Senior Specialist - Cloud Engineering (ZISPL Job No 647)
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Job Description
Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer ZeroTouch GPU Cloud Stack Linux Image Lifecycle
We are seeking a Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer with 10 years of experience to lead the design and implementation of a ZeroTouch Build Upgrade and Certification pipeline for our onprem GPU cloud infrastructure This role focuses on automating the full stackfrom hardware provisioning through OS and Kubernetes deploymentleveraging 100 GitOps workflows The candidate will bring deep expertise in Linux systems automation image management and compliance hardening with a strong foundation in infrastructure engineering
Key Responsibilities
Architect and implement a fully automated GitOpsbased pipeline for building upgrading and certifying the Linux operating system layer in the GPU cloud stack hardware OS Kubernetes platform
Design and automate Linux image builds using Packer Kickstart and Ansible
Integrate CISSTIG compliance hardening and OpenSCAP scanning directly into the image lifecycle and validation workflows
Own and manage kernel moduledriver automation ensuring version compatibility and hardware enablement for GPU nodes
Collaborate with platform SRE and security teams to standardize image build and deployment practices across the stack
Maintain GitOpscompliant infrastructureascode repositories ensuring traceability and reproducibility of all automation logic
Build selfservice capabilities and frameworks for zerotouch provisioning image certification and drift detection
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to strategic automation roadmap initiatives
Required Skills Experience
10 years of handson experience in Linux infrastructure engineering system automation and OS lifecycle management
Primary key skills required are Ansible Python Packer Kickstart OpenSCAP
Deep expertise with
- Packer for automated image builds
- Kickstart for unattended OS provisioning
- OpenSCAP for security compliance and policy enforcement
- Ansible for configuration management and postbuild customization
Strong understanding of CISSTIG hardening standards and their application in automated pipelines
Experience with kernel and driver management particularly in hardwareaccelerated GPU environments
Proven ability to implement GitOps workflows for infrastructure automation eg Gitbacked pipelines for image release and validation
Solid knowledge of Linux internals bootloaders and provisioning mechanisms in baremetal environments
Exposure to Kubernetes particularly in the context of OSlevel customization and compliance
Strong collaboration skills across teams including security SRE platform and hardware engineering
Bonus
- Familiarity with image signing SBOM generation or secure boot workflows
- Experience working in regulated or complianceheavy environments eg FedRAMP PCIDSS
- Contributions to infrastructure automation frameworks or opensource tools
Skills
Mandatory Skills : Ansible,Terraform,Puppet,Chef,Scripting - Shell/PowerShell/Python
