Senior Infra Automation Engineer - Kafka, Linux & Terraform

Tata Consultancy Services; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Plano, TX seeks a senior IT security and automation specialist to design and implement secure, automated infrastructure across cloud and on‑prem environments.

You will drive Terraform, Python and Ansible work, translate business requirements into automated solutions, and collaborate with engineering, security and operations teams to protect data and systems.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of hands-on software development experience.
• Update existing automation programs and develop infrastructure automation for deploying and managing Confluent Kafka in clouds.
• Hands-on Terraform and Python/Ansible development experience is a must.
• Capture business requirements and design solutions with engineering and operations teams.
• Develop testing automation and troubleshoot problems during testing.
• Analyze IT security standards and policies for high complexity projects.
• Provide IT security and automation expertise and baseline security policies.
• Identify threats and risks and make recommendations to prevent these issues.
• Ensure secure environments across business and technology groups.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of secure, automated infrastructure and processes.
• Collaborate with application development/support teams to understand usage of messaging protocols.
• Develop and maintain testing automation frameworks and troubleshoot issues.
• Assess IT security standards and drive risk-based security controls across projects.

Skills

Terraform

Python

Ansible

Automation

Tools

Confluent Kafka

Job description

Tata Consultancy Services in Plano, TX seeks a senior IT security and automation specialist to design and implement secure, automated infrastructure across cloud and on‑prem environments.

You will drive Terraform, Python and Ansible work, translate business requirements into automated solutions, and collaborate with engineering, security and operations teams to protect data and systems.