Automation Engineer

Role Overview :

The Automation Engineer is a key member of the VCF9 Migration Factory Delivery Pod's Execution tier, building automation that raises migration throughput and eliminates manual swivel-chair work between tracking systems.

Owns the design and development of PowerCLI, Ansible, and HCX orchestration and Terraform automation against VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) APIs.

Key Responsibilities :

- Designs and builds Terraform automation modules against VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) APIs to provision and configure SDDC and workload domain components.

- Develops PowerCLI and Ansible scripts to automate vSphere, vSAN, and NSX configuration tasks.

- Builds and maintains VMware HCX orchestration automation to accelerate bulk templated VM migrations.

- Integrates automation with ServiceNow/ticketing and wave-tracking systems.

- Partners with the Migration Architect and Senior Migration Engineer to translate designs into reusable, repeatable automation.

- Proposes and implements enhancements that improve the capability, performance, and reliability of Delivery Pod automations.

- Builds and supports automations for deployment, diagnostics, and remediation that run against customer VCF environments.

- Maintains automation source control, versioning, and documentation.

Tech Stack & Requirements :

- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), vSphere, and vSAN administration and APIs.

- Intermediate knowledge of NSX networking constructs.

- Proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, and PowerCLI.

- Experience with Network fundamentals and diagnostics.

Critical Competencies :

- Excellence, Customer-driven, Expertise, Agility, and Compassion.

Skills

IT Automation, VMware, Migration Tools, IT Service Delivery, Terraform, IT Automation Tools, System Migration, Vmware Vsphere, SAN, Ansible, PowerCLI