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# Automation SME

- **Company:** Translucent Services
- **Location:** Montgomery, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $160,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Configuration Management, Github, Key Management, Public Key Infrastructure, Software Troubleshooting, Gitlab, Git, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation, Hashicorp, Terraform, Jenkins
- **Published:** August 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3ab2e3ca9062578e

## About the Role

* Experience developing and maintaining Ansible playbooks, roles, automation workflows, and standardized runbooks for enterprise-scale environments.
 * Expertise with HashiCorp Terraform for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), provisioning, configuration management, and lifecycle management across cloud and on-prem platforms.
 * Knowledge of HashiCorp Vault, secrets management, credential rotation, PKI integration, and secure automation practices.
 * Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using Git, GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms to automate deployments and system changes.
 * Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and automation governance skills with experience supporting compliance, change management, and large-scale operational environments., * Automation SME: 5 years (Preferred)

## Description

* Strong scripting expertise in Python, PowerShell, Bash, and Shell scripting to automate infrastructure, cloud, security, and operational workflows.


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