IaC & Automation Solution Architect

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly experienced Solution Architect with 10-15 years of strong technical and architectural expertise across software design, infrastructure automation, hybrid cloud platforms, and DevOps toolchains, with a strong background in infra/platform development and hands-on experience with configuration management tools and RESTful APIs. The ideal candidate will possess deep hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerization, orchestration platforms, and modern automation practices, along with solid proficiency in designing scalable, secure, and high-performing enterprise solutions. This role demands strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills, as the architect will collaborate extensively with cross-functional teams, senior stakeholders, and customers to define end-to-end architecture, drive technical strategy, and lead execution

How you’ll make your mark:

• Design and develop automation and DevSecOps solutions
• Implement and manage configuration management tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Chef
• Establish standards and guardrails for automated provisioning, configuration management, and CI/CD integration.
• Drive automation across infrastructure, deployment, and operational workflows for improved efficiency and repeatability.
• Own architectural decisions across application, infrastructure, integration, data, and security layers.
• Define reference architectures, design patterns, and reusable frameworks to accelerate solution development.
• Work with RESTful APIs to automate infrastructure and platform tasks • Manage and maintain Linux-based infrastructures
• Analyze and solve problems related to infrastructure and platform automation
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members
• Continuously improve and optimize automation processes
• Collaborate with other teams such as Development, Operations and Security to identify opportunities for automation

About you:

• Strong experience with end-to-end solution architecture, including design of scalable, reliable, and secure systems.
• Architectural and implementation experience with IaC solutions using Terraform, Ansible, and related tools.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure and platform development principles and experience with programming languages such as Python, GoLang, Ruby and/or Java for developing automation scripts.
• Hands-on experience with at multiple configuration management tools, such as Ansible, Terraform, or Chef. This includes proficiency in writing playbooks, cookbook, modules & creating and modifying data structures.
• Experience with creating, troubleshooting, and maintaining automation scripts, utilizing libraries and frameworks such as Python's Ansible custom module and libraries, Chef's knife and Terraform’ s provider plugins.
• Working experience with RESTful APIs and understanding of API integration with automation tools
• Strong experience with Linux-based infrastructures and administration, including proficiency in command-line interface and shell scripting.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, or CircleC
• Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker and container lifecycle management
• Strong understanding of Bare-Metal Server, Storage (SAN/NAS), Network, Security, Enterprise Business Applications, and related technologies
• Experience in leading teams, leading solutions during pursuit/solutioning process
• Experience in preparing end to end architecture diagram for the solution

Desired Skills:

• Expert-level knowledge of:
• Docker and container lifecycle management
• Kubernetes (deployment patterns, networking, security, operators, Helm, GitOps)
• Extensive experience with Ansible, Terraform, Python, Bash and PowerShell scripting
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, or CircleC
• Experience with Cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK Stack
• Lead technical discussions, architecture reviews, and roadmap planning sessions.
• Provide mentorship, thought leadership, and technical guidance to engineering teams and junior architects.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to debug and troubleshoot complex automation issues

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have - whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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