Infra Automation Architect (Terraform & Ansible)

Early Warning; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 173,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401(k) matching

Paid time off & holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Early Warning is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead infrastructure automation across cloud and on‑prem environments. You will own Terraform and Ansible platforms, drive architecture decisions, and set governance for secure, scalable modules and tests.

You will collaborate with CI/CD, Security, and Observability teams to deliver a resilient automation stack and mentor senior engineers in enterprise practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field is typically required.
• 10+ years in software/platform/infrastructure engineering with enterprise-scale leadership.
• Strong evidence of architecture decisions, state management, and cross-team influence.

Responsibilities

• Define the enterprise infrastructure automation strategy and reference architecture.
• Own Terraform as the default for cloud and on‑prem provisioning and module taxonomy.
• Establish standards for modules, testing, release management, and policy gates.
• Lead architecture for Terraform, Ansible platforms, and related governance.

Skills

Python

Go

Distributed systems

Architectural leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Terratest

Job description

Early Warning is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead infrastructure automation across cloud and on‑prem environments. You will own Terraform and Ansible platforms, drive architecture decisions, and set governance for secure, scalable modules and tests.

You will collaborate with CI/CD, Security, and Observability teams to deliver a resilient automation stack and mentor senior engineers in enterprise practices.