Senior Automation Engineer - Windows OS
About The Position
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer to join our Infrastructure Operations team . In this role, you will leverage your expertise in Windows Operating Systems to design, implement, and optimize automation solutions that enhance system reliability and efficiency. The Senior Automation Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing automation solutions to optimize operations across technology and business environments. This role focuses on improving efficiency, reliability, and compliance through automation of processes, systems, and workflows. The engineer will work with various tools and platforms to build and maintain scalable automation solutions that reduce manual effort and operational costs.
Requirements
- 5+ years of related professional experience. All relevant experience including work, education, transferable skills, and military experience will be considered.
- Cloud Service Provider Certification (e.g., AWS Cloud Practitioner, Azure Fundamentals, etc.) – required within 1 year of employment
- Creative thinking, strong communication skills, creativity, curiosity, self-motivated, time managements skills
- Configuration and administration experience with: Windows OS, Active Directory System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), Ansible Automation, Redhat, AWS or Azure Cloud Knowledge, experience, and familiarity with: Kubernetes Cluster Management
- High school diploma (or equivalency) and legal authorization to work in the U.S.
Nice To Haves
- Virtualization (Hyper-V, VMware) and containerization (Kubernetes, OpenShift)
- Familiarity with cloud migration tools
- Certifications in AWS, Azure, Dell, or HP infrastructure
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and implement complex automation solutions to streamline infrastructure and business processes.
- Analyze existing workflows and automation solutions, identify opportunities for improvement, and optimize them to enhance efficiency and scalability.
- Develop and maintain reusable automation frameworks, scripts, and components for scalability and maintainability, including creating process documentation and designing workflows.
- Integrate automation into enterprise platforms, across multi-cloud environments, and advanced CI/CD pipelines to support operational and development needs.
- Ensure and establish compliance, governance, and security standards are met across all automation solutions.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize automation workflows to ensure reliability and performance.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to gather requirements, validate processes, communicate automation strategies and benefits, and deliver complex automation projects.
- Maintain and upgrade automation platforms, ensuring high availability, disaster recovery, and alignment with business objectives.
- Stay current with emerging automation technologies and best practices to continuously enhance capabilities.
- Develop and execute testing strategies to validate automation solutions.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life insurance
- 401k
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
