client is seeking an Ansible Automation Engineer to join their team in a contract-to-hire capacity. This individual will lead infrastructure automation initiatives across Linux and cloud environments, helping reduce manual operational work through scalable, repeatable automation solutions. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain automation solutions using Ansible and Terraform Build scalable automation frameworks for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployments Automate processes across Linux (Red Hat/OpenShift), cloud, and infrastructure platforms Collaborate with Infrastructure, DevOps, and Engineering teams to identify and implement automation opportunities Troubleshoot and optimize existing automation workflows, playbooks, and pipelines Create and maintain high-quality technical documentation and automation standards Support enterprise infrastructure modernization initiatives in a hybrid cloud environment Requirements Required Skills Strong hands-on experience with Ansible (AAP, playbooks, roles, modules, automation workflows) Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Linux administration experience, including: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenShift Experience supporting cloud platforms: Azure AWS Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Scripting experience with: YAML Python Experience supporting infrastructure automation, configuration management, and deployment automation Strong documentation and written communication skills Ability to work independently in a highly technical, non-customer-facing environment Bonus Skills Windows Server administration experience PowerShell scripting Perl scripting Git / version control experience CI/CD pipeline experience GitOps methodologies Docker and Kubernetes exposure Security automation or compliance-focused infrastructure experience SQL experience