Infraestructure & DevOps / Automation Engineer

Intersog® is a Chicago-based provider of innovative software solutions, custom development, and IT consulting services tailored to meet the diverse needs of businesses across various industries. We specialize in building dedicated software development teams and providing project resources to help connect our clients with skilled IT professionals.

We are seeking a highly skilled Automation Engineer to design, implement, and maintain infrastructure automation across our IT and OT environments. This role will focus on Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management, and system orchestration using tools such as Terraform and Ansible.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer with strong experience in infrastructure, virtualization, networking, and automation who can drive efficiency, consistency, and scalability across multiple environments.

Responsibilities include:

Infrastructure Automation & IaC

• Design, build, and maintain infrastructure using Terraform & Azure DevOps [Ansible as Secondary objective]
• Develop reusable modules for multi-environment deployments (dev, test, production)
• Automate provisioning of Virtual machines (VMware / Hyper-V), Networking components (VLANs, firewalls, load balancers), Storage systems, Cloud resources (Azure/AWS if applicable)

Configuration Management & Orchestration

• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks and Terraform Plans, Azure pipelines and roles
• Automate OS provisioning and hardening, Application deployments, Patch management, Configuration drift remediation
• Integrate Ansible/Terraform with CI/CD pipelines

System Integration & DevOps Enablement

• Integrate automation workflows with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Build automated pipelines for infrastructure deployment and validation
• Implement version control and change tracking for all automation artifacts

Infrastructure & Platform Engineering

• Support and automate Virtualization platforms (VMware ESXi / Hyper-V), Windows Server and/or Linux systems, Networking (routing, switching, firewall policies)
• Work closely with infrastructure and security teams to ensure compliance

Monitoring, Logging & Reliability

• Automate monitoring deployment and alerting configurations
• Improve system reliability through automation and self-healing scripts
• Troubleshoot automation failures and infrastructure issues

Security & Compliance

• Implement secure configurations aligned with NIST, ISO 27001, or similar frameworks
• Automate security baselines and compliance checks
• Manage secrets securely (e.g., Vault, Key Vault)

Documentation & Standards

• Develop and maintain Automation standards, SOPs and runbooks
• Ensure all automation is Version-controlled, Documented and Auditable

Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure or DevOps engineering
• Strong experience with Terraform (advanced) / Ansible (advanced)
• Experience with Virtualization (VMware ESXi, Hyper-V), Windows Server and/or Linux administration, Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, VLANs, routing)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure or AWS cloud platforms - CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred) - Veeam Backup & Replication
• Knowledge of - OT/SCADA environments (highly desirable) - Cybersecurity frameworks (NERC CIP, IEC 62443)
• Scripting experience - PowerShell, Python, Bash

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to work independently and own environments
• Excellent documentation and communication skills
• Detail-oriented with a focus on automation quality and reliability

Work Conditions

• Participation in on-call rotation and off-hours work when required
• Support patching windows and deployment activities

Nice-to-Have

• Experience building end-to-end automated environments from scratch
• Strong understanding of hybrid IT/OT infrastructure
• Experience with infrastructure migration or transformation projects