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Position Summary
oneZero is seeking an Infrastructure Automation Engineer with a strong cloud focus to design, build, and scale automation across our hybrid infrastructure estate. This role is responsible for turning operational processes into reliable, repeatable, code-driven workflows across on-prem and cloud environments.
The ideal candidate combines hands-on infrastructure engineering experience with strong software and automation skills. This person will own and improve infrastructure-as-code patterns, help standardize provisioning and configuration workflows, reduce manual effort and configuration drift, and improve the speed, consistency, and auditability of infrastructure changes.
Our environment includes virtualized and bare metal Windows/Linux infrastructure, along with cloud platforms including AWS and Alibaba Cloud. This role will lead the evolution of our cloud automation strategy while continuing to modernize hybrid infrastructure operations. The role will also help mature automation for physical server build and lifecycle processes using tooling and practices such as unattended deployment, imaging, configuration management, patching, remote administration, and hardware lifecycle orchestration.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks using Terraform, Spacelift, and Ansible across AWS and Alibaba Cloud.
- Develop reusable Terraform modules, Ansible roles, workflow templates, and automation pipelines that enable standardized, self-service hybrid infrastructure provisioning and platform scalability.
- Support and automate cloud-native services and application hosting platforms, including ECS, ECR, S3, ALB, and equivalent Alibaba Cloud services.
- Build and improve end-to-end provisioning workflows for both virtualized and bare metal infrastructure, including infrastructure provisioning, operating system deployment, post-build configuration, patching, and ongoing lifecycle management.
- Automate bare metal server deployment and rebuild processes using tools and methods such as unattended installations, imaging platforms, PXE-based workflows, configuration management, and remote administration tooling.
- Develop and maintain automation for Windows server configuration and compliance using tools such as Ansible, PowerShell, DSC, WinRM, and related platform-management capabilities.
- Support infrastructure provisioning workflows across VMware/vSphere where applicable, including API-driven resource creation and post-provisioning configuration.
- Partner with Infrastructure, Security, TradeOps, and application teams to translate operational requirements into well-governed automation patterns.
- Improve the reliability of infrastructure delivery by implementing validation, testing, code review, rollback, and change-control mechanisms.
- Develop controls to detect and remediate configuration drift across environments and ensure infrastructure remains aligned to approved code and standards.
- Troubleshoot failures across Terraform, Ansible, Windows/Linux automation, bare metal provisioning workflows, Spacelift, VMware, and cloud automation workflows, and continuously improve operational resilience.
- Document automation patterns, operational runbooks, and implementation standards so solutions are supportable and transferable across the team.
- Identify high-value manual processes suitable for automation and prioritize work based on operational impact, risk reduction, and scalability.
Success Measures
- Reduction in manual hybrid infrastructure provisioning and change activity.
- Faster, more reliable delivery of server and cloud infrastructure changes.
- Increased infrastructure coverage under source control and automated workflows.
- Reduced configuration drift and improved auditability of infrastructure state.
- Improved quality, maintainability, and reuse of infrastructure code across clients and environments.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, systems engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, or infrastructure automation roles.
- Proven experience designing and operating Infrastructure as Code in complex hybrid environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, and automation orchestration platforms such as Spacelift.
- Strong experience automating Windows/Linux server provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management across both virtualized and physical environments.
- Hands-on experience with bare metal automation, including one or more of the following: unattended OS deployment, PXE or network boot workflows, imaging systems, configuration management, remote administration tooling, patch orchestration, or hardware provisioning processes.
- Experience with tools and technologies such as PowerShell, WinRM, MDT/WDS or equivalent deployment tooling, and related Windows automation frameworks.
- Experience with virtualization platforms such as VMware/vSphere, including API-driven provisioning and infrastructure automation.
- Strong hands-on experience with public cloud infrastructure, especially AWS, including services such as ECS, ECR, S3, and ALB, and related cloud building blocks for application hosting, storage, and traffic management.
- Experience with Alibaba Cloud, or equivalent experience translating AWS-based infrastructure patterns into comparable Alibaba Cloud services.
- Proficiency in one or more scripting/programming languages such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
- Solid understanding of Git-based workflows, branching strategies, pull requests, and CI/CD concepts.
- Strong understanding of operational risk, security controls, secrets handling, and change governance in infrastructure automation.
- Strong problem-solving skills, sound engineering judgment, and the ability to work independently in a fast-moving environment.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting containerized application platforms and related cloud services, including container registries, object storage, load balancers, and deployment patterns in AWS and Alibaba Cloud.
- Experience building or supporting standardized bare metal server factories or repeatable provisioning pipelines for physical infrastructure.
- Experience with policy enforcement, drift detection, and automated compliance in IaC pipelines.
- Experience with GitHub-based infrastructure workflows.
- Experience with observability and operational tooling such as DataDog, Tenable, Automox, or related infrastructure support platforms.
- Experience with containerization or Kubernetes.
- Experience working in regulated, high-availability, or client-segmented environments.
- Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Terraform Associate, Ansible-related certifications, or equivalent.
What Great Looks Like
The right person for this role is not just a script writer. They are an infrastructure engineer who can assess a manual process, define a durable technical pattern, implement it safely in code, and leave behind something that is testable, supportable, and scalable. They are comfortable operating across cloud platforms, infrastructure pipelines, virtualization, operating systems, networking, security controls, and server lifecycle automation. They care about long-term maintainability as much as initial delivery.
The salary range for this role is $130,000-165,000, depending on relevant experience.
Position Summary
oneZero is seeking an Infrastructure Automation Engineer with a strong cloud focus to design, build, and scale automation across our hybrid infrastructure estate. This role is responsible for turning operational processes into reliable, repeatable, code-driven workflows across on-prem and cloud environments.
The ideal candidate combines hands-on infrastructure engineering experience with strong software and automation skills. This person will own and improve infrastructure-as-code patterns, help standardize provisioning and configuration workflows, reduce manual effort and configuration drift, and improve the speed, consistency, and auditability of infrastructure changes.
Our environment includes virtualized and bare metal Windows/Linux infrastructure, along with cloud platforms including AWS and Alibaba Cloud. This role will lead the evolution of our cloud automation strategy while continuing to modernize hybrid infrastructure operations. The role will also help mature automation for physical server build and lifecycle processes using tooling and practices such as unattended deployment, imaging, configuration management, patching, remote administration, and hardware lifecycle orchestration.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks using Terraform, Spacelift, and Ansible across AWS and Alibaba Cloud.
- Develop reusable Terraform modules, Ansible roles, workflow templates, and automation pipelines that enable standardized, self-service hybrid infrastructure provisioning and platform scalability.
- Support and automate cloud-native services and application hosting platforms, including ECS, ECR, S3, ALB, and equivalent Alibaba Cloud services.
- Build and improve end-to-end provisioning workflows for both virtualized and bare metal infrastructure, including infrastructure provisioning, operating system deployment, post-build configuration, patching, and ongoing lifecycle management.
- Automate bare metal server deployment and rebuild processes using tools and methods such as unattended installations, imaging platforms, PXE-based workflows, configuration management, and remote administration tooling.
- Develop and maintain automation for Windows server configuration and compliance using tools such as Ansible, PowerShell, DSC, WinRM, and related platform-management capabilities.
- Support infrastructure provisioning workflows across VMware/vSphere where applicable, including API-driven resource creation and post-provisioning configuration.
- Partner with Infrastructure, Security, TradeOps, and application teams to translate operational requirements into well-governed automation patterns.
- Improve the reliability of infrastructure delivery by implementing validation, testing, code review, rollback, and change-control mechanisms.
- Develop controls to detect and remediate configuration drift across environments and ensure infrastructure remains aligned to approved code and standards.
- Troubleshoot failures across Terraform, Ansible, Windows/Linux automation, bare metal provisioning workflows, Spacelift, VMware, and cloud automation workflows, and continuously improve operational resilience.
- Document automation patterns, operational runbooks, and implementation standards so solutions are supportable and transferable across the team.
- Identify high-value manual processes suitable for automation and prioritize work based on operational impact, risk reduction, and scalability.
Success Measures
- Reduction in manual hybrid infrastructure provisioning and change activity.
- Faster, more reliable delivery of server and cloud infrastructure changes.
- Increased infrastructure coverage under source control and automated workflows.
- Reduced configuration drift and improved auditability of infrastructure state.
- Improved quality, maintainability, and reuse of infrastructure code across clients and environments.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, systems engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, or infrastructure automation roles.
- Proven experience designing and operating Infrastructure as Code in complex hybrid environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, and automation orchestration platforms such as Spacelift.
- Strong experience automating Windows/Linux server provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management across both virtualized and physical environments.
- Hands-on experience with bare metal automation, including one or more of the following: unattended OS deployment, PXE or network boot workflows, imaging systems, configuration management, remote administration tooling, patch orchestration, or hardware provisioning processes.
- Experience with tools and technologies such as PowerShell, WinRM, MDT/WDS or equivalent deployment tooling, and related Windows automation frameworks.
- Experience with virtualization platforms such as VMware/vSphere, including API-driven provisioning and infrastructure automation.
- Strong hands-on experience with public cloud infrastructure, especially AWS, including services such as ECS, ECR, S3, and ALB, and related cloud building blocks for application hosting, storage, and traffic management.
- Experience with Alibaba Cloud, or equivalent experience translating AWS-based infrastructure patterns into comparable Alibaba Cloud services.
- Proficiency in one or more scripting/programming languages such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
- Solid understanding of Git-based workflows, branching strategies, pull requests, and CI/CD concepts.
- Strong understanding of operational risk, security controls, secrets handling, and change governance in infrastructure automation.
- Strong problem-solving skills, sound engineering judgment, and the ability to work independently in a fast-moving environment.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting containerized application platforms and related cloud services, including container registries, object storage, load balancers, and deployment patterns in AWS and Alibaba Cloud.
