Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Sr Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Role: Sr Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Experience: 8 - 15 Years

Location: Bangalore/Hyderabad

Notice Period: Immediate- 15 Days

Mandatory Skills: Ansible, Python, Packer, Kickstart, OpenSCAP,

Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer (Zero-Touch GPU Cloud Stack – Linux Image Lifecycle)

Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and implement a

  fully automated, GitOps-based pipeline

  for building, upgrading, and certifying the Linux operating system layer in the GPU cloud stack (hardware → OS → Kubernetes → platform).
• Design and automate

  Linux image builds

  using

  Packer

  ,

  Kickstart

  , and

  Ansible

  .
• Integrate

  CIS/STIG compliance hardening

  and

  OpenSCAP

  scanning directly into the image lifecycle and validation workflows.
• Own and manage

  kernel module/driver automation

  , ensuring version compatibility and hardware enablement for GPU nodes.
• Collaborate with platform, SRE, and security teams to standardize image build and deployment practices across the stack.
• Maintain GitOps-compliant infrastructure-as-code repositories, ensuring traceability and reproducibility of all automation logic.
• Build self-service capabilities and frameworks for zero-touch provisioning, image certification, and drift detection.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to strategic automation roadmap initiatives.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of hands-on experience

  in Linux infrastructure engineering, system automation, and OS lifecycle management.

• Primary key skills

  required are Ansible, Python, Packer, Kickstart, OpenSCAP
• Deep expertise with:

• Packer

  for automated image builds

• Kickstart

  for unattended OS provisioning

• OpenSCAP

  for security compliance and policy enforcement

• Ansible

  for configuration management and post-build customization
• Strong understanding of

  CIS/STIG hardening

  standards and their application in automated pipelines.
• Experience with

  kernel and driver management

  , particularly in hardware-accelerated (GPU) environments.
• Proven ability to implement

  GitOps workflows

  for infrastructure automation (e.g., Git-backed pipelines for image release and validation).
• Solid knowledge of

  Linux internals

  , bootloaders, and provisioning mechanisms in bare-metal environments.
• Exposure to

  Kubernetes

  , particularly in the context of OS-level customization and compliance.
• Strong collaboration skills across teams including security, SRE, platform, and hardware engineering.
• Bonus:
• Familiarity with image signing, SBOM generation, or secure boot workflows
• Experience working in regulated or compliance-heavy environments (e.g., FedRAMP, PCI-DSS)
• Contributions to infrastructure automation frameworks or open-source tools

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