Role: Infrastructure Engineer
Location: Irving, TX (Onsite)
Type: Contract
In this role, you will:
- Independently design, implement, and manage secure, highly available HashiCorp Vault platform with minimal oversight from lead engineers.
- Contribute to end-to-end automation of Vault provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management using Ansible and Terraform
- Develop and enforce platform standards for secrets management, authentication, authorization, and Vault best practices across the organization.
- Analyze and solve complex technical challenges, including cloud native and multi-cloud integrations, Kubernetes auth setups, PKI hierarchies, replication, and performance optimization.
- Collaborate directly with cross-functional teams—security, platform engineering, application teams, product owners, and vendors—to deliver architecturally sound Vault solutions.
- Troubleshoot deep technical issues independently, including HA failures, unseal workflows, auth method problems, and secret engine configuration errors.
- Implement advanced Vault capabilities, such as static and dynamic secrets, PKI secret engine, dynamic Database secrets, and namespace management.
- Guide and support engineering teams, providing Vault expertise, technical recommendations, and onboarding assistance without requiring constant supervision.
- Drive continuous improvement, identifying opportunities for automation, performance tuning, reliability enhancements, and security hardening across Vault deployments.
- Provide on-call support on rotational basis per team’s schedule.
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with HashiCorp Vault, with a proven track record in enterprise-grade Vault design, deployment, and automation.
- Practical experience with Enterprise Change Management, change control processes, and operating within procedural, compliance-driven environments.
- Hands-on expertise with Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and GitHub, with strong understanding of modern automation pipelines for Vault provisioning and configuration.
- Solid understanding of Linux system administration, required for installing, configuring, securing, and troubleshooting Vault clusters.
- Deep understanding of the Vault lifecycle, including installation, upgrades, HA deployment, scaling, and cluster maintenance.