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Job Title: Cloud Automation Engineer
Job Location: Charlotte, NC
Job Type: Contract
Job Overview:
Responsibilities:
We are looking for Cloud Automation Engineer for our client in Charlotte, NC
Job Title: Cloud Automation Engineer
Job Location: Charlotte, NC
Job Type: Contract
Job Overview:
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement automated VM image build pipelines using HashiCorp Packer for Google Cloud Compute Engine.
- Develop reusable golden images for Windows Server and Linux workloads.
- Automate VM configuration, software installation, patching, and baseline hardening using Ansible.
- Build standardized and repeatable provisioning patterns for Compute Engine instances across environments.
- Manage and optimize Google Cloud Compute Engine resources including instance templates and managed instance groups.
- Implement VM image lifecycle management best practices within Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform).
- Integrate image creation workflows with Google Cloud Platform networking, IAM, service accounts, and storage services.
- Automate configuration of Windows and Linux systems including domain join, policies, package installation, and agent deployment.
- Support OS patching, security hardening, and operational readiness of VM builds.
- Integrate Packer and Ansible workflows into CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
- Maintain version-controlled infrastructure code and implement automated image testing and validation.
- Promote immutable infrastructure and image versioning practices.
- Apply security baselines and ensure compliance with enterprise security and audit requirements.
- 5 years of experience in cloud infrastructure automation, DevOps, or system engineering roles.
- Strong hands-on experience with Ansible for configuration management and provisioning.
- Strong experience with HashiCorp Packer for machine image creation.
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform, including Compute Engine, IAM, networking, and storage.
- Experience administering and automating Windows Server and Linux environments.
- Automation tools: Ansible, Packer.
- Cloud platform: Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform), Compute Engine.
- Operating systems: Windows Server, Linux distributions (RHEL, CentOS, Rocky, Ubuntu).
- Scripting: PowerShell, Bash, Python.
- DevOps tools: Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI.
- Strong understanding of infrastructure-as-code, immutable infrastructure, and image lifecycle management.
- Experience with Terraform for Google Cloud Platform infrastructure provisioning.
- Experience building enterprise golden images and promotion pipelines.
- Familiarity with security hardening frameworks and vulnerability remediation.
- Experience with Active Directory integration and OS-level security configurations.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills required.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative DevOps environment.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.