Senior Automation Engineer (Chef & Ansible)

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled
Senior Automation Engineer
to design, build, and maintain our next-generation infrastructure automation frameworks. In this role, you will act as an engineer for our Infrastructure as Code (IaC) strategy, driving efficiency, reliability, and consistency across our environments. The ideal candidate is an expert in configuration management, possessing deep hands-on experience with both
Chef
and
Ansible
, and a passion for eliminating manual operational overhead.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure as Code & Configuration Management
- Maintain Automation Frameworks:
Design, develop, and optimize enterprise-scale infrastructure automation utilizing
Chef
(cookbooks, recipes, attributes) and
Ansible
(playbooks, roles, collections).
- Drift Management & Idempotency:
Write high-quality, reusable, and idempotent code to enforce desired system states, ensure compliance, and rapidly detect/remediate configuration drift.
- Platform Evolution:




Support and evolve the enterprise Ansible Automation Platform (Tower/AWX) and Chef Infra architectures, including lifecycle management, scalability planning, and role-based access control (RBAC).

Pipeline Integration & DevOps Culture
- CI/CD Integration:
Embed infrastructure automation seamlessly into modern CI/CD workflows utilizing tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins.
- Testing & Quality Assurance:
Implement rigorous testing frameworks for infrastructure code (e.g., Test Kitchen, Cookstyle, Ansible-lint) to ensure stable and protected deployments.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration:
Partner closely with Cloud, Security, Development, and SRE teams to drive automation maturity and bridge operational gaps.

Scripting, Cloud, & Systems Optimization
- Custom Tooling:
Leverage scripting languages (
Python
, Bash, or Ruby) to build custom integration tools and extend existing automation capabilities.
- Hybrid/Cloud Ecosystems:

📌 Senior Automation Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 JRD Systems
📍 Bengaluru