senior automation solution consultant.

Do you have 7+ years of hands-on Ansible automation experience in production environments? Do you have 7+ years experience in Enterprise Linux distributions (RHEL, Ubuntu, or equivalent)? If so, this would be a great opportunity for you!

Our client is looking for a Senior Automation Solution Consultant for a 6 month contract in Toronto.

This is a remote role.

Rate: $77.63 - $84.02

Advantages
• Earn a competitive rate within the industry.

• Location: Remote – 4 p.m. and 12:00 am shift (preference) or 4:00 am to 12:00 pm shift.

Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade automation using Ansible across Windows and Linux environments.
• Build reusable Ansible roles, playbooks, inventories, and automation frameworks aligned with enterprise standards.
• Establish automation governance, coding standards, and reusable automation patterns, while maintaining source-controlled automation repositories and documentation.
• Automate provisioning, configuration management, compliance enforcement, and operational workflows, reducing manual administration across the enterprise.

• Lead the transition from manual administration to automation-first operations.
• Design and implement phased patch deployment strategies (Dev → Test → UAT → Production) ensuring environment promotion discipline.
• Automate end-to-end patch lifecycle management using Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager APIs, PowerShell modules, WSUS integration, and ADR (Automatic Deployment Rules).
• Automate maintenance window execution, change sequencing, pre- and post-deployment validation, rollback procedures, and compliance verification aligned with enterprise ITIL processes.
• Build approval-gated promotion pipelines with reporting dashboards to ensure auditability, production stability, and compliance adherence.
• Optimize patch baselines, supersedence management, deployment scheduling, and automated remediation workflows for large-scale server environments.

Qualifications
Must Haves:

• 7+ years of hands-on Ansible automation experience in production environments.
• 7+ years Windows Server 2012, 2019 and 2022
• 7+ years PowerShell (Windows automation)
• 7+ years Bash or shell scripting (Linux automation)
• 7+ years Enterprise Linux distributions (RHEL, Ubuntu, or equivalent)

Public Sector Experience: Nice to Have

Summary
If you are interested in the Senior Automation Solution Consultant position in Toronto, please apply online at Qualified candidates will be contacted.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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