Infrastructure Automation Engineer II - Orchestration & GitOps

HDR; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 80,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Retirement plan with employer match

Job summary

HDR is seeking a skilled automation engineer to independently develop and maintain VCF Automation blueprints, catalogs, and reusable components for standard platform services. You will build, test, and support Orchestrator workflows for provisioning, day-2 operations, and lifecycle activities, while integrating automation with ServiceNow catalog workflows and governance models.

The role emphasizes GitOps-based delivery, platform API development, and collaboration with cross-functional engineers

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in infrastructure automation, platform engineering, DevOps, 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.

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.

Skills

Python

PowerShell

JavaScript

REST APIs

CI/CD

Cloud security

ITSM

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

HDR is seeking a skilled automation engineer to independently develop and maintain VCF Automation blueprints, catalogs, and reusable components for standard platform services. You will build, test, and support Orchestrator workflows for provisioning, day-2 operations, and lifecycle activities, while integrating automation with ServiceNow catalog workflows and governance models.

The role emphasizes GitOps-based delivery, platform API development, and collaboration with cross-functional engineers