Senior Automation Developer
Senior Automation Developer
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Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Automation Developer to lead the design and development of automation solutions across our Observability and FinOps platforms. This role is key to enhancing monitoring configuration and operational efficiency in a hybrid infrastructure environment. You will work closely with Monitoring SRE FinOps and Platform Engineering teams to build scalable automations using Rundeck SaltStack Enterprise Icinga Zabbix and CloudZero.
As a senior-level developer you are expected to influence automation strategy design resilient solutions and contribute to the overall reliability and cost-efficiency of our infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
Design implement and maintain automation workflows using Rundeck SaltStack Enterprise and custom scripting (Python Bash or equivalent).
Integrate and automate monitoring alerting processes with Icinga and Zabbix.
Collaborate with FinOps teams to extend CloudZero automation for anomaly detection tagging and cost insights.
Develop self-service operations and orchestration through Rundeck job templates and SaltStack state modules.
Create and maintain infrastructure-as-code and configuration-as-code practices.
Lead technical efforts in reducing manual toil across observability monitoring and cost reporting.
Collaborate with the Observability Director to define KPIs for automation reliability and coverage.
Review automation changes and support CI/CD pipelines for automation delivery.
Provide technical mentorship to junior developers and contribute to knowledge-sharing across teams.
Document automation workflows processes and best practices.
Stay current with industry trends and emerging tools to continuously improve automation strategies.
Qualifications :
Required Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or related field.
5 years in automation DevOps or infrastructure engineering roles.
Strong scripting experience (Python Bash or PowerShell).
Experience with SaltStack Enterprise (states grains pillars orchestration).
Hands-on experience with Rundeck (job development ACLs plugins).
Familiarity with Icinga and Zabbix monitoring systems especially custom checks and alerting logic.
Experience integrating automation with APIs and event-driven systems.
Knowledge of cloud cost optimization concepts and FinOps practices; experience with CloudZero is a plus.
Proficient with Git CI/CD tools and version-controlled automation workflows.
Comfortable working in hybrid cloud environments (AWS Azure or GCP).
Ability to troubleshoot automation issues and provide timely solutions.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Experience with Ansible tool is a plus
Experience with monitoring and logging tools
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience designing alerting automation workflows (e.g. auto-remediation smart escalation).
Experience with cloud services (e.g. AWS Lambda Azure Functions)
Knowledge of Prometheus and Grafana is a plus.
Experience building internal developer/self-service platforms.
Certifications in automation tools or cloud platforms (e.g. SaltStack Certified Engineer AWS DevOps Engineer).
Background in infrastructure monitoring observability SLO/SLA management or FinOps.
Background in business process re-engineering or Six Sigma methodologies.
Understanding of DevOps practices in an automation context.
Additional Information :
Your health and well-being are important to us at QAD. We provide programs that help you strike a healthy work-life balance.
Opportunity to join a growing business launching into its next phase of expansion and transformation.
Collaborative culture of smart and hard-working people who support one another to get the job done.
An atmosphere of growth and opportunity where idea-sharing is always prioritized over level or hierarchy.
Compensation packages based on experience and desired skill set
About QAD:
QAD Inc. is a leading provider of adaptive cloud-based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies. Global manufacturers face ever-increasing disruption caused by technology-driven innovation and changing consumer preferences. In order to survive and thrive manufacturers must be able to innovate and change business models at unprecedented rates of speed. QAD calls these companies Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprises. QAD solutions help customers in the automotive life sciences packaging consumer products food and beverage high tech and industrial manufacturing industries rapidly adapt to change and innovate for competitive advantage.
QAD is committed to ensuring that every employee feels they work in an environment that values their contributions respects their unique perspectives and provides opportunities for growth regardless of background. QADs DEI program is driving higher levels of diversity equity and inclusion so that employees can bring their whole self to work.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color sex age national origin religion sexual orientation gender identity status as a veteran and basis of disability or any other federal state or local protected class.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
