Cloud and Automation SME

Hello

I hope you are doing well.

My name is Manoj Bandi and I represent Synchrony Systems Inc. We are currently supporting an implementation partner on a full-time opportunity. Based on your background your experience may align well with this role.

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Linux Administration: Strong hands-on experience with RHEL / Amazon Linux / Ubuntu including user management patching troubleshooting shell scripting and performance monitoring.
• AWS Cloud: Practical knowledge of core AWS services such as EC2 VPC Subnets Certificate Manager IAM S3 Load Balancers Auto Scaling and CloudWatch with security and cost optimization awareness.
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform): Experience in writing and managing Terraform modules variables and state files to provision and maintain AWS infrastructure.
• Configuration Management (Ansible): Ability to create and manage Ansible playbooks and roles for OS configuration automation and deployment tasks.
• Version Control: Working knowledge of Git for code versioning and collaboration.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals
• Automation & Scripting: Proficiency in Bash scripting and automation of repetitive operational tasks.
• Monitoring & Troubleshooting: Experience in system and cloud monitoring incident handling and root cause analysis.

Security & Compliance:

• Understanding of access control encryption patch management and secure configuration practices.
• Manage and support Linux servers including installation patching monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Provision configure and maintain AWS infrastructure ensuring availability security and scalability.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for consistent cloud deployments.
• Automate system configuration deployments and operational tasks using Ansible.
• Monitor systems and cloud resources; handle incidents changes and service requests.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive actions
• Enforce security best practices across OS and cloud environments.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to support application deployments and platform stability.
• Maintain documentation SOPs and runbooks
• Manage code/version control through GitHub
• Continuously improve automation reliability and operational efficiency.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Manage and support Linux servers including installation patching user management performance monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Design provision and maintain AWS infrastructure (EC2 Certificate Manager Security Groups VPC IAM S3 Load Balancers) ensuring security availability and cost efficiency.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform to build update and manage AWS resou rces in a consistent and reusable manner.
• Automate system configuration deployments and patching using Ansible playbooks and roles.
• Code version control through Github.
• Monitor systems and cloud resources respond to incidents and perform root cause analysis.
• Follow security best practices access controls and compliance requirements across OS and cloud platforms.
• Collaborate with application network and security teams to support deployments and changes.
• Maintain documentation SOPs and continuously improve automation and operational efficiency.
• restructure components.
• Primary Skills: Linux AWS Terraform & Ansible Automation
• Secondary Skills: Citrix Nutanix and VMware

Generic Managerial Skills:

• Windows Administration Citrix - storefront Delivery controllers netscaler PAM XenApp Administration.
• Experience in Nutanix and VMware
• CI/CD Tools: Exposure to Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI or similar pipelines.
• Containers & Orchestration: Basic knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
• Advanced AWS Services: Familiarity with RDS Lambda DynamoDB Route53 or EKS.
• Monitoring & Logging Tools: Experience with tools like Prometheus Grafana ELK stack or CloudTrail.
• Ansible AWX / Tower: Experience with Ansible Tower or AWX for centralized automation.
• Terraform Advanced Usage: Exposure to multi account setups workspaces and complex module design.
• Security Practices: Knowledge of vulnerability scanning security audits and compliance requirements.
• ITIL / ITSM Awareness: Experience working with incident problem and change management processes.
• Scripting Languages: Basic knowledge of Python for automation tasks.
• Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Ability to create SOPs runbooks and technical documentation.