Lead Infrastructure Automation Engineer

NTT DATA•Plano, TX

About The Position

Role Overview: Develops the core technical platform, capabilities, and services that support business processes and data. Creates technical platforms, capabilities, and services. Maps relationships between platform components. Assesses cost and return on investment (ROI) for platform and infrastructure alternatives Provides specific functional expertise that is theoretical and conceptual in nature. This expertise is typically acquired through a combination of university education and experience within a field. May have responsibility for supervising others in the capacity of a “player coach” but primary focus is individual expertise. Particularly at higher levels, sophisticated subject matter expertise is a requirement for success. Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline or field. Interprets business challenges and recommends best practices. Leads others to solve complex problems. Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations. May lead functional teams or projects. Technology Advising/Consulting • Exceeds customers’ expectations by listening for unexpressed needs; connects customer needs to relevant service offerings and new technology. • Leads others in resolving technical issues in a timely manner; follows up with customers to ensure satisfaction. • Partners with the business to integrate new technologies into business solutions; creates and communicates a vision of the technology requirements for the future state of the business. Architecture Design Leads projects designing and developing IT architecture solutions to business problems that meet user requirements. System and Technology Integration Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends integration of the appropriate systems, applications and technology to provide a fully functional solution to a business problem. IT Network Management Plans and determines resources for network management projects and provides suggestions to enhance capabilities and performance. Technical Communication/Presentation • Creatively develops tools, visual aids and other original content to support the understanding/education of complex and technical information (e.g., legal, operational risk, and regulatory data). • Guides others on the best practices and approaches for creating clear, concise and organized communication materials to convey technical concepts in a user-friendly way. • Challenges others to bring fresh and creative perspective to differentiating technical communications and ensuring comprehension and ease-of-use for various audiences. Emerging Technology Trends and Practices Applies knowledge of emerging technology trends and best practices to show the potential business application of technology improvements

Requirements

Must have Scripting Experience– Powershell and Python to interface with vCenter, vROPS, vRA and Infoblox APIs to execute automated tasks such as: • Scan the environment daily to run automated morning status report • Snapshot identification and removal • Cross-vcenter VMotion • VM virtual hardware configuration • ESXI host configuration
Must have SQL Server Database administration, SQL programming and/or ETL configuration experience: • Disparate data sources are imported and merged to provide a holistic view of the environment • The inventory database provides a one-stop-shop for reports, augmenting the functionality found in vROPS and Log Insight • Historical trending and performance metric reporting
Must have .Net Programming experience • Private Cloud Administration System (PCAS) – Exposes various tasks to end-users for general maintenance, including VM power management • ASP.Net, SQL Server, VCenter/vROPS API interfaces
Must have Ansible for infrastructure automation
Experience with Virtualization platform
In-depth expertise with Broadcom/VMware virtualization (e.g., ESXi, vCenter, VCF)
Experience with VRA (VMware vRealize Automation) or similar VM automation tools
Familiarity with next-generation datacenter technologies (containers, OpenShift, hyperconverged infrastructure
System Administration & Engineering Experience
Strong background in server builds, OS management, and data center operations (Windows and Linux)
Experience with system patching, configuration management, and performance tuning

Nice To Haves

Experience managing projects
Full stack programming skills (Application development experience)
Containerization and Kubernetes
RedHat Container and virtualization experience
Hybrid Cloud integration and migration (Microsoft & Google)
Strong understanding of infrastructure as code
Problem identification, resolution and communication
Project management
Root Cause Analysis
Strong communication skills, verbal and written
Collaboration with cross-functional teams (security, storage, network, application, etc..)
Leadership skills (Mentoring, team building, leading developers or small team of engineers)
Executive presentation skills
Bachelor’s Degree or International equivalent in Computer Science or a related field - Preferred
Enterprise Architecture training and certification

Responsibilities

Build and Manage Virtual Machines (VMs)
Develop and maintain automation for VM provisioning
Own and Support VRA Platform
Handle vendor communication and support ticket resolution related to VRA
Ensure Security Compliance
System Patching and Vendor Coordination
Datacenter Architecture and Design
Drive and develop automation in the datacenter virtualization space to optimize existing processes
Vendor Relationship Management
Define VM Strategy and Vision
Conduct Market Research
Datacenter Maintenance and Optimization
Next-Generation Platform Strategy