Automation Engineer

VDart Inc; Montreal; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

VDart Inc. in Montreal, QC is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer to design, develop, and maintain automation solutions for infrastructure patching, application deployment, and system administration tasks.

The role emphasizes strong Python development and UNIX/Linux scripting to improve operational efficiency. You will collaborate with infrastructure, platform, and application teams to automate routine tasks, troubleshoot and optimize frameworks, and document procedures and runbooks.

Qualifications

• Strong Python development experience.
• Proficient UNIX/Linux shell scripting (Bash, Korn Shell).
• Experience with software deployment automation and patch management.
• Hands-on Linux server administration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automation solutions for patching and deployment.
• Create and enhance automation scripts using Python and UNIX/Linux shell scripting.
• Automate routine infrastructure and operational tasks to reduce manual intervention.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing automation frameworks and scripts.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, platform, and application teams to implement automated solutions.
• Monitor automation jobs, identify failures, and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain technical documentation, deployment procedures, and automation runbooks.
• Participate in automation strategy discussions and process improvement initiatives.

Skills

Python development

UNIX/Linux scripting

Deployment automation

Patch management

System automation

Linux server administration

Shell scripting

Tools

Bash

Korn Shell

Automation tooling

Job description

Role: Automation Engineer

Location: Montreal, QC

Contract

Skills:

• Strong expertise in Python programming.
• Advanced UNIX/Linux Shell Scripting (Bash, Korn Shell, Shell).
• Experience in software deployment automation.
• Experience with patch management and system automation.
• Linux server administration.

Description:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Automation Engineer with strong expertise in Python development, UNIX/Linux scripting, and software deployment automation. The candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining automation solutions for infrastructure patching, application deployment, system administration tasks, and operational efficiency improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automation solutions for patching and deployment.
• Create and enhance automation scripts using Python and UNIX/Linux shell scripting.
• Automate routine infrastructure and operational tasks and reduce manual intervention.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing automation frameworks and scripts.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, platform, application teams to implement automated solutions.
• Monitor automation jobs, identify failures, and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain technical documentation, deployment procedures, and automation runbooks.
• Participate in automation strategy discussions and process improvement initiatives.