Ansible, Automation, Cloud Computing, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, DNS (Domain Name System), Financial Control, IT Service Management (ITSM), Incident Management, Linux Operating System, Load Balancing, Local Area Network (LAN), Network Administration/Management, Network Configuration Management, Network Connectivity, Network Operations Center, PostgreSQL, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Relational Databases (RDBMS), Scripting (Scripting Languages), Systems Administration/Management, VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network), VMS Operating System, VMWare, VMWare vCenter, VMWare vSphere, Virtual Machine (VM), Virtualization, Wide Area Network (WAN)
Indent ID: SF_OP_205310-1-1
Sell Rate: 80/hr
Remote / WFO / Hybrid:Remote. Ideally, Central/Mountain/Pacific TZ hours availability 8am onwards.
Hire Type (FTE/Contract): Contract
Project Duration: 12 Months
Expected Start Date: ASAP
Platform (Infrastructure) Engineer
We are seeking a mid-level Infrastructure Engineer (5+ years of relevant experience) to support the build-out of Flexential's enterprise Observability platform. This is a hands-on technical role working alongside Platform Engineering to provision, configure, and maintain the infrastructure underpinning a modern LGTM-based observability stack across 40+ data center facilities.
Responsibilities
Provision and manage virtual infrastructure within VMware VCF/vSphere/vCenter environments supporting the Observability platform
• Build and maintain Terraform modules for infrastructure provisioning including VMs, storage, and networking
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks for OS configuration, service deployment, and environment hardening
• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters (RKE2 or equivalent) hosting the LGTM stack workloads
• Manage Helm chart deployments for Grafana, Mimir, Loki, Tempo, and Prometheus Operator
• Build and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines and toolchain supporting end-to-end GitOps workflows
• Configure and maintain network connectivity for Observability project to all infrastructure and application components including virtualization, LAN, and WAN
• Collaborate with the Platform Engineering team to establish standards for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), environment promotion, and operational runbooks
Required Skills
• Python and YAML — 3+ years of automation scripting and configuration authoring
• Terraform — 3+ years writing and maintaining infrastructure modules; experience with vSphere or cloud providers preferred
• Ansible — 2+ years of playbook development; AWX/automation controller experience preferred
• Kubernetes and Helm — 3+ years of cluster administration and workload deployment, including day-2 operations
• GitLab — 2+ years of CI/CD pipeline development and GitOps workflow management
• VMware VCF, vSphere, and vCenter — 2+ years of hands-on experience required; strong working knowledge of VM lifecycle, resource pools, and storage policies
• Linux — 3+ years of admin-level proficiency required; systemd, networking, storage, and security hardening
• Networking — 2+ years working with LAN/WAN, DNS, load balancing, and network virtualization in an enterprise environment
Preferred Skills
• Any hands-on exposure to LGTM stack technologies (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir) or OpenTelemetry
• Familiarity with AIOps concepts and observability platform operations nincluding ITSM Major incident management workflows and tools
• Experience with secrets management tools such as CyberArk, Conjur, or HashiCorp Vault
• Experience with Postgres or other RDBMS