Day to day:
Insight Global is looking for a Cloud Database Platform Automation Engineer for a global consulting firm. This person will be a Hands-on individual contributor responsible for building and standardizing Terraform-based, self-service database platform capabilities across AWS, Azure, and GCP. This role is focused on execution – taking defined requirements and delivering clean, production-ready automation with minimal overhead.
Responsibilities:
- Build and standardize Terraform modules for database platforms across AWS, Azure, GCP
- Refactor existing modules into consistent, reusable, and maintainable patterns
- Enable self-service infrastructure aligned with their ecosystem (Terraform Cloud, OIDC)
- Embed security, IAM, and networking standards directly into modules
- Implement GitHub Actions pipelines for CI/CD, validation, and releases
- Apply versioning and module lifecycle practices
- Drive automation to reduce manual provisioning and operations
- Work with cloud, networking, security, and identity teams to integrate dependencies
- Support database platform offerings; support data engineering tooling automation (Airflow, Glue) where relevant
- Provide clear updates, documentation, and delivery transparency
Must haves:
- Strong hands-on experience building Terraform modules (module development, not just usage)
- Comfortable working directly in code, pipelines, and debugging issues end-to-end
- Experience AWS (Azure/GCP is a plus)
- Familiarity with Terraform Cloud (TFC), OIDC,
- Experienced in CI/CD (GitHub Actions or similar) and automation workflows.
- Experience building reusable, self-service infrastructure modules with built-in standards
- Familiarity with Python or scripting for lightweight automation where needed
- Working knowledge of managed Database services
- Ability to take requirements, execute independently, and communicate progress clearly
Plusses:
- Exposure to data engineering tools (Airflow, Glue, or similar data engineering tools)
