Infrastructure Automation Engineer 2

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain VCF Automation blueprints and reusable components
• Build, test, and support Orchestrator workflows
• Integrate automation services with ServiceNow workflows
• Implement GitOps-based delivery pipelines
• Develop and maintain platform APIs and automation modules
• Partner with platform, network, storage, and security engineers
• Incorporate guardrails into automation patterns
• Contribute to standards for testing and operational supportability
• Assist with incident resolution and automation improvements
• Provide guidance to Engineer I staff

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with VCF Automation / Aria Automation and Orchestrator
• Experience integrating automation with ServiceNow service catalog
• Familiarity with adjacent VCF tools such as SDDC Manager, Aria Operations, Aria Operations for Logs, NSX, or vSAN
• Exposure to policy-as-code, drift detection, or automated compliance validation
• Familiarity with Azure and/or AWS infrastructure concepts
• Relevant certifications such as VMware, Terraform, Azure, AWS, or automation-focused credentials

Qualifications

• 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

Skills

• Scripting and automation using Python, PowerShell, JavaScript, or similar languages
• REST APIs development and integration
• CI/CD pipelines and Git workflows
• Infrastructure-as-code practices
• Terraform, Ansible, or comparable automation tooling
• IT service management and change control practices
• Cloud security concepts such as least privilege, secrets protection, logging, and policy-based access

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus, and tuition reimbursement

Pay

The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.

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.

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