Automation Engineer

Who We Are

At Kyndryl, we run and reimagine the mission-critical technology systems that drive advantage for the world’s leading businesses. We are at the heart of progress; with proven expertise and a continuous flow of AI-powered insight, enabling smarter decisions, faster innovation, and a lasting competitive edge. For our people—Kyndryls—that means doing purposeful work that powers human progress. Join us and experience a flexible, supportive environment where your well-being is prioritized and your potential can thrive.

The Role

Are you passionate about transforming enterprise operations through automation? At Kyndryl, we are looking for an experienced Infrastructure Automation Engineer to design, develop, and implement scalable automation solutions that improve operational efficiency, standardization, and service reliability across complex enterprise environments. As an Infrastructure Automation Engineer, you will play a key role in developing reusable automation frameworks and orchestrating operational processes across infrastructure, middleware, databases, cloud platforms, and application environments. Leveraging Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and industry-leading automation practices, you will help reduce operational risk, eliminate manual effort, and accelerate service delivery. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze technical requirements, design automation solutions, and support the full automation lifecycle from design and development through testing, deployment, and continuous optimization. Your expertise will contribute to operational excellence, governance compliance, and enterprise modernization initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise automation playbooks and reusable automation frameworks.
• Analyze application, infrastructure, middleware, and platform dependencies to develop reliable, scalable, and maintainable automation solutions.
• Develop automation workflows using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Ansible Playbooks.
• Automate operational procedures across enterprise infrastructure, operating systems, middleware, databases, cloud services, and application platforms.
• Collaborate with application owners, infrastructure teams, middleware administrators, cloud engineers, network engineers, and security teams to gather requirements and validate automation opportunities.
• Prepare technical design documents, workflow diagrams, implementation plans, testing evidence, and operational documentation.
• Execute Unit Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and production deployment activities for automation solutions.
• Troubleshoot automation failures, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Participate in code reviews and apply engineering best practices to ensure high-quality, reliable, and maintainable automation code.
• Maintain source code repositories, automation assets, and documentation using Git and version control best practices.
• Support production implementation, change management activities, and post-deployment support in accordance with internal governance and ITIL processes.
• Continuously optimize automation solutions to improve standardization, operational efficiency, and platform reliability.
• Ensure automation solutions comply with security policies, access controls, audit requirements, and operational standards.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, automation tools, and DevOps practices to drive innovation and continuous improvement.
• Provide technical guidance, knowledge transfer, and support to project teams and operational support organizations.

You are a highly motivated automation professional with strong experience in enterprise infrastructure, systems administration, and automation engineering. You enjoy solving complex operational challenges through automation and are passionate about building scalable, reusable solutions that improve service quality and reliability. You have strong technical problem-solving skills, can work independently with minimal supervision, and collaborate effectively with stakeholders across multiple technology domains. You are customer-focused, adaptable, and committed to continuous learning and innovation.

Required Skills and Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in one or more of the following areas: Linux Administration, Windows Server Administration, Middleware Administration, Database Administration, DevOps Engineering, Infrastructure Automation.
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience developing automation solutions using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Ansible Playbooks.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale or mission-critical production environments.
• Strong knowledge of operating systems including: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows Server, AIX, Solaris.
• Strong hands-on scripting experience using: Ansible Bash PowerShell.
• Strong knowledge of: Automation lifecycle management, Playbook development methodologies, Source control management, Enterprise operational processes.
• Hands-on experience with: Ansible Playbooks YAML Git Version control platforms.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to work independently and collaborate with stakeholders across multiple technology domains.