- Experience building or supporting standardized bare metal server factories or repeatable provisioning pipelines for physical infrastructure.
- Experience with policy enforcement, drift detection, and automated compliance in IaC pipelines.
- Experience with GitHub-based infrastructure workflows.
- Experience with observability and operational tooling such as DataDog, Tenable, Automox, or related infrastructure support platforms.
- Experience with containerization or Kubernetes.
- Experience working in regulated, high-availability, or client-segmented environments.
- Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Terraform Associate, Ansible-related certifications, or equivalent.
What Great Looks Like
The right person for this role is not just a script writer. They are an infrastructure engineer who can assess a manual process, define a durable technical pattern, implement it safely in code, and leave behind something that is testable, supportable, and scalable. They are comfortable operating across cloud platforms, infrastructure pipelines, virtualization, operating systems, networking, security controls, and server lifecycle automation. They care about long-term maintainability as much as initial delivery.
The salary range for this role is $130,000-165,000, depending on relevant experience.
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A snapshot from current openings nationwide, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Tessera Labs3
- Aviatrix Systems2
- Fastly2
- HDR2
- NVIDIA2
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software24
- Electronics & Hardware5
- Consulting & Professional Services4
- Investment & Asset Management2
- Chemicals & Materials1
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in infrastructure automation engineer jobs.
- Hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi for infrastructure provisioning
- Proficiency with CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI
- Experience managing containerized workloads using Kubernetes or Docker
- Strong scripting ability in Python, Bash, or Go for automation tasks
- Familiarity with major cloud platforms including AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Infrastructure Automation Engineer Job Search
Tailor your resume to IaC toolchains
Hiring managers scan for specific tools like Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, or CloudFormation before reading anything else. List the tools you've used alongside the cloud providers they targeted, so your resume clears the initial screen without ambiguity.
Quantify pipeline improvements you delivered
Vague bullets like 'improved deployment speed' don't stand out. Describe the before and after in concrete terms, such as reducing deployment time from hours to minutes or cutting failed builds by a measurable amount, using the actual metrics from your work.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists infrastructure automation engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter openings by tech stack alignment
Job postings for this role vary enormously by stack. Before applying, check whether the team runs Kubernetes or ECS, uses GitOps or traditional CI, and favors AWS, GCP, or Azure. Applying to roles that match your hands-on experience increases your callback rate significantly.
Prepare a live demo or public repository
Many hiring panels for infrastructure automation roles ask for working examples, not just descriptions. A public repo showing a real IaC module, a pipeline you built, or a monitoring setup you configured is far more persuasive than a resume line alone.
Negotiate around on-call scope and tooling budget
Infrastructure automation engineers often inherit legacy systems with undefined on-call expectations. Ask directly about on-call rotation frequency, incident ownership, and whether the team has budget for tooling upgrades before accepting an offer.
Infrastructure Automation Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most infrastructure automation engineers?
The companies hiring the most infrastructure automation engineers right now include Tessera Labs, Aviatrix Systems, and Fastly, with the largest share of openings in California, Illinois, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Demand is concentrated in organizations scaling cloud-native platforms and modernizing legacy deployment pipelines.
How many infrastructure automation engineer jobs are remote?
About 28% of infrastructure automation engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of June 2026, making it one of the more remote-accessible engineering disciplines. Roles focused on IaC development and CI/CD pipeline work tend to have the highest remote availability, while positions tied to on-premises data centers or regulated environments more often require on-site presence.
How do you become an infrastructure automation engineer?
Start by building hands-on skills in at least one IaC tool like Terraform and one CI/CD platform like GitHub Actions. Learn containerization through Kubernetes or Docker, and practice deploying real workloads on a cloud provider. Contribute to open-source infrastructure projects or build a personal lab environment to demonstrate applied experience. Certifications from AWS, GCP, or HashiCorp strengthen your application for roles that require verified cloud competency.
Can you get hired as an infrastructure automation engineer with little experience?
Yes, entry-level infrastructure automation engineer roles do exist, particularly at companies modernizing their DevOps practices. Employers at this level prioritize demonstrable skills over years of experience, so a public repository showing real IaC or pipeline work carries more weight than formal credentials alone. Roles titled DevOps engineer, platform engineer, or site reliability engineer at smaller companies often serve as practical entry points into automation-focused work.
What does the infrastructure automation engineer interview process look like?
Most hiring processes begin with a recruiter screen focused on your tool experience and background, followed by a technical phone interview covering IaC concepts, scripting, and cloud architecture fundamentals. A take-home or live coding exercise involving Terraform, a pipeline configuration, or a debugging scenario is common at the mid-stage. Final rounds typically include a systems design discussion and a panel interview with platform or DevOps team members.
Where can I find and apply to infrastructure automation engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to infrastructure automation engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the available roles, find the ones that match your skills and target stack, and apply directly to each listing without leaving the platform.
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