Procom is a leading provider of professional IT services and staffing to businesses and governments in Canada.
With revenues over $500 million, the Branham Group has recognized Procom as the 3rd largest professional services firm in Canada and is now the largest "Canadian-Owned" IT staffing/consulting company.
Procom's areas of staffing expertise include:
Application Development
Project Management
Quality Assurance
Business/Systems Analysis
Datawarehouse & Business Intelligence
Infrastructure & Network Services
Risk Management & Compliance
Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
Security & Privacy
Specialties Contract Staffing (Staff Augmentation)
Permanent Placement (Staff Augmentation)
ICAP (Contractor Payroll)
Flextrack (Vendor Management System)
Cloud Orchestration/Automation Engineer
On behalf of our client, Procom Services is searching for a Cloud Orchestration/Automation Engineer for a contract opportunity in Dallas, TX.
Cloud Orchestration/Automation Engineer Job Details
Qualified candidates will be responsible for developing automation/orchestration within a private cloud environment. The candidate will also work with development teams to integrate with external systems to close the loop on a fully automated dev-to-production release cycle. This position requires a dynamic and enthusiastic individual who enjoys working in fast-paced environments. The ideal candidate works well with independent tactical assignments while collaborating with the broader team to scope to strategic goals. This position is not a direct coder role, rather an operations focus to delivering virtual infrastructure programmatically within a VMWare vRealize Automation framework.Â
Cloud Orchestration/Automation Engineer Mandatory Skills
REQUIRED SKILLS:Â
Strong innovative and analytical ability with extensive systems implementation experienceÂ
Must be a team player and have excellent written and oral communication skillsÂ
Must have the ability to operationalize and support what you buildÂ
Must be fully competent to work under general direction on complex projects. The candidate will be delegated direct assignments to deliver.Â
May require scheduled and unscheduled off-hours work (on-call duties)Â
Strong systems integration and deployment skillsÂ
Expertise experience with scripting languages such as: Powershell, VB, JavaScript, Python, & Linux Shell ScriptingÂ
Strong understanding of error handling, debugging, and conflict resolutionÂ
Established experience with Data Center/Server automation technologies such as VMware vRealize Automation & vRealize Orchestration or similar enterprise solutionsÂ
Understanding of full Virtual Machine lifecycle management from provisioning to decommissioningÂ
The following skills are preferred:Â
Experience with VMWare vRealize Automation 7.x + vRealize Orchestrator 6.x+Â
Experience with vSphere 5.5 & 6.x AdministrationÂ
Experience with distributed automation/orchestration architecturesÂ
Experience with automating/integrating to an API - REST and/or CLI methods, XMLRPC, SOAP, WEBDAV, SSHÂ
Experience with JSON and/or XMLÂ
AWS EC2 -integration with EC2 API'sÂ
Experience with automating deployments in VMware NSX 6.xÂ
Experience in a DevOps environment strongly desiredÂ
Demonstrated experience in documenting and articulating complex system designsÂ
Experience with load balancers such as F5 Big-IP LTM and GTMÂ
Functional LINUX and Windows Administration skillsÂ
Experience with container technologies - Docker, Docker Swarm, KurbernetesÂ
Experience with continuous integration/deployment technologies - Jenkins, TeamCityÂ
Experience with configuration management technologies - Chef, Puppet, Vagrant, AnsibleÂ
Experience with Cloud Foundry or cloud native apps a plusÂ
Experience with managing, deploying, or integrating with OpenStackÂ
Software development experience a plusÂ
Experience working in an AGILE methodologyÂ
EDUCATION:Â
BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management Systems or a related discipline
Cloud Orchestration/Automation Engineer Start Date
ASAP
Cloud Orchestration/Automation Engineer Assignment Length
11+ months