Assignment: RQ00217 - Cloud Application Specialist - Senior Requisition: RQ00217 Job Title: Cloud Application Specialist - Senior Client: Metrolinx Start Date: 2026-09-01 End Date: 2027-02-28 Department: Infrastructure & Disaster Recovery Office Location: John and Front St, Toronto Business Days: 129.00 Location: up to 3 days in office, 2 days remote (at the HMs discretion) Public Sector Experience: not necessary Must Haves: 5+ years - Strong hands-on experience with HCP and Terraform. 5+ years - Advanced experience with Ansible, including playbooks, roles, inventories, and automation workflows. 5+ years - experience managing Git

Hub repositories and enterprise source-control practices. 5+ years - Experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, API integration, secrets management, and enterprise security controls.

Description Position Summary We are seeking an experienced contractor to migrate existing Git

Hub-based automation workflows to Hashi

Corp Cloud Platform (HCP) and integrate HCP with Ansible.

The goal is to establish a unified automation platform for infrastructure deployment and Day 2 operations, and complete our integration with Service

Now for one-click service requests and operational automation.

Key Responsibilities Assess existing Git

Hub repositories, Git

Hub Actions workflows, and automation pipelines.

Develop and execute the migration strategy from Git

Hub-based automation to HCP.

Design and implement HCP and Ansible integrations for infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and Day 2 operations.

Maintain Git

Hub repositories, including branching strategies, pull requests, access controls, reusable workflows, and version management.

Build and optimize Git

Hub Actions workflows for testing,



validation, security scanning, and automation.

Develop reusable Terraform and Ansible modules, playbooks, templates, and workflows.

Implement security, governance, approval, and audit requirements across the automation platform.

Support testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and production readiness.

Provide knowledge transfer and operational handover to internal teams.

Optionally, integrate Service

Now with HCP and Ansible to enable approved one-click deployments and Day 2 operational requests.

Required Skills and Experience Solid hands-on experience with HCP and Terraform.

Advanced experience with Ansible, including playbooks, roles, inventories, and automation workflows.

Strong experience managing Git

Hub repositories and enterprise source-control practices.

Hands-on experience developing and supporting Git

Hub Actions workflows.

Experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, API integration, secrets management, and enterprise security controls.

Experience designing automation for infrastructure deployments and Day 2 operations.

Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and knowledge-transfer skills.

Experience working in enterprise cloud environments; Microsoft Azure experience is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications Experience integrating Service

Now with HCP, Ansible, Git

Hub Actions, or other automation platforms.

Experience enabling Service

Now catalog requests for one-click deployments, approvals, status updates, and Day 2 operations.

Familiarity with Service

Now APIs, Integration

Hub, Flow Designer, webhooks, and service catalog workflows.

Experience implementing automated governance, audit trails, and approval processes.

📌 Cloud Application Specialist - Senior (Toronto)
🏢 Cleo Consulting
📍 Toronto