Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Infrastructure Automation Engineer

2 year Contract

Inside IR35

Location – Portsmouth or Corsham

The Infrastructure Automation Engineering Service will support the technical team responsible for the design, development, documentation, building and validation of infrastructure automation components which form part of the NSoIT(D) Platform. These automation components will primarily be developed using Python 3, Ansible and Bash with a focus on hardware components, specifically their various features, services and configurations, as well as interactions with external REST/SOAP APIs and services.

Key responsibilities include:

• Apply complex problem‑solving to "reverse engineer" applications, designs and manual build instructions to create zero‑touch automation packages that are parameterised, dynamic and able to repeatedly and reliably deploy against these designs. Often these applications are legacy, were created without automation in mind or are otherwise resistive to full, zero‑touch automation.
• Create production‑quality code, following industry standard best practices as well as internal policies and procedures, utilising version control mechanisms such as GIT and Bit Bucket to submit development code and peer‑review other team members' code modules.
• Production and review of all levels of design artefacts.
• Support wider NSoIT(D) system testing activities.
• Work with Service Management to resolve issues.

In order to deliver this service, it is essential that individuals have:

• At least 12 months' demonstrable hands‑on experience within the last 3 years of:
  • Creating complex Python 3 automation classes for production systems.
  • Using configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
  • Using scripting languages (e.g. Bash).
  • Automated deployment of server, network and storage technologies across multiple vendors.
  • Building or supporting large infrastructure environments.
  • Troubleshooting hardware or software component failure.
  • Working as part of an Agile development team.
  • Demonstrable experience with advanced Python 3 coding features (e.g. Workflows, Desired State Configuration (DSC) and Bare Metal Deployment).
• At least one of the following professional certifications that have been obtained within the last five years:
  • Networking certification – CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional) or similar.
  • Virtualisation certification – VMware VCP (VMware vCenter Certified Professional) or similar.
  • Linux certification – RHCA or RHCE.
  • Formal Software Development certification – OCA (Oracle Certified Associate) or similar.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills to solve problems and propose new ideas.
• Hold a valid Security Clearance (SC).
• Competency in MS Office Suite.

In order to deliver this service, it is desirable that individuals have:

• Knowledge of the Atlassian toolset (JIRA, Confluence and Bamboo) to record and document work.
• Experience of:
  • Working within the public sector, preferably Defence, and ideally with Defence Digital (formerly ISS).
  • Delivering accredited secure solutions within the UK Public Sector.
• A Computer Science university‑based education at Bachelors or Masters level.

Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.