Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer job in London

We have a current opportunity for a Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer on a contract basis. The position will be remote working.

Job Duties:

The job holder will have to perform the following duties:

Implement process improvements which reduce manual efforts involved in patching process, including OS, middleware, database or any other software patching
Partner with Infrastructure team to improve the existing patching processes if required.
Partner with security team to implement any security and compliance requirements as required
Define framework to incorporate applications' stop, restart, health check or any other steps required during the patching process
Diagnose and fix systems and software failures and build additional automation to prevent the failure scenario from reoccurring
Provide leadership and consultancy on patching automation
Work with development team to assist them to integrate application stop, restart and health check processes as part the patching.
Formulate, organize, monitor and track all the patching automation projects in GF IT
Decide on suitable strategies and objectives
Coordinate cross-project activities, develop and control deadlines and activities
Apply change, risk and resource management
Assess program performance and aim to maximize ROI
Create/Maintain automated dashboard and report status to CIOs and take part in relative meeting as required
Go through project boards to evaluate the work to be done

Candidate Requirements:

Proven experience as an infrastructure related position. Minimum of ten years' experience.
Strong on Linux (RedHat), Python and Jenkins skill
Experience with on premise infrastructure
Experience with and proficient with at least one configuration management tool (e.g. Chef, Salt, Ansible, Puppet, etc.)
Experience specially with Ansible and Puppet is a plus
Coding / scripting skills
Experience writing configuration as code
Any experience of Java, AWS, GCP is a plus
Excellent organizational and time management skills
Strong communication and inter-personal skills and documentation skills, both technical and non-technical
Strong consulting skills
Enthusiastic and self-motivated personality with excellent time management skills and a strong sense of initiative
Ability to work independently and effectively in a high-pressure environment against multiple deadlines
Capacity to contribute effectively when working as part of a team
Self-development skills to keep up to date with fast-changing trends
Experience within an agile environment
Comfortable switching between multiple project contexts