About Company :
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We guide customers from whats now to whats next by unlocking the value of their data and applications to solve their digital challenges, achieving outcomes that benefit both business and society.
Job Title : Automation engineer.
Location : pan india.
Work Mode : Hybrid Mode.
Experience : 8+years (6 years Relevant).
Job Type : Contract to hire (C2H).
Notice Period : Immediate joiners.
Job Description :
Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer (Zero-Touch GPU Cloud Build & Upgrade).
We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer with 10+ years of hands on experience in building and scaling infrastructure automation systems to lead the design and implementation of a Zero-Touch Build, Upgrade, and Certification framework for our on-prem GPU cloud environment.
This role demands deep technical expertise across bare-metal provisioning, configuration management, and full-stack automationfrom hardware to Kubernetesbuilt entirely on GitOps principles.
Key Responsibilities :
- Architect, lead, and implement a fully automated, zero-touch deployment pipeline for GPU cloud infrastructure spanning hardware , OS, Kubernetes platform layers.
- Build robust GitOps-based workflows to manage end-to-end infrastructure lifecyclefrom provisioning to continuous compliance.
- Develop and extend internal automation frameworks using Ansible, Python, and related infrastructure tooling.
- Serve as a technical authority and mentor, guiding junior engineers and collaborating cross-functionally with hardware, SRE, and platform engineering teams.
- Lead architectural and design reviews for infrastructure automation systems.
- Define and implement best practices for infrastructure as code, compliance, and operational resilience.
- Champion automation-driven operational models and reduce manual intervention to near-zero.
- Bonus : Familiarity with Terraform, Chef, and Cloud Automation Platforms.
Required Skills & Experience :
10+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure engineering, automation, and systems design, with a strong track record of delivering scalable and maintainable solutions.Primary key skills required are Ansible, Python, ipmitool, firmware scripting, Linux shell scripting.Deep expertise in :1. Ansible for automation and configuration management.
2. Python for scripting, integration, and automation logic.
3. ipmitool and related tools for low-level hardware management (e.g., IPMI, Redfish).
Strong foundation in Linux systems, networking, and Kubernetes infrastructure.Fluency with GitOps workflows and tools.Experience with CI / CD systems and managing Git-based pipelines for infrastructure.Familiarity with infrastructure monitoring, logging, and drift detection.Strong cross-team collaboration and communication skills, especially across hardware, platform, and SREteams.
Bonus :
Prior leadership or mentorship roles.Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source infrastructure projects.Exposure to GPU-based compute stacks and high-performance workloads(ref : hirist.tech)