Python Application Engineer

Idexcel - Austin, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Austin, TX

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

SARC is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Linux Automation/Python Application Engineer to join our IT organization. The role focuses on designing, developing, and implementing software solutions and automation workflows for IT infrastructure and operations. The ideal candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to automate workflows, improve server OS deployments, and develop containerized applications using tools like OpenShift and Kubernetes. This position requires a passion for automation and infrastructure development, with responsibilities including application debugging, configuration management, and contributing to open source tool builds.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement software solutions and automation workflows for IT infrastructure and operations
• Independently design and develop best-practice code for integration and administration of diverse applications with a focus on process automation
• Deploy production-ready code using industry-standard testing and deployment processes, such as unit/acceptance tests, testing environments and CI/CD processes
• Leverage web frameworks (such as Flask or Django) to provide full-featured RESTful APIs
• Document and support automation services and continue to build on that automation framework
• Improve and refine server OS deployments and provisioning processes using automation
• Design, implement and support IT applications, such as CMDB, ELK stack, GraphQL and other tools
• Contribute to configuration management policy development to further automate and streamline operations
• Contribute to open source tool builds used on Linux servers
• Hands-on application debugging, troubleshooting, and problem remediation with automation workflows
• Build tools and implement automated flow to integrate into job scheduling systems
• Work with cross-functional teams to automate workflows, implement dashboards and monitoring systems
• Develop containerized applications using tools such as OpenShift/Kubernetes/Podman/Docker
• Continuously evaluate and improve best practices for IT process automation
• Contribute and execute on project plans defined by SARC IT team

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in IT automation engineering
• Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Ruby, or Java
• Significant experience with development best practices: source control, pull requests, code reviews
• Experience with producing production-ready code using testing and deployment best-practices
• Experience working with and developing APIs (Flask, Django, Sanic, or similar)
• Experience with CI/CD tools and software testing frameworks
• Knowledge of building, configuring, monitoring, and supporting open source tools and application stacks on Linux
• Experience with most Linux operating system commands and utilities
• Experience working with Docker or Podman, Kubernetes, and/or OpenShift
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of infrastructure components storage, compute network, licenses, version control system and basic system administration skills
• Knowledge of server provisioning with tools such as Redhat Satellite Server, Foreman, PXE, Kickstart
• Knowledge of building, configuring, and administering Linux computer systems in a large environment
• Knowledge of Jira, Jira Project Management, Confluence, BitBucket
• Familiarity with Virtualization environments and tools such as VMWare, vCenter
• Knowledge of internet protocols and services including TCP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, HTTP, SSH, LDAP & AD
• Cloud experience (AWS/Google Cloud/Azure)
• Experience with containers / Kubernetes / OpenShift

Benefits

• Long Term Contract
• W2 position