Infrastructure Automation Engineer

TEKsystems Minneapolis, MN $30 - $45
Contract Mid Level

Posted 2 weeks ago

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About This Role

Support the maintenance, enhancement, and daily operations of enterprise monitoring solutions, focusing on SCOM administration, automation scripting, and integrating systems to streamline operational tasks within a hybrid environment.

Responsibilities

  • Support the administration and configuration of SCOM management groups, agents, gateways, and management packs
  • Assist in building and tuning custom rules, monitors, alerts, discoveries, and dashboards
  • Monitor SCOM health, troubleshoot operational issues, and ensure consistent performance across environments
  • Participate in routine SCOM maintenance, updates, and best-practice adherence
  • Develop and maintain scripts using PowerShell and Python to automate monitoring tasks and improve efficiency
  • Assist in integrating SCOM with internal tools and external systems via API-based workflows
  • Contribute to event-driven automation efforts using AWS Lambda and Step Functions
  • Support monitoring-as-code and infrastructure-as-code practices within the team
  • Write basic to intermediate SQL queries for reporting, data validation, and troubleshooting
  • Support dashboard creation and reporting needs using SQL-driven insights
  • Assist in analyzing monitoring data to identify issues, trends, and improvement opportunities
  • Work with infrastructure, application, cloud, and DevOps teams to onboard new services into SCOM
  • Contribute to documentation, runbooks, and standardized operating procedures
  • Participate in incident response efforts by supplying monitoring insights and performing follow-up analysis

Requirements

  • Microsoft SCOM experience (management packs, monitoring configuration, troubleshooting)
  • Intermediate proficiency in PowerShell scripting for automation
  • Intermediate proficiency in Python scripting for automation
  • Familiarity with APIs, JSON, and automation workflows
  • Working knowledge of SQL for data queries and monitoring insights
  • Experience supporting system monitoring in enterprise or large-scale environments
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience with Microsoft SCOM

Nice to Have

  • Exposure to cloud monitoring tools (Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, etc.)
  • Familiarity with DevOps concepts and tools (Git, CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible)

Skills

Python * SQL * AWS * Splunk * PowerShell * AWS Lambda * CloudFormation * API * JSON * Git * CI/CD * Terraform * Microsoft * Ansible * CloudWatch * AWS Step Functions * SCOM * Azure Monitor *

* Required skills

Benefits

Dental Insurance
Short-Term Disability
401(k) retirement plan
Transportation benefits
Hospital insurance
Vision Insurance
Long-Term Disability
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Medical Insurance
Accident insurance
Critical illness insurance
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

Certifications

AWS Cloud Practitioner (Required) Microsoft Fundamentals (Required) Azure Administrator Associate (Required)

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