What are the responsibilities and job description for the Automation SRE position at Apex Systems?
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Job#: 2066335
Job Description:
Job ID: 2066335
Type: Contract through December 2025 to start
Location: Austin, TX 78758
Schedule: 3 days per week onsite. 2 days remote
Job Description:
We are looking for a highly skilled Automation Engineer with a strong systems engineering background to build scalable, resilient, and intelligent automation solutions. This role demands someone who thrives in aggressive environments, embraces complex challenges, and can operate effectively in uncertain situations. Someone with an automation-first mindset to drive efficiency, reduce manual toil, and enhance operational excellence using modern automation solutions will be a great fit.
As part of a mission-critical team, you will work on automating infrastructure, integrating tools via APIs, improving observability, and implementing AIOps-driven solutions. If you're passionate about problem-solving, AI/ML in operations, and optimizing large-scale cloud environments, this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities
Required Skills & Experience
EEO Employer
Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or .
Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
Job Description:
Job ID: 2066335
Type: Contract through December 2025 to start
Location: Austin, TX 78758
Schedule: 3 days per week onsite. 2 days remote
Job Description:
We are looking for a highly skilled Automation Engineer with a strong systems engineering background to build scalable, resilient, and intelligent automation solutions. This role demands someone who thrives in aggressive environments, embraces complex challenges, and can operate effectively in uncertain situations. Someone with an automation-first mindset to drive efficiency, reduce manual toil, and enhance operational excellence using modern automation solutions will be a great fit.
As part of a mission-critical team, you will work on automating infrastructure, integrating tools via APIs, improving observability, and implementing AIOps-driven solutions. If you're passionate about problem-solving, AI/ML in operations, and optimizing large-scale cloud environments, this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop Python-based automation solutions to streamline on-prem (Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Windows & Linux based VMs) and Cloud infrastructure management on Google Cloud Platform and Kubernetes.
- Continuously identify and implement the opportunities to enhance the operational excellence.
- Build proactive and innovative solutions that can scale.
- Implement and manage configuration automation using Ansible (desirable).
- Integrate various tools and services via APIs and client libraries, enabling seamless interoperability across systems.
- Enhance deployment reliability by implementing automated chaos strategies, failover mechanisms, and self-healing infrastructure.
- Develop proactive monitoring and alerting solutions using tools like Splunk, Google Cloud Platform Operations Suite, Grafana, and Prometheus.
- Perform deep root cause analysis (RCA), incident management for complex system failures and develop automation to prevent recurrence.
- Work on system resilience and performance tuning, ensuring mission-critical applications run efficiently.
- Apply AI/ML techniques to automation workflows, enhancing anomaly detection, predictive scaling, and intelligent alerting.
- Identify and develop AIOps opportunities, reducing operational overhead through intelligent automation.
- Experiment with machine learning models to optimize log analysis, monitoring insights, and failure predictions.
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong background in Systems Engineering with a focus on automation and reliability.
- Proficiency in Python (intermediate to expert level) for developing automation and integrations.
- Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes and cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform or any major cloud).
- Experience integrating various tools and platforms via APIs and client libraries.
- Deep understanding of monitoring and alerting using Splunk, Google Cloud Platform Operations Suite, Grafana, and Prometheus.
- Ability to work in aggressive, high-stakes environments where reliability and uptime are critical.
- Strong problem-solving skills, capable of navigating uncertainty and handling complex challenges.
- Experience with Ansible for infrastructure automation.
- Prior experience working in mission-critical teams handling large-scale, high-availability systems is a plus.
- Enthusiasm for AI/ML and AIOps, with a desire to apply it in automation and operations.
EEO Employer
Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or .
Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
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