Cloud Orchestration/Automation Engineer at Procom

About The Role

Cloud Orchestration/Automation Engineer

On behalf of our client, Procom Services is searching for a Cloud Orchestration/Automation Engineer for a contract opportunity in Dallas, TX.

Cloud Orchestration/Automation Engineer Job Details

Qualified candidates will be responsible for developing automation/orchestration within a private cloud environment. The candidate will also work with development teams to integrate with external systems to close the loop on a fully automated dev-to-production release cycle. This position requires a dynamic and enthusiastic individual who enjoys working in fast-paced environments. The ideal candidate works well with independent tactical assignments while collaborating with the broader team to scope to strategic goals. This position is not a direct coder role, rather an operations focus to delivering virtual infrastructure programmatically within a VMWare vRealize Automation framework.

Cloud Orchestration/Automation Engineer Mandatory Skills

REQUIRED SKILLS

Strong innovative and analytical ability with extensive systems implementation experience
Must be a team player and have excellent written and oral communication skills
Must have the ability to operationalize and support what you build
Must be fully competent to work under general direction on complex projects. The candidate will be delegated direct assignments to deliver.
May require scheduled and unscheduled off-hours work (on-call duties)
Strong systems integration and deployment skills
Expertise experience with scripting languages such as: Powershell, VB, JavaScript, Python, & Linux Shell Scripting
Strong understanding of error handling, debugging, and conflict resolution
Established experience with Data Center/Server automation technologies such as VMware vRealize Automation & vRealize Orchestration or similar enterprise solutions
Understanding of full Virtual Machine lifecycle management from provisioning to decommissioning

The following skills are preferred

Experience with VMWare vRealize Automation 7.x + vRealize Orchestrator 6.x+
Experience with vSphere 5.5 & 6.x Administration
Experience with distributed automation/orchestration architectures
Experience with automating/integrating to an API – REST and/or CLI methods, XMLRPC, SOAP, WEBDAV, SSH
Experience with JSON and/or XML
AWS EC2 –integration with EC2 API's
Experience with automating deployments in VMware NSX 6.x
Experience in a DevOps environment strongly desired
Demonstrated experience in documenting and articulating complex system designs
Experience with load balancers such as F5 Big-IP LTM and GTM
Functional LINUX and Windows Administration skills
Experience with container technologies – Docker, Docker Swarm, Kurbernetes
Experience with continuous integration/deployment technologies – Jenkins, TeamCity
Experience with configuration management technologies – Chef, Puppet, Vagrant, Ansible
Experience with Cloud Foundry or cloud native apps a plus
Experience with managing, deploying, or integrating with OpenStack
Software development experience a plus
Experience working in an AGILE methodology