Infrastructure Platform Automation Architect

Ampcus Incorporated

Chicago, IL

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ansible, Application Programming Interface (API), Architectural Design, Automation, Automation Engineering, Budgeting, Business Services, Change Requests/Orders, Cloud Computing, Coaching, Communication Skills, Configuration Management, Consulting, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Design Services, Documentation, Ecosystems, Enterprise Architecture, Establish Priorities, Git, GitHub, Hybrid Cloud, IT Service Management (ITSM), Identity Data Management, Incident Management, Incident Response, Jenkins, Leadership, Machine Tool, Mentoring, Metrics, Microsoft Windows Azure, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, Operational Improvement, Performance Metrics, Python Programming/Scripting Language, REST (Representational State Transfer), Red Hat Linux Operating System, Release Management/Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Return on Investment (ROI), Risk, ServiceNow, Software Patches, Source Code/Configuration Management (SCM), Systems Administration/Management, Technical Leadership, Test Automation, Use Cases, Windows PowerShell
LOCATION
Chicago, IL
POSTED
1 day ago

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

 

Job Title: Infrastructure Platform Automation Architect

Location(s): Chicago, IL
(Remote)


Job Description
The Infrastructure Platform Automation Architect is a senior technical leader responsible for shaping and delivering automation at scale across enterprise infrastructure platforms. This role designs the automation strategy, reference architectures, and reusable patterns that reduce toil, standardize operations, and improve reliability across hybrid environments (on prem and cloud). You will partner closely with platform owners, operations teams, and service management to translate outcomes into automation roadmaps and measurable improvements.

In this role, you will tackle complex, ambiguous problems—modernizing runbooks into event driven workflows, integrating automation with monitoring/observability and ITSM, and enforcing secure, governed execution. You will coach engineers, influence stakeholders, and ensure automation solutions are resilient, maintainable, and aligned to service-level objectives and enterprise controls.

Responsibilities
  • Define and maintain the enterprise automation architecture, standards, and reusable frameworks for infrastructure platform operations.
  • Design and implement end to end automation workflows (provisioning, configuration, patching, compliance, remediation) across hybrid infrastructure.
  • Integrate automation with ITSM processes (incident, change, request, CMDB) and observability tooling to enable event driven and closed loop operations.
  • Establish governance for automation content including code quality, peer review, testing, release management, documentation, and lifecycle ownership.
  • Lead root cause and reliability reviews to identify toil and prioritize automation opportunities with clear ROI and operational impact.
  • Partner with security and risk teams to embed identity, secrets management, least privilege, and auditability into automation solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentoring to automation engineers and platform admins; develop patterns and accelerators to scale adoption.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to create roadmaps, success metrics, and operational KPIs; communicate progress and outcomes to leadership.
  • Evaluate and onboard automation and orchestration tooling; define integration patterns and reference implementations.
Required Skills
  • Extensive experience designing automation architectures for enterprise infrastructure (hybrid cloud and on prem).
  • Strong proficiency in infrastructure-as-code and configuration management (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell/CLI automation).
  • Workflow/orchestration design experience (e.g., Rundeck, AWX/Ansible Automation Platform, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent).
  • Expertise integrating automation with ITSM (e.g., ServiceNow) including change enablement and CMDB alignment.
  • Solid engineering practices: version control (Git), CI/CD for automation, testing approaches, and modular reusable code design.
  • Experience with observability/monitoring integrations to trigger or validate remediation (metrics, alerts, logs, runbook automation).
  • Strong understanding of security controls for automation (RBAC, secrets management, credential vaulting, audit logging).
  • Ability to produce architecture documentation, runbooks, and standards; strong stakeholder communication and technical leadership.
  • Relevant technical certifications are a plus (e.g., Red Hat, Microsoft Azure, AWS, HashiCorp Terraform, ServiceNow, or automation platform certifications).
Desired Skills
  • Experience implementing event driven or closed loop automation and AIOps use cases.
  • SRE/reliability practices (SLO/SLI design, error budgets, incident response automation, post incident reviews).
  • Container and cloud-native ecosystem exposure (Kubernetes operators, GitOps patterns).
  • Experience with policy-as-code and compliance automation (e.g., OPA/Gatekeeper, InSpec, Azure Policy).
  • Data and API integration skills (REST APIs, Python scripting) to extend automation capabilities.
  • Experience building operating models and adoption plans for automation platforms across multiple teams.
 


Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.

About the Company

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Ampcus Incorporated

Ampcus Inc is a global technology and business consulting firm specializing in Digital Transforrmation, Big Data, Analytics, Cyber Security, Testing, IV&V, Infrastructure Management and Enterprise Solutions. Ampcus Inc is an SBA 8(a) certified Women and Minority Owned global Provider of broad range of consulting Services. From strategy to execution, our disciplined yet flexible approach starts and ends with our clients. By listening hard and working harder, their goals become our goals. We are an ISO 9000, ISO 20000, ISO 27000 and CMMi Level certified company.

Ampcus consultants have significant business, engineering and technology experience. Our consultants have over 20 years of business experience and an average of over 10 years of engineering and technology experience. This means that the project teams understand how systems work and how the technology impacts the business processes of organizations.

We believe that success of an engagement is determined by strong project management, clear communication and mutual commitment working collaboratively. Our methodology begins by listening to the customer needs, then working with their teams to gain a clear understanding of the requirements, while providing a knowledge transfer of best practices for the organization. As a recognized leader providing customized software services, management and engineering solutions to companies around the world, our ability to deliver is a "granted"​ that makes companies put their trust in us to answer their day-to-day business challenges and put them on a path for greater success. We are the choice for our clients because we look at our clients business from a growth perspective.

Industry: Information Technology and Services

Specialties: Digital Transformation, Big Data and Analytics, Infrastructure Management Services, Testing and IV&V, Cyber Security, Active Directory and E-mail Infrastructure, Project Management, Training, and ERP, CRM. EAI, BI

COMPANY SIZE
500 to 999 employees
INDUSTRY
Staffing/Employment Agencies
WEBSITE
http://www.ampcus.com