Senior Automation Engineer - Infrastructure

About the Role

The Infrastructure Automation Team acts as an enabler for Infrastructure capabilities, focusing on automating the provisioning, configuration, and management of IT resources like servers, networks, firewalls, and voice systems. This role aims to reduce manual intervention, minimize errors, and accelerate deployments across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. If you are passionate about building scalable automation platforms, driving innovation in infrastructure management, and mentoring future automation engineers, this is your opportunity to shape the next generation of enterprise technology.

Our Team

You’ll be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking team at Koch Capabilities, collaborating across engineering, IT, and business functions to build scalable, observable, and resilient systems that support Koch’s global operations.

What You Will Do

• Develop and maintain automation scripts and workflows for provisioning servers, voice, and network resources.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform and Ansible.
• Integrate automation solutions with CI/CD pipelines and monitoring tools.
• Automate configuration of operating systems, middleware, and application environments.
• Ensure compliance with security and governance standards through automated checks.
• Build automated health checks and self-healing mechanisms for infrastructure.
• Optimize resource utilization and reduce operational costs through automation.
• Maintain detailed documentation of automation processes and workflows.
• Train team members on automation best practices and tools.
• Collaborate with SMEs and participate in agile ceremonies (sprint planning, story point estimation).
• Orchestrate complex tasks and integrate external systems using ServiceNow ITSM.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience of 10-15 years in Infrastructure technologies like Servers, Network, Firewall and voice systems.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, PowerShell).
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab).
• Good understanding of containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, ECS).

What Will Put You Ahead

• Familiarity with infrastructure technologies like servers, networks, firewalls, and voice systems.
• Basic understanding of Django framework.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Key skills/competency

• Infrastructure Automation
• Servers
• Networks
• Firewalls
• Voice Systems
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Terraform
• Ansible
• Python
• Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure)