Hybrid/Local NC Govt Build/Deploy Engineer (15+)

InnoSoul • Raleigh, NC

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) seeks a Senior Automation Engineer to automate and improve the build, deployment, and operation of NC FAST applications. The primary role is to lead automation efforts for infrastructure provisioning and application build and deployment activities. The position requires a solid understanding of AWS infrastructure and the software release life cycle.

The engineer will create and maintain Ansible playbooks, troubleshoot automation issues, ensure consistent and reliable deployments across environments, and collaborate with DevOps and application teams to enhance CI/CD workflows. Strong knowledge of Linux, Ansible Tower/AWX, YAML, automation best practices, and infrastructure-as-code principles is required. Experience debugging deployments, validating configurations, and improving release reliability is a plus.

The position works with IT management to improve software engineering processes and practices associated with continuous integration and continuous deployment of application changes. It interacts with architects, developers, the deployment team, and database administrators to automate various tasks. The position is required to be on call for evenings and weekends as needed to meet business needs.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience automating Linux OS and software patches and upgrades across multiple environments using tools such as Ansible.
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience with BitBucket or GIT source code management, including branching, merging, configuring, and administering.
• At least 7 years of hands-on experience automating build and deployment processes, including database changes, using tools such as Ansible.
• At least 7 years of experience developing automation scripts, operational utilities, and workflow scripts using Python, Bash, or Shell.
• At least 2 years of experience building and packaging applications with Docker and managing and scaling containerized workloads using Kubernetes.
• At least 4 years of experience provisioning infrastructure, managing configuration, and managing environments using Terraform and Ansible.
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience developing and managing CI/CD (DevOps) pipelines using tools such as TeamCity, Jenkins, and Ansible.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of AWS infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of Linux, Ansible Tower/AWX, YAML, automation best practices, and infrastructure-as-code principles.

Nice To Haves

• At least 2 years of strong knowledge and understanding of Amazon Web Services and infrastructure is highly desired.
• Experience debugging deployments, validating configurations, and improving release reliability.

Responsibilities

• Lead automation efforts for infrastructure provisioning and build and deployment activities for NC FAST applications.
• Automate and improve the build, deployment, and operation of NC FAST applications.
• Create and maintain Ansible playbooks.
• Troubleshoot automation issues and ensure consistent, reliable deployments across environments.
• Collaborate with DevOps and application teams to enhance CI/CD workflows.
• Work with IT management to improve software engineering processes and practices for continuous integration and continuous deployment.
• Coordinate with architects, developers, the deployment team, and database administrators to automate tasks.
• Be on call for evenings and weekends as required to meet business needs.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed