Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Responsibilities

• Independently develop and maintain VCF Automation blueprints, catalog items, and reusable components for standard platform services.
• Build, test, and support Orchestrator workflows for provisioning, day‑2 operations, and lifecycle activities.
• Integrate automation services with Service Now catalog workflows, approval models, CMDB/data inputs, and operational handoffs.
• Implement and maintain Git Ops‑based delivery pipelines for infrastructure automation artifacts, including validation, promotion, rollback, and auditability.
• Develop and maintain platform APIs, service wrappers, and automation modules for internal consumers.
• Partner with platform, network, storage, and security engineers to adapt automation to infrastructure dependencies and policy requirements.
• Incorporate guardrails such as RBAC, approval conditions, tagging, policy checks, and logging into self‑service automation patterns.
• Contribute to standards for testing, exception handling, secrets usage, and operational supportability.
• Assist with root cause analysis and remediation of automation-related incidents and recurring failures.
• Provide guidance to Engineer I staff on automation practices, troubleshooting, and documentation.

This on‑site role supports 24/7 operations through real‑time collaboration. Standard shifts occur within a 6:00 AM–6:00 PM window, Monday through Friday. Additionally, the position requires scheduled on‑call flexibility and the ability to remain reasonably reachable during off‑hours for critical business continuity.

• Hands‑on experience with VCF Automation / Aria Automation and Orchestrator in production or large enterprise environments.
• Experience integrating automation with Service Now service catalog, approvals, or workflow logic.
• Familiarity with adjacent VCF tools such as SDDC Manager, Aria Operations, Aria Operations for Logs, NSX, or vSAN dependencies.
• Exposure to policy‑as‑code, drift detection, or automated compliance validation.
• Familiarity with Azure and/or AWS infrastructure concepts in a hybrid operating model.
• Relevant certifications such as VMware, Terraform, Azure, AWS, or automation‑focused credentials.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in infrastructure automation, platform engineering, Dev Ops, systems engineering, or related roles.
• Demonstrated experience with scripting and automation using Python, Power Shell, JavaScript, or similar languages.
• Experience developing or supporting REST APIs and integrating with enterprise systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and infrastructure‑as‑code practices.
• Working knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, or comparable automation tooling.
• Working knowledge of IT service management and change control practices.
• Working knowledge of foundational cloud security concepts such as least privilege, secrets protection, logging, and policy‑based access.

Primary

Location:

United States – Nebraska – Omaha

Other Locations:
United States – Arizona – Phoenix, United States – Minnesota – St. Paul, United States – Texas – Austin, United States – Missouri – Kansas City, United States – South Carolina – Columbia, United States – Colorado – Denver, United States – Virginia – Vienna, United States – Minnesota – Saint Louis Park, United States – California – Folsom, United States – Oregon – Portland, United States – New Jersey – Pennington, United States – New Jersey – Woodcliff Lake, United States – Florida – Orlando, United States – Pennsylvania – Harrisburg, United States – Oregon – Salem, United States – Texas – Fort Worth, United States – Pennsylvania – Pittsburgh, United States – Texas – San Antonio, United States – Texas – Dallas, United States – New Mexico – Albuquerque, United States – Washington – Olympia, United States – Colorado – Englewood

• Industry: IT
• Schedule:
  
  Full‑time
• Employee Status:
  Regular
• Business Class:
  Marketing and Admin

$79,926 – $114,180 – Folsom, CA;
Denver, CO;
Englewood, CO
$76,293 – $108,990 – Minneapolis, MN;
St. Paul, MN
$83,559 – $119,370 – Pennington, NJ
$90,825 – $134,940 – Woodcliff Lake, NJ
$72,660 – $103,800 – Olympia, WA

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.