Infrastructure Automation Engineer (Networking)

Associated Bank - Corp; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 69,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Pension plan

Paid time off

Professional development

Employee stock purchase plan

Diversity-focused groups

Well-being programs

Job summary

Associated Bank seeks an Infrastructure Engineer focused on automation to design, implement, monitor, and optimize enterprise network infrastructure in a secure, highly available banking environment. The role combines networking expertise with scripting and IaC/Net as Code to improve operational efficiency, scalability, and compliance, collaborating with cybersecurity, cloud, and application teams.

Join a team that values accuracy, reliability, and ongoing professional growth while supporting

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or equivalent work experience is required.
• 2+ years of experience in enterprise network engineering or infrastructure operations.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, STP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, routing/switching.
• Hands-on experience with network automation and scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell, Ansible).
• Familiar with IaC/Net as Code concepts and Terraform.
• Experience with GitHub for infra code management.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and support enterprise network infrastructure across environments.
• Develop and maintain network automation solutions with Ansible, Python, Bash, Terraform, PowerShell.
• Build reusable scripts, playbooks, and pipelines for provisioning, config management, and compliance.
• Integrate network systems and tools via APIs and automation frameworks.
• Configure and optimize routing, switching, firewall, and wireless infra.
• Monitor performance, availability, and capacity; resolve issues proactively.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, systems, cloud, and application teams.
• Maintain documentation and runbooks in Confluence; manage tasks in Jira.

Skills

Networking basics

Python scripting

Bash scripting

Ansible

Terraform

PowerShell

APIs

GitHub workflows

Education

Associate's degree

Equivalent work experience

Tools

Terraform

PowerShell

GitHub

Ansible

API integrations

Job description

Associated Bank seeks an Infrastructure Engineer focused on automation to design, implement, monitor, and optimize enterprise network infrastructure in a secure, highly available banking environment. The role combines networking expertise with scripting and IaC/Net as Code to improve operational efficiency, scalability, and compliance, collaborating with cybersecurity, cloud, and application teams.

Join a team that values accuracy, reliability, and ongoing professional growth while supporting