Cloud Application Specialist - Senior (HYBRID) JP217

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced contractor to migrate existing GitHub-based automation workflows to HashiCorp Cloud Platform (HCP) and integrate HCP with Ansible. The goal is to establish a unified automation platform for infrastructure deployment and Day 2 operations, and complete our integration with ServiceNow for one-click service requests and operational automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess existing GitHub repositories, GitHub Actions workflows, and automation pipelines.
• Develop and execute the migration strategy from GitHub-based automation to HCP.
• Design and implement HCP and Ansible integrations for infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and Day 2 operations.
• Maintain GitHub repositories, including branching strategies, pull requests, access controls, reusable workflows, and version management.
• Build and optimize GitHub Actions workflows for testing, validation, security scanning, and automation.
• Develop reusable Terraform and Ansible modules, playbooks, templates, and workflows.
• Implement security, governance, approval, and audit requirements across the automation platform.
• Support testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and production readiness.
• Provide knowledge transfer and operational handover to internal teams.
• Optionally, integrate ServiceNow with HCP and Ansible to enable approved one-click deployments and Day 2 operational requests.

Required Skills and Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with HCP and Terraform.
• Advanced experience with Ansible, including playbooks, roles, inventories, and automation workflows.
• Strong experience managing GitHub repositories and enterprise source-control practices.
• Hands-on experience developing and supporting GitHub Actions workflows.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, API integration, secrets management, and enterprise security controls.
• Experience designing automation for infrastructure deployments and Day 2 operations.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and knowledge-transfer skills.
• Experience working in enterprise cloud environments; Microsoft Azure experience is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience integrating ServiceNow with HCP, Ansible, GitHub Actions, or other automation platforms.
• Experience enabling ServiceNow catalog requests for one-click deployments, approvals, status updates, and Day 2 operations.
• Familiarity with ServiceNow APIs, IntegrationHub, Flow Designer, webhooks, and service catalog workflows.
• Experience implementing automated governance, audit trails, and approval processes.