Infrastructure Automation Development Lead ( Python scripting experience required)

Key Responsibilities

• Ownership of the software code base for infrastructure automation routines
• Definition of coding strategy and ownership of code review routines
• Development of world class APIs to enable interaction with other systems
• Day to day work allocation and tracking for a team of half a dozen developers
• Ensure adherence of the team to a robust release cycle process
• Support/mentor/coach for the team on design and best practices for high code performance – e.g. pairing, code reviews.
• Interaction with infrastructure engineering team to understand desired outcomes, and ensure that the software that is developed delivers them
• Deliver work using an Agile methodology and use Jira for work assignments and tracking
• Development of automated regression testing to streamline release cycles

Required Qualifications

• Experience leading a coding team
• Proficiency in Python scripting
• Proficiency in orchestrating workflows using Ansible
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and CI/CD pipelines supporting automated builds, validation, and deployments
• Strong focus on testing and reliability, including automated integration/validation testing and troubleshooting of complex workflows.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience of the VMWare Stack
• Use of Teraform for infrastructure builds
• Familiarity with Powershell scripting
• Experience working on Infrastructure as Code deployments