Automation Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services Canada Inc. is seeking a highly capable engineer to drive automation and tooling across large-scale data center environments.

The role requires strong Python, API experience, and hands-on work with DCIM/IPAM systems, plus CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins. You will collaborate with remote partners across time zones and contribute to infrastructure design and change management.

Qualifications

• Strong Python skills for automation and tooling.
• Experience interacting with various API endpoints and protocols.
• Basic understanding of design principles of large scale systems for software/hardware.
• Willingness to research, be curious and propose solutions.
• Hands-on experience with NetBox or an equivalent DCIM/IPAM system, including data modelling and API integration; CI/CD pipeline experience, Jenkins preferred.
• Working knowledge of Bash and Linux.
• Familiarity with data center hardware and networking equipment and ability to model and specify work.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Ansible or Terraform.
• Experience with hardware lifecycle, asset management, or procurement workflows.
• Background in a regulated environment with formal change management and audit requirements including Disaster Recovery.

Responsibilities

• Develop automation tooling and tooling interfaces.
• Interact with API endpoints and integrate diverse systems.
• Model and specify data center hardware and network equipment end-to-end.
• Collaborate with remote execution partners across time zones.
• Contribute to change management and audit readiness.

Skills

Python

APIs & protocols

Bash

Linux

System thinking

Remote collaboration

Tools

NetBox

IPAM

Jenkins

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an equal opportunity employer, and embraces diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, gender, age, physical ability, neurodiversity, and sexual orientation, to create a workforce that reflects the societies we operate in. Our continued commitment to Culture and Diversity is reflected in our people stories across our workforce and implemented through equitable workplace policies and processes.

Tata Consultancy Services (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) is the technology partner of choice for industry-leading organizations worldwide. Since its inception in 1968, TCS has upheld the highest standards of innovation, engineering excellence and customer service.

It has set an aspiration to become the world's largest AI-led technology services company and is enabling its clients to transform themselves across the full AI stack, from infrastructure to intelligence.

Rooted in the heritage of the Tata Group, TCS is focused on creating long term value for its clients, its investors, its employees, and the community at large. With a highly skilled workforce spread across 56 countries and 194 service delivery centers across the world, the company has been recognized as a top employer in six continents. With the ability to rapidly apply and scale new technologies, the company has built long term partnerships with its clients. Many of these relationships have endured into decades and navigated every technology cycle, from mainframes in the 1970s to artificial intelligence today.

Required skill set

Skills and Responsibilities:

• Strong Python skills for automation and tooling
• Experience interacting with various API endpoints and protocols
• Basic understanding of design principles of large scale systems for both software and hardware
• Willingness to research, be curious and propose solutions.
• Hands-on experience with NetBox or an equivalent DCIM or IPAM system, ideally including data modelling and API integration CI/CD pipeline experience, Jenkins preferred
• Working knowledge of Bash and Linux
• Practical familiarity with data center hardware and networking equipment including servers, switches, structured cabling, cross-connects, power distribution — enough to model it correctly and specify work against itComfort owning a system end to end.
• Ability to work effectively with remote execution partners across time zonesNice to have
• Experience in a colocation or multi-site estate.
• Exposure to latency-sensitive infrastructure Infrastructure-as-code tooling such as Ansible or Terraform
• Experience with hardware lifecycle, asset management, or procurement workflows
• Background in a regulated environment with formal change management and audit requirements including Disaster Recovery.""

Salary Range - CA$ 100,000 - CA$ 120,000 Per Year

Tata Consultancy Services Canada Inc. is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code (OHRC). Should you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources.