Automation Engineer

TEKsystems; Westerville (OH); Hybrid; USD 68,880 - 89,544; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Short and long-term disability

Health Spending Account (HSA)

Transportation benefits

Time Off/Leave (PTO)

Job summary

TEKsystems seeks an Automation Engineer to advance enterprise-level automation initiatives within its infrastructure and operations teams. The ideal candidate will possess expertise with Ansible and Python, capable of guiding automation solutions and communicating effectively with engineering teams. This mid-senior level role demands a proactive approach to both technical challenges and team mentorship, supporting a hybrid work environment in Westerville, OH.

Qualifications

• Expertise in working with Ansible and Python.
• Documented skills in translating automation concepts to consistent scripts.
• Experience with engineering design projects for infrastructure automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead automation solutions within infrastructure tech.
• Guide infrastructure engineers in development knowledge.
• Perform orchestration platform provisioning and monitoring.

Skills

Automation

Ansible

Infrastructure Automation

Python

Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Critical Thinking

Troubleshooting

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Skills

Automation, ansible, infrastructure automation, Python

Top Skills Details

Automation, ansible, infrastructure automation

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Automation Engineering Sr Job Profile Summary

The Automation Engineering team leads the model for standing up, standardizing and empowering enterprise level automation efforts across the infrastructure and operations tech spaces. In addition, this team owns automation orchestration within this space and maintains/supports the Rundeck Enterprise and AWX platforms. This is an evolving space with rapidly changing requirements and technologies. The ideal candidate is one interested in being involved in building up something new while unafraid of a challenge.

The Automation Engineer Sr acts as a resource to decision, design and lead on medium to large automation solutions within the infrastructure/operations tech spaces. Experience with both infrastructure and automation technologies is preferred, and a good candidate should be comfortable guiding efforts from initial idea through design, vetting, pitching, building, completion and metric reporting. This role has an expectation of both direct automation development skills and the soft skills to effectively communicate and mentor other infrastructure engineers in building out their own development knowledge. The ability to distinguish between automation needs and process needs and solution on both is integral for success in this position.

Automation Engineering Sr Job Skills And Requirements

• Expertise in working with Ansible or demonstrated ability to quickly learn new programming languages
• Documented skills in translating automation concepts to consistent, reliable scripts using an industry accepted scripting language (Ansible/Python preferred)
• History of projects involving engineering design work, especially projects involving tailored solutions to meet specific infrastructure automation process needs
• Able to recognize and identify enterprise affecting issues to inform both automation design and operations
• Skilled in conceptualizing script structure and design to meet operational needs
• Extensive development background, particularly for supporting, maintaining and engineering infrastructure technology adjacent solutions
• Familiarity with SCM and SDLC principles
• Experience with version control best practices
• Familiar with both Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Experience with containers and virtual environments preferred
• Comfortable identifying, verifying, vetting and testing hardware/software requirements for proposed automation and orchestrations solutions
• Ability to guide and empower infrastructure engineers seeking to explore, identify and expand automated solutions developed within their team
• Possesses a broad understanding of infrastructure devices, protocols, functionalities and operations.
• Experience working with infrastructure standards at an enterprise level
• Ability to lead confidentially and effectively when faced with new or unknown automation challenges
• Frequently anticipates problems in both the automation and infrastructure spaces and analyzes ways to mitigate the risk
• Familiarity with risk management and MRA processes preferred
• Ability to write and execute test plans for Automation testing
• Quantifies and articulates the business value and impact of advanced technical and non-technical information
• Comfortable with conducting and understanding data analysis
• Provides effective production support including accurate problem identification, ticket documentation and customer/vendor dialogue
• Documents, presents, and executes medium-to large-scale projects with minimal supervision
• Effectively able to communicate technical data both granularly and at a higher level
• Previous experience in tracking work efforts through Kanban, Jira, ADO or other story tracking development software
• Is often consulted by peers and seen as the informal leader on tactical problems
• Able to self-direct individual work effectively while maintaining cooperative attitude in conjunction with team and organization goals
• Comfortable managing context switching between multiple efforts
• Perform orchestration platform provisioning, administration, monitoring and troubleshooting
• Maintains current professional and technical skills
• Coaches users from other parts of the organization on company and industry patterns
• Remains aware of current and emerging technologies, how they integrate and drive value
  
  
  

Automation Engineer Sr Key Skills

Necessary Skills

Ansible

Python

Git

RESTful API

ADO

Visio

ServiceNow or similar ticketing

MS Office Suite

Automation/Process design

Data analysis

Troubleshooting

Time Management

Attention To Detail

Communication Skills

Critical Thinking

Self-Motivated

Desired Skills

JavaScript

YAML/Jinja/JSON

AWX

AAP

DevSpaces

OpenShift

Containers

ServiceNow Flow Designer

Shell Scripting

Engineering

CI/CD Pipelines

HLD/LLD

Unit Testing

Tableau

Web Development

Pay And Benefits

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $65.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job

classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be

subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

Available For This Temporary Role May Include The Following

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
  
  
  

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Columbus,OH.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 6, 2025.

About TEKsystems And TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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