Senior IaC & Automation Engineer (Ansible)

Us Bank; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Parental leave

401(k)

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Adoption assistance

Sick and Safe Leave

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a senior infrastructure automation engineer to design, implement, and govern IaC and configuration management across hybrid environments. You will partner with cloud, security, and development teams to standardize automated deployments and ensure compliance.

Applicants should have 5–6 years of relevant experience, strong scripting skills, and hands-on expertise with Ansible, Salt, Chef, and Puppet. This role requires in-office presence at a U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Five to six years of relevant experience.
• Strong expertise in Configuration Management platforms (Ansible, Salt, Chef, Puppet).
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing IaC solutions in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Proficiency with Linux and Windows Server administration and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and govern IaC and Configuration Management frameworks for secure, repeatable deployments.
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, Salt states, and automation artifacts to manage configuration drift and enforce standards.
• Define and manage desired state of servers, VMs, containers, and cloud resources across hybrid environments.
• Architect and evolve CM strategies to support scalability, compliance, and business continuity.
• Build scalable automation pipelines for provisioning, patching, and compliance enforcement.
• Collaborate with cloud, platform, security, and engineering teams to integrate IaC into DevOps workflows.
• Establish automated compliance controls and reporting for security and audits.
• Troubleshoot CM platforms and mentor engineers on IaC methodologies.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code

Configuration Management

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Linux/Windows admin

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Ansible

Salt

Chef

Puppet

Git

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Python

YAML

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

U.S. Bank is seeking a senior infrastructure automation engineer to design, implement, and govern IaC and configuration management across hybrid environments. You will partner with cloud, security, and development teams to standardize automated deployments and ensure compliance.

Applicants should have 5–6 years of relevant experience, strong scripting skills, and hands-on expertise with Ansible, Salt, Chef, and Puppet. This role requires in-office presence at a U.S.