About the Role:

We are looking for a Cloud Automation Architect with deep expertise in AWS, Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure Automation. The ideal candidate will architect and build enterprise-scale automation platforms, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), GitOps workflows, and self-healing cloud solutions while driving security, compliance, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design and develop enterprise-grade automation using Ansible, including playbooks, roles, collections, and custom modules.

- Build Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for AWS networking, IAM, EKS, ECS, RDS, and cloud infrastructure.

- Develop cloud-native automation using AWS Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge, SNS/SQS, Systems Manager, and S3 events.

- Manage Kubernetes deployments using Helm, GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux), RBAC, secrets, and network policies.

- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps with automated testing, policy enforcement, and drift detection.

- Automate cloud security, compliance, vulnerability remediation, and certificate lifecycle management.

- Implement observability-driven self-healing automation using monitoring platforms like New Relic or LogicMonitor.

- Integrate automation with ITSM workflows and enterprise operational processes.

Must Have Skills:

- 8+ years of IT experience with 6+ years in Cloud Infrastructure Automation.

- Expert-level experience in Ansible automation.

- Strong hands-on expertise in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.

- Advanced knowledge of AWS Cloud Architecture and serverless automation.

- Strong experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux).

- Experience building enterprise CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure automation.

- Hands-on experience with Python, Bash, or PowerShell scripting.

- Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, compliance, and infrastructure hardening.

Good to Have:

- Policy-as-Code (OPA, Gatekeeper, Conftest).

- IaC testing tools (Checkov, Terratest, Molecule, tfsec).

- CyberArk, AWS Secrets Manager, SSM Parameter Store.

- Multi-account AWS environments and cost optimization.

- ITSM integration and observability-driven automation.