Senior Software Engineer – Infrastructure as Code, IaC

Jobtailor; Kentucky; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States (Kentucky) seeks an Infrastructure as Code Engineer to design, build and maintain automated infrastructure solutions. You will implement Terraform-based provisioning, Ansible automation, and ensure scalable, reliable environments across the enterprise.

Responsibilities include writing tests, documenting procedures, and continuously improving infrastructure performance and security in a growing tech environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on IaC experience required.
• Strong Terraform experience for provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Experience with automation engineering using Ansible.
• 3+ years of relevant / direct industry experience.
• University degree or comparable combination of education and experience may be considered

Responsibilities

• Designing, building, and maintaining automated infrastructure solutions using code-driven approaches
• Focuses on infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and operational automation
• Enables consistent, scalable, and reliable environments across the enterprise
• Provides detailed technical design and development of software solutions using existing and emerging technology platforms
• Proposes & designs software solutions to address complex business needs
• Writes code, tests and deploys software
• Prepares technical and procedural documentation required for software
• Maintains and debugs software
• Assesses and effectively manages all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities

Skills

IaC concepts

Terraform

Automation engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Responsibilities

• Designing, building, and maintaining automated infrastructure solutions using code-driven approaches
• Focuses on infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and operational automation
• Enables consistent, scalable, and reliable environments across the enterprise
• Provides detailed technical design and development of software solutions using existing and emerging technology platforms
• Proposes & designs software solutions to address complex business needs
• Writes code, tests and deploys software
• Prepares technical and procedural documentation required for software
• Maintains and debugs software
• Assesses and effectively manages all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and practices
• Strong Terraform experience for infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle management
• Automation engineering experience using Ansible
• 3+ years of relevant / direct industry experience
• Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree
• In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered