Staff Software Engineer: Server Infra & Automation (Remote)

Optomi; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Optomi is seeking a Staff Software Engineer – Server Infrastructure & Automation to modernize and automate enterprise data center infrastructure. The role focuses on automation, provisioning, and lifecycle management using Python and Ansible across Windows and Linux environments.

Remote with quarterly travel to Fort Worth, TX or Topeka, KS, this position offers a chance to build self-healing infrastructure and scalable automation, while partnering with cross-functional teams in a hybrid cloud

Qualifications

• Strong infrastructure software engineering background.
• Experience building automation within an infrastructure domain.
• Deep understanding of enterprise server infrastructure and OSs.
• Strong Python and/or Ansible experience.
• Experience automating provisioning, monitoring, maintenance, or remediation.
• Experience with legacy and modern infrastructure.
• Understanding of Windows and Linux OS.
• Experience with bare-metal data center environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and systems engineering skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop automation solutions for enterprise server infrastructure and data center operations
• Automate server provisioning, configuration, maintenance, monitoring, and lifecycle activities
• Build and maintain Python and Ansible playbooks and automation frameworks
• Develop self-monitoring and automated remediation capabilities
• Automate incident detection and ticket creation through infrastructure monitoring
• Support bare-metal operating system deployments and lifecycle management
• Analyze legacy infrastructure and identify opportunities for automation and modernization
• Develop infrastructure standards, procedures, and automation playbooks
• Troubleshoot server, operating system, and infrastructure issues
• Collaborate with data center, network, security, and infrastructure teams
• Commit automation and infrastructure playbooks into established repositories and operational frameworks
• Support the transition toward a hybrid cloud infrastructure strategy

Skills

Infrastructure software engineering

Python

Ansible

Windows operating systems

Linux operating systems

Automation

Troubleshooting

Go

Java

Hybrid/remote collaboration

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring/ITSM tooling

Out-of-band management

Job description

Optomi is seeking a Staff Software Engineer – Server Infrastructure & Automation to modernize and automate enterprise data center infrastructure. The role focuses on automation, provisioning, and lifecycle management using Python and Ansible across Windows and Linux environments.

Remote with quarterly travel to Fort Worth, TX or Topeka, KS, this position offers a chance to build self-healing infrastructure and scalable automation, while partnering with cross-functional teams in a hybrid cloud