client is seeking an Ansible Automation Engineer to join their team in a contract-to-hire capacity. This individual will lead infrastructure automation initiatives across Linux and cloud environments, helping reduce manual operational work through scalable, repeatable automation solutions. Key Responsibilities • Design, develop, and maintain automation solutions using Ansible and Terraform • Build scalable automation frameworks for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployments • Automate processes across Linux (Red Hat/OpenShift), cloud, and infrastructure platforms • Collaborate with Infrastructure, DevOps, and Engineering teams to identify and implement automation opportunities • Troubleshoot and optimize existing automation workflows, playbooks, and pipelines • Create and maintain high-quality technical documentation and automation standards • Support enterprise infrastructure modernization initiatives in a hybrid cloud environment Requirements Required Skills • Strong hands-on experience with Ansible (AAP, playbooks, roles, modules, automation workflows) • Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) • Linux administration experience, including: • Red Hat Enterprise Linux • OpenShift • Experience supporting cloud platforms: • Azure • AWS • Google Cloud Platform (GCP) • Scripting experience with: • YAML • Python • Experience supporting infrastructure automation, configuration management, and deployment automation • Strong documentation and written communication skills • Ability to work independently in a highly technical, non-customer-facing environment Bonus Skills • Windows Server administration experience • PowerShell scripting • Perl scripting • Git / version control experience • CI/CD pipeline experience • GitOps methodologies • Docker and Kubernetes exposure • Security automation or compliance-focused infrastructure experience • SQL experience