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Senior Automation Lead Cloud Infrastructure
About the role
Senior Automation lead Cloud Infrastructure
Location: Toronto, ON
Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid — up to 3 days in office, 2 days remote (at the hiring manager's discretion)
Contract Details
Position Type: Contract Contract Duration: 6 months Pay Rate: C$95.00–C$105.00 / Hour (CAD) Shift / Schedule: Days
Job 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
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 Skills
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.
Required Experience
5 years of strong hands-on experience with HCP and Terraform. 5 years of advanced experience with Ansible, including playbooks, roles, inventories, and automation workflows. 5 years of experience managing GitHub repositories and enterprise source-control practices. 5 years of experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, API integration, secrets management, and enterprise security controls.
About the Client
This client is a sustainability-focused organization in the public transit sector, delivering integrated transit services that enrich regional prosperity. Operating across the greater Toronto region in Ontario, the organization employs infrastructure engineers, automation specialists, cloud architects, and platform engineers who support mission-critical systems that serve commuters and communities at scale.
About GTT
GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Job Number: 26-10427 Industry: Software Engineering
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