Senior Automation Engineer (Linux Or Windows)

Senior Automation Engineer
Chandler, AZ
Hybrid 3 Days in 2 Days remote
Takeaway: This role is a heavy automation engineering position focused on building, scaling, and securing enterprise-grade vaulting and secrets platforms. The team needs engineers who can automate everything, integrate with complex ecosystems, and harden both Linux and Windows environments.

Role Overview

The Senior Automation Engineer is responsible for designing, automating, and operating large-scale secrets management platforms-primarily HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk, or similar vaulting technologies. You'll build pipelines, automate provisioning, enforce security controls, and ensure secrets are delivered reliably to thousands of workloads across hybrid or multi-cloud environments.
This team is deeply technical, highly automated, and owns the full lifecycle of secrets: onboarding, rotation, governance, and secure delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Secrets Platform Automation - Build end-to-end automation for Vault/CyberArk provisioning, onboarding, and lifecycle management using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or Go.
• Infrastructure as Code - Implement and maintain IaC modules (Terraform preferred) for Vault clusters, PKI engines, namespaces, policies, and integrations.
• Platform Operations - Operate and support highly available Vault or CyberArk environments across Linux or Windows platforms.
• Secrets Governance - Enforce RBAC, access policies, credential rotation, and compliance controls.
• CI/CD Integration - Integrate secrets delivery into pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab).
• Monitoring & Observability - Build dashboards, alerts, and automated remediation for secrets platforms.
• Security Hardening - Harden OS, network, and platform configurations for enterprise security requirements.
• Cross-Platform Engineering - Automate and support Linux or Windows hosts depending on specialization.
• Incident Response - Troubleshoot outages, performance issues, and secrets delivery failures.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong automation background using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or Go.
• Deep experience with Linux or Windows systems engineering.
• Hands-on experience with HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk, or similar secrets platforms.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or other IaC/automation frameworks.
• Understanding of PKI, certificates, tokens, and authentication flows.
• Familiarity with Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos, or OIDC.
• Experience supporting high-availability and disaster recovery architectures.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across OS, network, and application layers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Kubernetes secrets integration.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform).
• Experience with SIEM, logging, and security monitoring.
• Experience in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering.
• Experience automating credential rotation and non-human identity workflows.

Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Chandler, AZ.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $89.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Chandler,AZ.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Jun 12, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.