Infrastructure Automation Engineer

TEKsystems•San Francisco, CA

5d•$60 - $65•Hybrid

About The Position

Thhis team is the backbone of data reliability and scalability across the organization. As a DevOps-focused group, we manage and operate critical data infrastructure — including Kafka, Cassandra, RDS, Postgres, Elasticache, and other data platforms — that power over 100 microservices serving millions of users worldwide. Our 50+ engineers span North America, India, and China, collaborating across time zones to ensure that our services are performant, resilient, and always available. The team thrives on solving complex distributed systems challenges, automating at scale, and driving continuous improvements in observability and efficiency. What makes this team exciting is the breadth of technologies we touch and the impact we have. It’s a dynamic environment where engineers get hands-on experience with multiple modern data systems, contribute to global-scale reliability. We are seeking an expert Contract Infrastructure Automation Engineer to execute a critical set of projects focused on automating and scaling our core data infrastructure platforms (Kafka, Cassandra, RDS, Postgres, Elasticache) primarily within the AWS cloud environment. This is a high-impact, hands-on role requiring deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Python, and advanced CI/CD practices. Role will be 60% operations and 40% development so, need strong skills in both.

Requirements

AWS - extensive, hands on experience with Amazon Web Services. Ability to implement and manage complex cloud infrastructure.
Terraform/Ansible - for provisioning and configuration management of AWS resources (EC2, VPC, IAM)
Practical experience automating operations for distributed data platforms (Kafka, Cassandra, RDS, Elasticache, PostgreSQL, MariaDB)
CI/CD Pipeline Development - build and optimize advanced CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins to automate infrastructure deployment, continuous testing, and incident management workflows.
Python - for infrastructure scripting and API integration.
Infrastructure as Code - Deep, hands-on experience with Terraform (resource provisioning) and Ansible (configuration management).
Cloud Expertise - Mandatory, extensive, hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Automation Core - Expert proficiency in Python for infrastructure scripting and API integration (e.g., Boto3).
CI/CD & DevOps - Expertise in building and managing CI/CD pipelines, specifically with Jenkins.
Platform Knowledge - Practical experience automating operations for distributed data platforms (e.g., Kafka, Cassandra, RDS, Elasticache).
Project Execution - Proven ability to execute, deliver, and document complex technical projects autonomously.