Lead Chef Automation Engineer
Core
Design and build scalable automation solutions and reusable frameworks for large, hybrid infrastructure environments using Chef and IaC.
Role type
Lead Chef Automation Engineer (Platform Engineering)
Builds
Reusable automation frameworks, Chef cookbooks, and self-service infrastructure capabilities
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure & Configuration Management
Required skills
Chef Infra, Chef Automate, Ruby, Python, Bash, Terraform, Linux, AWS, Azure, GCP, CI/CD pipelines, Git, InSpec, Test Kitchen
Preferred skills
Chef Habitat, OPA, Conftest, Sentinel, Kubernetes, Helm, Prometheus, Datadog, Splunk, ELK
Technologies
Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep, GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Ruby, Python, Bash, PowerShell
Responsibilities
Design and maintain Chef cookbooks, recipes, and Policyfiles; Build Chef Automate capabilities for compliance and fleet management; Develop reusable automation libraries and patterns; Integrate automation with CI/CD pipelines and secrets management; Build automated testing and validation; Partner with security and SRE teams to establish baselines; Troubleshoot complex automation issues; Contribute to platform engineering capabilities like GitOps.
Seniority
Lead, hands-on technical leader