Staff Software Engineer, Server Infrastructure & Automation

Optomi; Fort Worth (TX); Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Optomi is seeking a Staff Software Engineer–Server Infrastructure & Automation to modernize and automate enterprise data center infrastructure. The role emphasizes automation (about 80%) with exposure to both Windows and Linux environments and collaboration across infrastructure teams.

The ideal candidate brings strong infrastructure software engineering background, hands-on automation experience with Python/Ansible, and familiarity with legacy-to-modernization efforts in data centers.

Qualifications

• We seek a strong infrastructure software engineer with hands-on automation experience.
• Proficient in Python and Ansible for provisioning, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Experience with Windows and Linux operating systems in data center environments.

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

Python

Ansible

Linux

Windows

Go

Java

CI/CD

Git

Automation

Tools

Git

CI/CD Platforms

Monitoring Tools

Job description

Staff Software Engineer, Server Infrastructure & Automation

Remote with Quarterly Travel to Fort Worth TX

Optomi, in partnership with a leading organization, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer – Server Infrastructure & Automation to help modernize and automate enterprise data center infrastructure. This role will focus heavily on infrastructure automation and software engineering, with approximately 80% of the work centered around automation and 10–20% focused on physical infrastructure. The ideal candidate will understand server infrastructure at a deep technical level while using Python, Ansible, and software engineering practices to automate provisioning, monitoring, maintenance, ticketing, and lifecycle management.

What the Right Candidate Will Enjoy:

• Modernizing legacy infrastructure and operational processes!
• Developing self-monitoring and self-healing infrastructure capabilities!
• Automating bare-metal server and operating system environments!
• Working across Windows and Linux infrastructure!
• Building playbooks and infrastructure automation solutions!
• Helping transition a traditionally contractor-heavy organization toward modern, automated infrastructure operations!

Experience of the Right Candidate:

• Strong infrastructure software engineering background
• Experience building software and automation within an infrastructure domain
• Deep understanding of enterprise server infrastructure and operating systems
• Strong Python and/or Ansible experience
• Experience automating infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, maintenance, or remediation
• Experience working with legacy infrastructure and modernizing existing environments
• Understanding of Windows and Linux operating systems
• Experience with bare-metal infrastructure and 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Python, Ansible, Go, or Java
• Experience with Linux infrastructure
• Git and CI/CD experience
• Experience with server hardware, firmware, drivers, and out-of-band management
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and ITSM platforms
• Experience with hybrid cloud infrastructure
• Experience developing self-healing or autonomous infrastructure