Automation Engineer

HelloKindred

1d•Remote

About The Position

HelloKindred is recruiting for a Senior DevOps / Automation Engineer (IBM Z & Hybrid Platform) for a client in the Information Technology and Services industry. The role will lead automation and DevOps modernisation across IBM Z and distributed platforms in a global enterprise environment. The engineer will design and implement production-grade automation, CI/CD pipelines, compliance controls, observability solutions, and secure orchestration capabilities. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership, strengthen governance and compliance, and help deliver resilient, secure, auditable, and scalable automation solutions. The position is 100% remote and has an anticipated contract length of six months.

Requirements

At least 10 years of demonstrable DevOps engineering experience, including solution design, governance, compliance, and implementation of DevOps best practices.
At least 2 years of experience working within an IBM Z environment.
Strong technical leadership experience, including mentoring engineers, providing technical guidance, and promoting engineering excellence.
Hands-on experience with GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible Automation Platform, Nexus Repository, Python, HashiCorp Vault, and API integration.
Strong Python development skills, including production-quality code, testing, logging, error handling, and modular design.
Experience with Jenkins pipeline development using Groovy, Git-based CI/CD practices, and YAML automation.
Practical knowledge of PostgreSQL schema design, query optimisation, and operational data management.
Experience developing Grafana dashboards and supporting monitoring, metrics, and observability initiatives.
Knowledge of secure secrets management, credential lifecycle management, compliance verification, and configuration drift management.
Familiarity with IBM Z and z/OS concepts, including JCL and batch scheduling.
Ability to design resilient, restartable automation workflows and operate effectively in complex enterprise environments.
Strong documentation, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to engage technical, infrastructure, risk, and audit stakeholders.
Must be legally authorized to live and work in the country where the position is based, without requiring employer sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Experience in regulated financial services environments.
Familiarity with IBM z/OSMF and zOAU.
Experience with IWS, Infrastructure-as-Code governance, and observability tooling.

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, conduct design reviews, and promote DevOps engineering best practices.
Design and develop production-grade automation using Python and YAML, including testing, logging, error handling, and operational resilience.
Develop and maintain enterprise-scale automation workflows using Ansible Automation Platform across IBM Z and distributed platforms.
Build idempotent, restartable, and state-aware workflows with failure handling, retry logic, and operational safeguards.
Develop and maintain GitHub workflows and Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, including Groovy-based pipeline development and Git-based release practices.
Integrate automated compliance checks, quality gates, evidence capture, and artefact management through Nexus Repository or equivalent tools.
Design and optimise PostgreSQL schemas, queries, and automation state tracking to support operational reliability and audit requirements.
Develop Grafana dashboards and observability pipelines, integrating logging and metrics with enterprise monitoring platforms such as Splunk.
Implement secure secrets management using HashiCorp Vault, applying least-privilege principles and integrating secure credentials into CI/CD and AAP workflows.
Design and maintain REST API integrations and enterprise service interfaces.
Support configuration drift detection, automated remediation, compliance governance, and secure engineering standards.
Document reusable automation patterns and operational procedures, collaborate across mainframe and infrastructure teams, and support risk, audit, and regulatory requirements.