Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Kforce has a client that is seeking an Infrastructure Automation Engineer in Coppell, TX.

Overview: The Enterprise Engineer I is a hands-on technical role responsible for supporting and optimizing a predominantly Windows-based enterprise environment (Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022/2025). This position drives secure, repeatable, and efficient operations across hybrid infrastructure platforms, including Azure, VMware, and Hyper-V.

The primary focus of the role includes Azure administration, infrastructure automation using Ansible and PowerShell, and virtualization management and automation within vSphere and Hyper-V environments. Secondary responsibilities include supporting and enhancing monitoring and endpoint management platforms such as Zabbix and SCCM/Intune, as well as contributing to zero-touch provisioning and autonomous infrastructure initiatives.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Windows automation at scale: Build and maintain Ansible roles/playbooks (via AWX) and PowerShell to provision, configure, harden, and remediate Windows servers/desktops (idempotent, version-controlled, secret-safe)
• vSphere/Hyper-V automation: Deploy from templates, customize/rename hosts, join domain, install software, handle reboots with verification, and manage capacity/lifecycle using Ansible + vSphere APIs and PowerShell/Hyper-V cmdlets
• Azure integration: Automate Azure resource changes (CLI/PowerShell) and hybrid identity tasks tied to AD/Entra; enforce RBAC via code
• Observability & DR: Integrate automation with Zabbix for actionable alerts and with ServiceNow for tickets; Script Zerto/Cohesity/Wasabi runbooks and test drills