Enablement Engineer (IaC & Automation)

Verigent's client is seeking an Infrastructure Migration & Automation Enablement Engineer to support a large-scale data center modernization initiative. This role focuses on helping application teams migrate their infrastructure from a legacy data center into a new Nutanix-based environment, guiding teams in adopting Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform and GitLab.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with application teams to plan and guide migrations into a new Nutanix-based data center environment
• Act as the primary liaison between app teams, automation engineers, and enterprise architecture to ensure consistent use of IaC automation
• Help app teams consume and configure pre-built Terraform modules through GitLab pipelines, aligning deployments with enterprise-approved patterns
• Maintain a catalog of published IaC modules and automation components, documenting their capabilities and advising on proper usage
• Identify opportunities for new automation, request their development, and track their availability for broader adoption
• Translate enterprise architectural diagrams into actionable IaC strategies for application teams, ensuring alignment across infrastructure layers
• Develop and maintain "quick-start" GitLab pipelines that demonstrate proven infrastructure patterns for common deployment needs

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure components (compute, networking, storage, identity, and virtualization)
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code principles and experience using Terraform and GitLab CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with Nutanix or similar hypervisor and virtualization platforms
• Ability to interpret complex architecture designs and assist teams in converting them into automation-ready implementations
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and cross-team collaboration
• Familiarity with infrastructure resiliency concepts (e.g. load balancing, high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), and multi-cluster operation)
• Comfortable working across diverse teams and bridging technical and non-technical conversations
• Working knowledge of Windows and Linux (RHEL) environments
• Understanding of shared storage systems (NAS, SMB, NFS), directory services (Active Directory), and enterprise scheduling (e.g., Control-M)