
• Candidate must be able to express thoughts clearly and capable of working in a team or as a sole contributor. Individual should be self-motivated with very good communication skills.
• Main point responsible for the overall operability, resiliency, performance, and capacity of owned production services.

What You Ll Do

• System Administration - Would be responsible for the day-to-day administration of all Linux based servers.
• This includes monitoring the trouble ticket queue, system troubleshooting, hardware and software system changes, scripting, patching, system performance monitoring, system sizing, system integration, upgrade implementation, and hardware diagnostics.
• Application support Would work with application administrators to help fix and fine-tune applications and also if required guide application administrators in standard processes related to using the underlying UNIX infrastructure.
• Documentation Maintain all system documentation.

What You Need To Succeed

• Unix/Linux System Administration: In-depth experience with Unix/Linux servers (especially Suse, AIX, RHEL, CentOS) for installation, configuration, patching, and troubleshooting.
• Automation & Scripting: Proficiency in scripting (Bash, Python) and automation tools (Ansible, etc.) to streamline deployments and manage configurations.
• Demonstrable ability to perform UNIX builds,
• Understanding of RedHat Satellite, IBM NIM, or SUSE Manager for patch management.
• Networking Knowledge: Strong grasp of networking (TCP/IP, DNS, SSH, etc.) and system connectivity for effective troubleshooting in distributed environments.
• Working knowledge of Virtual machine management (VmWare, OpenShift) TCP/IP functionality, networking, Remote administration, cloning, migration, etc.
• Security Best Practices: Expertise in system security user access controls, OS hardening, patch management, and compliance.
• Soft Skills: Strong communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills to collaborate across teams and resolve complex issues efficiently.
• Operational experience with Ansible and Terraform are beneficial.

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.