Platform Automation Engineer (Wndows)

Description

Only W2 NO C2CResponsible for designing, building, and testing automated Windows OS provisioning solution for Internal Cloud compute environments.

This role focuses on enabling reliable, scalable on-prem platforms through automation, integration, and continuous testing.

The engineer works hands-on with cloud computing platforms, MS Windows Server, and Linux systems to deliver automated workflows, validate platform integrations, and ensure system reliability using modern automation and testing practices.

Primary Skill Windows/Linux Utility Compute

Desired Skills

• Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ?104)
• Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ?400)
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
• Red Hat Ansible Automation certifications (or equivalent automation credentials)
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) - preferred
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent security fundamentals certification

Required Skills

• MS Windows Server
• Platform Integration Automation
• 5+ years of experience in platform, systems, or infrastructure engineering, with a strong focus on automation and integration.
• Hands-on experience designing and delivering automated Windows Server provisioning for on-prem or internal cloud environments.
• Strong Windows Server administration expertise (OS configuration, patching, roles/features, networking, storage, and security).
• Proficiency in PowerShell for advanced automation and desire-state configuration patterns.
• Working knowledge of Linux systems and cross-platform automation.
• Experience with automation and orchestration tools (e.g., Ansible or similar), and scripting with Python or equivalent.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and CI/CD pipelines supporting automated builds, validation, and deployments.
• Experience integrating provisioning workflows with platform services such as virtualization, networking, identity, monitoring, and configuration management systems.
• Strong focus on testing and reliability, including automated integration/validation testing and troubleshooting of complex workflows.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across platform, operations, SRE, and security teams.

Secondary Skill Automation Testing

Tertiary Skill Cloud Computing