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2122 Infrastructure Engineer

Abalobi Solutions
8 days ago
Full-time
Remote
South Africa
Automation

Introduction

Abalobi Solutions is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join a dynamic technology team supporting complex, enterprise-scale platforms. This role is suited to an experienced engineer with strong expertise in Linux administration, infrastructure automation (Ansible), cloud technologies (AWS/Azure), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), who is passionate about building reliable, scalable, and automated infrastructure environments.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

  • Deep knowledge of Confluence, Jira and Bitbucket/GitHub
  • Deep knowledge of Ansible Core and Ansible Automation Platform/Ansible Tower
  • Deep knowledge of cloud technologies such as AWS and Azure
  • Deep knowledge of Unix, Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, SLES)
  • Deep knowledge of IaC and related tools such as Terraform
  • Deep knowledge of mounting technologies Autofs and DFS
  • Deep knowledge of storage technologies as well as state of the art solutions
  • Deep knowledge of networks technologies and protocols NFS, CIFS, SSH, DNS, and NTP
  • Deep knowledge of scripting / programming such as Bash, Python and Perl
  • Professional communication and documentation skills

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS:

  • Knowledge of framework Agile Working Model
  • Knowledge of Virtualisation technologies such as VMWare
  • Knowledge of Private Cloud solutions
  • Knowledge of Windows Server
  • Knowledge of Dynatrace or Grafana
  • Knowledge of Splunk
  • Knowledge of containerization technologies such as podman, Docker, Kubernetes and OpenShift
  • Knowledge of Directory Access Manager (DIVA)
  • Knowledge of Intelligent Storage Orchestration Environment (iStore) and Active Directory Gruppentool (ADGR)
  • Basic knowledge of ITIL and ITSM such as Problem-Incident-Change processes
  • Basic knowledge of ITSM Suite
  • Basic knowledge of Scrum
  • Basic knowledge of Active Directory/LDAP and OIDC
  • Basic knowledge of ServiceNow Tool and Processes

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles in a highly secure and regulated environment
  • Create, manage and operate Ansible Automation Platform objects such as templates, credentials, workflows etc
  • Consult users to assist with migrating automation workloads to Ansible Automation Platform
  • Deploy, manage, and operate workloads on AWS and Azure, as well as implement security controls and compliance requirements
  • Create, manage and operate IaC withTerraform
  • Perform operating system and Ansible Automation Platform lifecycle management
  • Interact with Enterprise GitHub for version control and Git branching strategy
  • Track and update Jira user stories to ensure due dates are met
  • Forecast and plan for resources, infrastructure, and licenses for the team in coordination with the Product
  • Owner and Line manager in charge.
  • Assist to ensure stability of systems and adherence of the team to BMW Group’s Operations standards.
  • Ensure quality and up to date content of the knowledge base for the sub-product
  • Ensure quality and up to date content of the Sub-Product and compliancy required documentation
  • Able to understand complex application architecture/dependencies (CA related)
  • Perform housekeeping/monitoring/managing of the Ansible Automation Platform focusing on stability/ performance as well as cost optimization.
  • Manage Problem, Incident and Change process for dedicated ITSM service
  • Willing to do standby and work on weekends if needed
  • Keep documentation up to date in all relevant systems (e. g. as is configuration CMDB/Application Instance
  • Wizard, to be configuration Connect IT, knowledge database resolveIT)
  • Attend and moderate operation meetings
  • Coordinate external contractors
  • Manage security vulnerabilities

Desired Experience & Qualification

  • Minimum of 5 years of configuration management and automation experience
  • Minimum of 4 years of ITIL work experience
  • Minimum of 4 years of Scrum work experience
  • Minimum of 6 years of operating system administration work experience

Interested?