Automation Consultant

Role: Automation Consultant (Day 1 onsite)

Location : Franklin, Wisconsin

Only USC

JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities

• Identify forward looking solutions and lead an Agile team to deliver iterative automation solutions.
• Create, research and develop new automation solutions and product offerings for infrastructure services.
• Perform analysis and value stream mapping of existing processes for the development of improved automation.
• Work with a group of infrastructure automation engineers to develop automation for infrastructure services.
• Work with global teams and departments within the organization, to drive automation solutions, for scale and efficiency.
• Assist in devising a roadmap for the transformation of existing enterprise monitoring landscape to achieve next level of maturity
• Be hands-on with the codebase. Review work done in the team and provide constructive feedback.
• Provide best practices and design framework for automation
• Delivery of high-quality solutions across multiple platforms/technical domains
• Develops and maintains system, process, training, and documentation for the platform, operations, and monitoring components of the solution.
• Works cross-functionally to analyze and resolve systems problems. Provides functional backup for the operation of system tools/utilities platforms outside the incumbent's primary system responsibilities as required.
• Work in an Agile based model with aggressive delivery timelines

Required Skills

• Minimum 5 years of experience in providing automation and integration to infrastructure services that are complex in nature.
• Minimum 2 years of experience leading a global team, to deliver projects and drive operations.
• Working knowledge of multiple infrastructure technologies Hardware, Configuration Tools (Puppet, Ansible, salt, HPOO, Jenkins...), Operating Systems, network, storage, firewall, security.
• Expert in modern programming in at least one or more modern languages (Python, JavaScript, PowerShell)
• Expertise in dashboarding and visualizations using tools like Kibana, Grafana, etc.
• Familiarity with engineering concepts is a must system integration, technical architecture, business intelligence, infrastructure, technology research, new technology development, etc
• Experience implementing and/or consulting on DevOps principles.
• Hands-on experience with modern software engineering processes.
• Hands-on experience with continuous delivery pipelines, testing strategies, and quality validation.
• Deep understanding of container technologies
• Out-of-the-box thinker driven to lower costs using conventional/non-conventional solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to apply them towards automation.
• Should understand current industry trends and their advantages with ability to right fit into an existing environment.
• Must be a self-starter with the ability to work independently and in a collaborative team environment.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, engaging peers and other departments to accomplish assigned goals.
• Must be able to learn new technologies quickly.