Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Configuration Management (Ansible Automation Platform)

U.S. Bank National Association • Hopkins, MN

1d • $119,765 - $140,900 • Hybrid

About The Position

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• Five to six years of relevant experience
• Strong expertise in Configuration Management platforms such as Ansible Automation Platform (preferred), Salt, Chef, or Puppet.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions within large-scale enterprise environments.
• Deep understanding of infrastructure automation, configuration drift management, system compliance, and desired-state configuration principles.
• Experience building scalable automation frameworks for provisioning, configuration management, patching, and operational governance.
• Proficiency with Linux and Windows Server administration, including automation of operating system configuration and lifecycle management.
• Experience integrating automation solutions with CI/CD pipelines, source control platforms (Git), and DevOps toolchains.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud, including automation of cloud infrastructure resources.
• Strong troubleshooting, scripting, and problem-solving skills with experience using automation languages and tools such as Python, YAML, PowerShell, or Bash.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and govern enterprise-wide Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and Configuration Management frameworks to ensure secure, consistent, and repeatable infrastructure deployments.
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, Salt states, and other automation artifacts to manage configuration drift, enforce standards, and improve operational efficiency.
• Define and manage the desired state of servers, virtual machines, containers, cloud resources, and platform services across hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Architect and evolve Configuration Management strategies, standards, and governance models that support scalability, compliance, and business continuity requirements.
• Build scalable, idempotent, and auditable automation pipelines for infrastructure provisioning, configuration deployment, patch management, and compliance enforcement.
• Collaborate with cloud, platform, security, and engineering teams to integrate Infrastructure-as-Code and Configuration Management practices into enterprise DevOps and CI/CD workflows.
• Establish automated compliance controls, configuration validation processes, and reporting capabilities to support security, audit, and regulatory requirements.
• Troubleshoot and optimize configuration management platforms, provide technical leadership on automation best practices, and mentor engineers on Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies.

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior