Senior Consultant (Infrastructure Automation & Software Engineering)

Role Overview:
We are seeking a Senior Consultant with a software engineering approach to delivering automation, balancing critical concerns such as security, maintainability, testing, re-usability, and resiliency. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on, results-oriented, and delivery-driven individual with minimal need for guidance. The role involves working on large, multi-threaded, globally distributed, and complex projects. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, engaging in both on-site and remote work environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver infrastructure automation using modern practices, ensuring high levels of security, maintainability, testing, and re-usability.
• Architect, build, and maintain cloud-native applications with an emphasis on event-driven, microservice-based architecture using OpenShift and Kafka.
• Develop production-ready APIs and application code in Python3; knowledge of Go is an advantage.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins and GitLab.
• Build observability into applications, leveraging alerting, logging, and monitoring frameworks to ensure quick recovery from failure.
• Collaborate with distributed and cross-functional teams to deliver transformation at scale, migrating legacy applications to cloud-native architectures.
• Communicate effectively with senior executives and key stakeholders, providing project updates and leading issue resolution.

Essential Skills & Qualifications:

• Significant experience in infrastructure automation in complex environments, using tools such as Ansible (Ansible Automation Platform), Chef, and Terraform.
• Proven track record in delivering transformation at scale, particularly in cloud-native architecture.
• Strong background in software development, particularly in Python3, with experience in production-ready API and application code.
• Deep understanding of DevOps/DevSecOps/SRE methodologies and experience implementing continuous integration and continuous delivery best practices.
• Experience with cloud-native applications, leveraging technologies like OpenShift and Kafka for event-driven, microservice-based systems.
• Excellent knowledge of CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitLab), and the ability to integrate observability frameworks into applications.

Desirable Skills & Qualifications:

• Experience working on large, multi-threaded, globally distributed, and complex projects.
• Hands-on, results-driven individual with minimal need for supervision.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritize effectively, while identifying and mitigating project risks.
• Experience communicating with senior leadership and managing key stakeholders to drive project outcomes.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with Go programming language.
• Knowledge of APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift.