Senior Automation Engineer | 12769
About The Position
CTI Staffing is partnering with a leading manufacturing organization to hire a Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer for its enterprise infrastructure team based in Durham, North Carolina. The role builds automation that enables plant and manufacturing sites to deploy, configure, and maintain infrastructure without manual effort, replacing hand-built servers and one-off scripts with reusable, repeatable code across multiple locations. The engineer will develop infrastructure-as-code, provisioning and orchestration workflows, reusable automation frameworks, and standard deployment templates. The role also supports modernization of VMware platforms across manufacturing and remote sites, automates configuration compliance and system lifecycle activities, delivers self-service infrastructure services, and maintains automation products and operational toolsets for long-term modernization.
Requirements
- Senior-level infrastructure engineering or automation experience, with at least 5 years of experience.
- Hands-on experience with Terraform and Ansible in production environments.
- PowerShell and Python scripting experience for infrastructure automation.
- VMware experience, including Aria, vSAN, or VMware Cloud Foundation.
- Experience building pipelines in Azure DevOps or GitHub.
- Live in or near Durham, NC, and be able to work onsite 3–4 days per week.
- Able to attend an in-person interview.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Microsoft System Center Orchestrator (SCORCH) runbooks.
- Experience with patch orchestration and configuration compliance tooling.
- Experience with backup, monitoring, and storage automation.
- Exposure to manufacturing or plant environments.
Responsibilities
- Design and build Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, and Python.
- Build automated provisioning and orchestration using VMware Aria Suite, Microsoft System Center Orchestrator, Azure DevOps, and GitHub pipelines.
- Create reusable automation frameworks and standard deployment templates for servers, storage, virtualization, backup, and monitoring.
- Modernize VMware vSAN and VMware Cloud Foundation platforms across manufacturing and remote sites.
- Automate configuration compliance, patch orchestration, and system lifecycle management.
- Deliver self-service infrastructure services that speed delivery and reduce manual work.
- Maintain automation products and operational toolsets that support long-term modernization.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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