Platform Automation Engineer

Only W2 no C2CResponsible for designing, building, and testing automated RHEL OS provisioning solution for Internal Cloud compute environments. This role focuses on enabling reliable, scalable on-prem platforms through automation, integration, and continuous testing. The engineer works hands-on with cloud computing platforms, MS Windows Server, and Linux systems to deliver automated workflows, validate platform integrations, and ensure system reliability using modern automation and testing practices.

Primary Skill Windows/Linux Utility Compute Desired Skills

Do you have experience in Windows support?, * Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
• Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform certifications
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) - preferred
• Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate - preferred
• Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ?400) - preferred
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent security fundamentals certification

Required Skills

• Linux OS provisioning and internals
• Platform Integration Automation (RHEL)
• 5+ years of experience in platform, systems, or infrastructure engineering, with strong emphasis on automation and integration.
• Hands-on experience designing and delivering automated RHEL OS provisioning for on-prem or internal cloud compute environments.
• Strong Linux (RHEL) administration expertise, including OS installation, configuration, patching, services, networking, storage, security, and troubleshooting.
• Proficiency in shell scripting and Python, with experience building maintainable automation tools and workflows.
• Experience with automation and configuration management platforms (e.g., Ansible or equivalent), including scalable, idempotent designs.
• Working knowledge of Windows Server to support cross-platform workflows and integrations in mixed OS environments.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and CI/CD pipelines to support automated provisioning, validation, and deployment.
• Hands-on experience integrating OS provisioning with internal cloud services such as virtualization platforms, networking, identity, monitoring, and configuration systems.
• Strong focus on continuous testing and reliability, including automated validation, integration testing, and failure troubleshooting.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with platform, operations, SRE, and security teams to deliver reliable and scalable automation solutions.

Secondary Skill Automation Testing

Tertiary Skill Cloud Computing