Senior Automation Engineer (Ping/LDAP)

Minneapolis, Charlotte, or Las Colinas (3 days onsite, 2 days remote)

Pay range: 50-56/hour w2

**No C2C opportunities**

Do not wait to apply after reading this description a high application volume is expected for this opportunity.

We are seeking an Automation Engineer to help modernize and automate its enterprise Ping Directory platform. You’ll partner with LDAP engineers to improve configuration-as-code, deployment automation, CI/CD pipelines, and operational reliability for mission-critical directory services.

What you’ll do

• Modernize and maintain automation written in Ruby/RubyGems, Perl, Bash, Python, and Java.
• Develop Python solutions and Ansible playbooks for directory configuration, deployment, and maintenance.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure configuration, automation, and custom code.
• Design, test, and deploy containerized directory services on IBM OpenShift/Kubernetes.
• Support compliance automation, troubleshoot reliability and scaling issues, and improve deployment consistency.
• Lead moderately complex initiatives and provide technical guidance to junior team members.

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years in DevOps.
• 3+ years of development experience with Ruby, Python, Java, and/or Perl.
• 3+ years of experience with CI/CD tools such as Orchestra, Harness, UCD, Artifactory, SonarQube, Black Duck, or GitHub Copilot.
• 3+ years of experience with cloud technologies, Kubernetes, or containers on IBM OpenShift.
• 2+ years of GitHub Copilot experience.

Desired qualifications

• Experience developing Ansible playbooks and working with LDAP or directory services.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, Agile practices, and change management.
• Ability to investigate reliability and scaling issues across code and infrastructure. xhqgsiq
• Leadership, mentoring, and strong communication skills.