Cloud Automation Engineer

Required Technologies and Skills: 
 Required Qualifications
• 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure automation, system engineering, or DevOps roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Ansible for configuration management and provisioning.
• Strong hands-on experience with HashiCorp Packer for machine image creation.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform, especially: Compute Engine, IAM / service accounts, VPC networking fundamentals, Cloud Storage
• Experience administering and automating both: Windows Server, Linux operating systems
• Strong scripting experience with one or more of the following: Bash, PowerShell, Python
• Understanding of infrastructure-as-code, immutable images, and standardized build patterns.
 Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with Terraform for GCP infrastructure provisioning.
• Experience creating enterprise golden images and image promotion pipelines.
• Familiarity with security hardening frameworks and vulnerability remediation processes.
• Experience with Active Directory integration, Windows configuration automation, and Linux hardening.