Automation Engineer
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Automation Engineer Remote (on-site as needed in Richmond, VA or Fairfax, VA)6-Month Contract-to-Hire (Full-Time conversion intended)$40/hr.-$70/hr. (based on experience)
Job Summary:
Our Fortune 300 Energy client's Data Center Automation team is an active, standing product squad responsible for platform operations and administration at enterprise scale. The Automation Engineer will own ongoing platform care — patching, configuration management, lifecycle operations, and upgrade cycles — using configuration-as-code and infrastructure-as-code practices to drive consistency and reduce manual overhead.
Responsibilities:
- Own ongoing platform operations: patching, maintenance, upgrades, configuration, and full lifecycle management
- Implement and maintain configuration-as-code practices to standardize and govern platform configuration at scale
- Manage infrastructure provisioning and changes using Terraform as the primary IaC tool
- Support deployment pipelines and ensure consistent, repeatable infrastructure delivery
- Administer automation tooling built for a regulated enterprise environment
- Produce and maintain documentation: runbooks, change records, configuration standards, and operational procedures
- Coordinate patching and upgrade cycles across on-prem infrastructure with minimal disruption
- Collaborate with architects and senior engineers to execute configuration standards and improvements
- Required Knowledge, Skills & Experience 3+ years of infrastructure experience in platform operations, server administration, DevOps, or a closely related role
- Terraform — team's primary IaC tool; heavy hands-on experience strongly preferred
- Ansible - experience managing accounts associated with system, patching, and performing configuration tweaks
- Configuration-as-Code (CaC) experience in a real operational environment
- Demonstrated experience building automation tooling in a regulated or enterprise environment — not just supporting what others built
- Strong on-premises infrastructure foundation
- Scripting proficiency in Python (preferred), PowerShell, or BashStrong communication skills and ability to document clearly and escalate early
Preferred Qualifications:
Exposure to enterprise utility or regulated-sector environments Familiarity with SaaS-based automation tooling as a complement to Ansible