Automation Engineer

What you will do

Contribute as a senior DevOps team member focused on modernization and automation

Be a champion for DevOps principles and culture change

Be responsible for working on building, automating, and supporting application and infrastructure deployment services that target Equifax’s Public Cloud Environments.

Design and implement monitoring and self-healing processes

Identify and Implement Process Improvements and documentation

Design and implement orchestration/workflows that integrate multiple services to provide self-service fully automated services.

Utilize engineering and programming skills focused on enabling a DevOps model

Configuration and change management

Develop and document operations run books

Lead and develop team from a technical and managerial perspective

Participate in and provide feedback on systems engineering and design

Provide input on the future execution of the delivery and management of environments with a strong emphasis on automation, security, scalability and resilience

What experience you need

BS or Associate's Degree/Technical Certification or equivalent job experience required

5-7 years of directly related experience

Experience managing project costs, schedules, scope, and risk, with appropriate reporting of status and variance.

Working knowledge of Google Suite Tools, Confluence and JIRA

Experience with scripting tools

Software development experience in 2 or more languages (NodeJS , Python, PowerShell, Go, C#, Java)

Excellent verbal, written and ‘attention to detail’ skills

Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision

Strong interpersonal and time management skills

A basic understanding of infrastructure and application components

A sound understanding of SDLC Methodologies including Scrum and Agile Principles

Excellent collaboration skills and ability to influence cross-functional teams including Infrastructure Services, Business Technology, Security and Operations and facilitate conversations that lead to agreed direction

Ability and desire to work with people all over the world, with the probability of a varying work schedule to accommodate different time zones

What could set you apart

Experience using tools/technologies to develop infrastructure as code (IAC) such as Terraform

Experience using or integrating CI/CD technologies such as Jenkins, GitHub (repo management, Actions, Workflows), Sonar, Nexus

Experience designing/developing Policy as Code

Experience in system administration for OS (Linux, Windows) and/or middleware (web servers, application servers, database, etc)

Experience working in a hybrid cloud environment or transforming applications from on-premise data centers to public cloud

Experience with one or more Public Cloud Providers (Google or Amazon)