Job Title: Automation Solution Consultant - Senior

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Work Model: Onsite

Duration: 6 months

Must Haves

- 7+ years of hands-on Ansible automation experience in production environments.
- 7+ years Windows Server 2012, 2019 and 2022
- 7+ years PowerShell (Windows automation)
- 7+ years Bash or shell scripting (Linux automation)
- 7+ years Enterprise Linux distributions (RHEL, Ubuntu, or equivalent)

Description / Responsibilities / Skills

Project Description

- lead automation initiatives within a large enterprise IT operations environment
- designing and implementing automation solutions that improve consistency, security, and operational efficiency
- supporting large-scale operational environments with strong governance, reliability, and compliance requirements
- hands-on technical role focused on reducing manual operational work through automation

Enterprise Automation & Standardization
- Establish automation governance, coding standards, and reusable automation patterns.

Windows Server Infrastructure Administration
- Manage server lifecycle activities including provisioning, configuration, patching, upgrades, and decommissioning.
- Administer and troubleshoot Active Directory and Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and core enterprise services.
- Implement OS hardening aligned with enterprise security standards.
- Support backup, disaster recovery, and high availability solutions.

Experience & Skill Set Requirements

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with Ansible Automation Platform, AWX, or Ansible Tower.
- Experience managing environments with hundreds or thousands of servers.
- Hybrid or cloud infrastructure experience (Microsoft Azure preferred).
- Experience with security baselines, CIS hardening, or compliance automation.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code and DevOps practices within enterprise operations.
- Virtualization experience (VMware, Hyper-V, or similar).

Technical Skills

- Ansible automation (roles, playbooks, collections)
- SCCM API / PowerShell automation
- WSUS integration
- ADR (Automatic Deployment Rules)
- Patch compliance reporting
- Git version control
- YAML and automation design principles
- Patch automation and configuration enforcement
- Enterprise monitoring and logging platforms

Soft Skills

- Strong operational mindset focused on reliability and stability.




- Ability to translate manual operational processes into scalable automation.
- Excellent documentation and communication skills.
- Robust analytical and troubleshooting abilities.
- Collaborative approach across infrastructure, security, and application teams.

Education & Certifications (Preferred)
- Degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
- Microsoft Windows Server or Azure certifications.
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or equivalent Linux certification.
- Red Hat Ansible Automation certification.
- ITIL Foundation certification or equivalent.

Enterprise Automation & Standardization
- Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade automation using Ansible across Windows and Linux environments.
- Build reusable Ansible roles, playbooks, inventories, and automation frameworks aligned with enterprise standards.
- Establish automation governance, coding standards, and reusable automation patterns, while maintaining source-controlled automation repositories and documentation.
- Lead the transition from manual administration to automation-first operations.
- Design and implement phased patch deployment strategies (Dev Test UAT Production) ensuring environment promotion discipline.
- Automate end-to-end patch lifecycle management using Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager APIs, PowerShell modules, WSUS integration, and ADR (Automatic Deployment Rules).
- Automate maintenance window execution, change sequencing, pre- and post-deployment validation, rollback procedures, and compliance verification aligned with enterprise ITIL processes.
- Build approval-gated promotion pipelines with reporting dashboards to ensure auditability, production stability, and compliance adherence.
- Optimize patch baselines, supersedence management, deployment scheduling, and automated remediation workflows for large-scale server environments.

Monitoring & Event Management
- Design and implement event-driven automation workflows triggered by enterprise monitoring platforms (e.g.,



Micro Focus Operations Bridge or equivalent).
- Integrate monitoring systems with automation frameworks and ITSM platforms (e.g., ServiceNow) using REST APIs and webhooks.
- Develop automated remediation runbooks for threshold-based and binary alerts to reduce manual NOC intervention.
- Implement closed-loop automation, including automated ticket creation, status updates, and event resolution feedback.
- Define alert correlation, suppression logic, and escalation workflows aligned with enterprise operational standards.
- Continuously optimize event noise reduction and improve mean time to resolution (MTTR) through intelligent automation.

Operational Excellence

- Automate routine operational tasks including patching, configuration validation, and remediation.
- Reduce configuration drift through automated compliance enforcement.
- Develop operational runbooks and automated recovery procedures.
- Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Partner with Security, Architecture, and Infrastructure teams to align automation with enterprise policies and standards.

Collaboration & Technical Leadership
- Act as a technical lead for infrastructure automation initiatives.
- Mentor systems administrators and operations teams in automation practices.
- Promote automation adoption across infrastructure teams.
- Work within enterprise change management and release processes.
- Provide strategic input into automation tooling and infrastructure standards.

Required Qualifications

- 7+ years of enterprise IT infrastructure or systems administration experience.
- Experience automating Windows systems using WinRM and Ansible Windows modules.
- Solid Linux administration skills including package management, services, permissions, and networking.
- Deep knowledge of enterprise infrastructure services: Active Directory
- Deep knowledge of enterprise infrastructure services: DNS and networking fundamentals
- Experience operating within structured enterprise or ITIL-based environments.

Success Measures
- Reduction in manual server administration effort.
- Increased automation adoption across Windows and Linux platforms.
- Improved configuration consistency and compliance.
- Reduced operational incidents through automated remediation.

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