Infrastructure Automation Engineer 2

HDR; Pennington (NJ); On-site; USD 83,559 - 119,370; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking a skilled Automation Engineer in Pennington, NJ, to develop and maintain VCF Automation solutions. The role requires hands-on experience in automation and scripting, with responsibility for supporting workflows, integrations, and maintaining delivery pipelines.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in IT or related fields and at least 3 years of relevant experience in infrastructure automation. This full-time position supports a collaborative environment focused on enhancing service delivery.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in infrastructure automation.
• Hands-on experience with scripting and automation.
• Demonstrated experience integrating automation with enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain VCF Automation blueprints.
• Support Orchestrator workflows and automation services integration.
• Contribute to testing standards and operational supportability.

Skills

VCF Automation

Orchestrator

Python

PowerShell

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

REST APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering

Tools

Ansible

ServiceNow

Job description

Responsibilities

• Independently develop and maintain VCF Automation blueprints, catalog items, and reusable components for standard platform services.
• Build, test, and support Orchestrator workflows for provisioning, day‑2 operations, and lifecycle activities.
• Integrate automation services with ServiceNow catalog workflows, approval models, CMDB/data inputs, and operational handoffs.
• Implement and maintain GitOps‑based delivery pipelines for infrastructure automation artifacts, including validation, promotion, rollback, and auditability.
• Develop and maintain platform APIs, service wrappers, and automation modules for internal consumers.
• Partner with platform, network, storage, and security engineers to adapt automation to infrastructure dependencies and policy requirements.
• Incorporate guardrails such as RBAC, approval conditions, tagging, policy checks, and logging into self‑service automation patterns.
• Contribute to standards for testing, exception handling, secrets usage, and operational supportability.
• Assist with root cause analysis and remediation of automation-related incidents and recurring failures.
• Provide guidance to Engineer I staff on automation practices, troubleshooting, and documentation.

Schedule & Presence

This on‑site role supports 24/7 operations through real‑time collaboration. Standard shifts occur within a 6:00 AM–6:00 PM window, Monday through Friday. Additionally, the position requires scheduled on‑call flexibility and the ability to remain reasonably reachable during off‑hours for critical business continuity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience with VCF Automation / Aria Automation and Orchestrator in production or large enterprise environments.
• Experience integrating automation with ServiceNow service catalog, approvals, or workflow logic.
• Familiarity with adjacent VCF tools such as SDDC Manager, Aria Operations, Aria Operations for Logs, NSX, or vSAN dependencies.
• Exposure to policy‑as‑code, drift detection, or automated compliance validation.
• Familiarity with Azure and/or AWS infrastructure concepts in a hybrid operating model.
• Relevant certifications such as VMware, Terraform, Azure, AWS, or automation‑focused credentials.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in infrastructure automation, platform engineering, DevOps, systems engineering, or related roles.
• Demonstrated experience with scripting and automation using Python, PowerShell, JavaScript, or similar languages.
• Experience developing or supporting REST APIs and integrating with enterprise systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and infrastructure‑as‑code practices.
• Working knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, or comparable automation tooling.
• Working knowledge of IT service management and change control practices.
• Working knowledge of foundational cloud security concepts such as least privilege, secrets protection, logging, and policy‑based access.

Locations

Primary Location: United States – Nebraska – Omaha

Other Locations: United States – Arizona – Phoenix, United States – Minnesota – St. Paul, United States – Texas – Austin, United States – Missouri – Kansas City, United States – South Carolina – Columbia, United States – Colorado – Denver, United States – Virginia – Vienna, United States – Minnesota – Saint Louis Park, United States – California – Folsom, United States – Oregon – Portland, United States – New Jersey – Pennington, United States – New Jersey – Woodcliff Lake, United States – Florida – Orlando, United States – Pennsylvania – Harrisburg, United States – Oregon – Salem, United States – Texas – Fort Worth, United States – Pennsylvania – Pittsburgh, United States – Texas – San Antonio, United States – Texas – Dallas, United States – New Mexico – Albuquerque, United States – Washington – Olympia, United States – Colorado – Englewood

Job Details

• Industry: IT
• Schedule: Full‑time
• Employee Status: Regular
• Business Class: Marketing and Admin

Compensation Range

$79,926 – $114,180 – Folsom, CA; Denver, CO; Englewood, CO
$76,293 – $108,990 – Minneapolis, MN; St. Paul, MN
$83,559 – $119,370 – Pennington, NJ
$90,825 – $134,940 – Woodcliff Lake, NJ
$72,660 – $103,800 – Olympia, WA

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.