Senior Automation Developer

We are seeking a Senior Automation Developer to lead the design and development of automation solutions across our Observability and FinOps platforms. This role is key to enhancing monitoring, configuration, and operational efficiency in a hybrid infrastructure environment. You will work closely with Monitoring, SRE, FinOps, and Platform Engineering teams to build scalable automations using Rundeck, SaltStack Enterprise, Icinga, Zabbix, and CloudZero.

As a senior-level developer, you are expected to influence automation strategy, design resilient solutions, and contribute to the overall reliability and cost-efficiency of our infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, implement, and maintain automation workflows using Rundeck, SaltStack Enterprise, and custom scripting (Python, Bash, or equivalent).

Integrate and automate monitoring alerting processes with Icinga and Zabbix.

Collaborate with FinOps teams to extend CloudZero automation for anomaly detection, tagging, and cost insights.

Develop self-service operations and orchestration through Rundeck job templates and SaltStack state modules.

Create and maintain infrastructure-as-code and configuration-as-code practices.

Lead technical efforts in reducing manual toil across observability, monitoring, and cost reporting.

Collaborate with the Observability Director to define KPIs for automation reliability and coverage.

Review automation changes and support CI/CD pipelines for automation delivery.

Provide technical mentorship to junior developers and contribute to knowledge-sharing across teams.

Document automation workflows, processes, and best practices.

Stay current with industry trends and emerging tools to continuously improve automation strategies.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.

5+ years in automation, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering roles.

Strong scripting experience (Python, Bash, or PowerShell).

Experience with SaltStack Enterprise (states, grains, pillars, orchestration).

Hands-on experience with Rundeck (job development, ACLs, plugins).

Familiarity with Icinga and Zabbix monitoring systems, especially custom checks and alerting logic.

Experience integrating automation with APIs and event-driven systems.

Knowledge of cloud cost optimization concepts and FinOps practices; experience with CloudZero is a plus.

Proficient with Git, CI/CD tools, and version-controlled automation workflows.

Comfortable working in hybrid cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Ability to troubleshoot automation issues and provide timely solutions. 

Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Experience with Ansible tool is a plus

Experience with monitoring and logging tools

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience designing alerting automation workflows (, auto-remediation, smart escalation).

Experience with cloud services (, AWS Lambda, Azure Functions)

Knowledge of Prometheus and Grafana is a plus.

Experience building internal developer/self-service platforms.

Certifications in automation tools or cloud platforms (, SaltStack Certified Engineer, AWS DevOps Engineer).

Background in infrastructure monitoring, observability SLO/SLA management, or FinOps.

Background in business process re-engineering or Six Sigma methodologies.

Understanding of DevOps practices in an automation context.

Additional Information

Your health and well-being are important to us at QAD. We provide programs that help you strike a healthy work-life balance.

Opportunity to join a growing business, launching into its next phase of expansion and transformation.

Collaborative culture of smart and hard-working people who support one another to get the job done.

An atmosphere of growth and opportunity, where idea-sharing is always prioritized over level or hierarchy.

Compensation packages based on experience and desired skill set