Infrastructure Automation Engineer 2

About the role

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

Responsibilities

• Independently develop and maintain VCF Automation blueprints, catalog items, and reusable components for standard platform services.
• Build, test, and support Orchestrator workflows for provisioning, day-2 operations, and lifecycle activities.
• Integrate automation services with ServiceNow catalog workflows, approval models, CMDB/data inputs, and operational handoffs.
• Implement and maintain GitOps-based delivery pipelines for infrastructure automation artifacts, including validation, promotion, rollback, and auditability.
• Develop and maintain platform APIs, service wrappers, and automation modules for internal consumers.
• Partner with platform, network, storage, and security engineers to adapt automation to infrastructure dependencies and policy requirements.
• Incorporate guardrails such as RBAC, approval conditions, tagging, policy checks, and logging into self-service automation patterns.
• Contribute to standards for testing, exception handling, secrets usage, and operational supportability.
• Assist with root cause analysis and remediation of automation-related incidents and recurring failures.
• Provide guidance to Engineer I staff on automation practices, troubleshooting, and documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in infrastructure automation, platform engineering, DevOps, systems engineering, or related roles.
• Demonstrated experience with scripting and automation using Python, PowerShell, JavaScript, or similar languages.
• Experience developing or supporting REST APIs and integrating with enterprise systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Working knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, or comparable automation tooling.
• Working knowledge of IT service management and change control practices.
• Working knowledge of foundational cloud security concepts such as least privilege, secrets protection, logging, and policy-based access.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with VCF Automation / Aria Automation and Orchestrator in production or large enterprise environments.
• Experience integrating automation with ServiceNow service catalog, approvals, or workflow logic.
• Familiarity with adjacent VCF tools such as SDDC Manager, Aria Operations, Aria Operations for Logs, NSX, or vSAN dependencies.
• Exposure to policy-as-code, drift detection, or automated compliance validation.
• Familiarity with Azure and/or AWS infrastructure concepts in a hybrid operating model.
• Relevant certifications such as VMware, Terraform, Azure, AWS, or automation-focused credentials.

Schedule

This on-site role supports 24/7 operations through real-time collaboration. Standard shifts occur within a 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM window, Monday through Friday. Additionally, this position requires scheduled on-call flexibility and the ability to remain reasonably reachable during off-hours for critical business continuity.

Pay

• Folsom, CA; Denver, CO; Englewood, CO: $79,926 – $114,180
• Minneapolis, MN; St. Paul, MN: $76,293 – $108,990
• Pennington, NJ: $83,559 – $119,370
• Woodcliff Lake, NJ: $90,825 – $134,940
• Olympia, WA: $72,660 – $103,800

Benefits

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short and long-term disability
• Life insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Paid time away, parental leave, and paid holidays
• Retirement savings plan with employer match
• Employee referral bonus
• Tuition reimbursement

Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles are eligible for limited benefits.

Locations

Primary Location: United States-Nebraska-Omaha

Other Locations:

• United States-Arizona-Phoenix
• United States-Minnesota-St. Paul
• United States-Texas-Austin
• United States-Missouri-Kansas City
• United States-South Carolina-Columbia
• United States-Colorado-Denver
• United States-Virginia-Vienna
• United States-Minnesota-Saint Louis Park
• United States-California-Folsom
• United States-Oregon-Portland
• United States-New Jersey-Pennington
• United States-New Jersey-Woodcliff Lake
• United States-Florida-Orlando
• United States-Pennsylvania-Harrisburg
• United States-Oregon-Salem
• United States-Texas-Fort Worth
• United States-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh
• United States-Texas-San Antonio
• United States-Texas-Dallas
• United States-New Mexico-Albuquerque
• United States-Washington-Olympia
• United States-Colorado-Englewood