Automation Engineer

*100% Remote*

Apex Systems, the Nation's 2 nd largest Technical Staffing and Services Firm, has an opening for Automation Engineer for a Large Hospitality company in Chicago for a 12-month contract plus extensions.

Key Technology and Project Notes:

Opera- Oracle based Property Management System

Nagios:

• Revamp of Current Nagios Environment to Nagios XI
• Re-design current Nagios Solution to better handle global environments
• Automate configuration of Nagios using automation utilities specified in the job description
  

PURPOSE:
- The Automation Engineer assume responsibility in Supporting Project/Support Engineers by automating repeatable tasks.
- In both the roles the Automation Engineer will communicate with various teams to deliver the required tasks towards Property Systems implementation and operation. Those include incident management tasks and ITIL best practices for Property Systems Technical Engineers allocated to support and project specific tasks and runbook implementation for those allocated to the project team.
- They acquire knowledge from all available channels and share with colleagues to improve the knowledge level of the Property Systems team.
- They are self-driven, motivated and quick-learners in Property System and automation field.

TEAM AND OFFICE STRUCTURE:

- They work remotely and will be available for possible onsite visits up to 4 times a year.
- Report to the managers of support or projects depending on their assigned role.
- Candidate is expected to put in approximately 40 hours per week.
- Occasional overtime is expected if crunch time requires it.
- Occasional late-night hours may be required when supervising off-hours action items.

WHAT IS OPERA:

- Web based application vital to daily hotel operations (Front desk check-in, back office accounting, interfaces to 200 other systems like door locks, TVs, and point of sell.)
- Critical to other core systems being hosted in Client datacenters worldwide.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

DELIVERABLES:

- Support new technologies and the roll-out of new products and systems in coordination with other teams.
- Provide technical guidance on operational issues affecting Opera Property Systems.
- Maintain channels of communication with the related application technicians to ensure successful and efficient production changes.
- Coordinate communication with the third-party technical vendors and internal teams for planned events, outages, etc.
- Acquire oversight for the Opera Property Systems project tasks including planning, implementation, monitoring, maintenance, and diagnostics.
- Participate in the development and implementation of related systems that require communication to/from our hosted application.
- Coordinate all modifications and changes to Client property systems with the technical team and carry out the changes as agreed upon the reviewed solution.
- Performs trend analysis on monitoring alarms, incident reports and service ticket to resolve identified issues.
- Provides on-call or after-hours technical support for the group.

SAMPLE PROJECTS (FOR INDIVIDUALS ALLOCATED TO THE AUTOMATION TEAM):

- Upgrade Ansible Roles / PowerShell Modules to handle new Opera versions received from the vendor.
- Updating Existing Terraform Code to Standing up a new Azure Region
- Implement EMV payment gateway interface between the datacenter and payment processing companies
- Testing disaster recovery readiness
- Implementing interfaces/services of additional vendors to/from Opera
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

- 5 Years Windows Administrator Experience.
- 3-4 Years working with scripting or automation platforms (PowerShell, Ansible, Etc.)
- 1-2 Years Network experience (F5, VIP theory, DNS, Certificates)
- 1-2 Years working with virtual environments (VSphere, Microsoft Azure)
- 1-2 Years working with Weblogic Scripting

PREFERRED SKILLS:

WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOLLOWING TOOLSETS IS PREFERRED:

AUTOMATION:
- PowerShell (Scripting of manual windows functions/tasks or installations of software)
- Ansible (YAML scripting and playbooks)
- Rundeck (Implement scripted jobs to run ad hoc or on a fixed schedule)

About Apex Systems:

• Apex offers a number of resources to our contractors including:
  • Training and Development programs - We have a webinar series with global experts who deliver 3-4 technical and leadership webinars a month around hot topics/technologies such as Agile, DevOps, Angular, Node, React, JavaScript, .NET Core, Java 8/9, Redux, Ansible, Kubernetes, etc. Many of these webinars are worth certification credits for major certifying bodies such as PMI, IIBA, and CompTIA (i.e. PDU, CDU, and CEU credits). We can also provide a technical training license (eligibility required)
  • Benefits - Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, and Employee Stock Purchase Program
  • Strong Support Network - A network of Recruiters, Support Services, and Contractor Care Representatives are here to help our contractors succeed. We have a job portal which has all of our job openings with our 1,200+ clients. We also have off-boarding/end of assignment resources to help you during the transition when you're wrapping up, including a Career Coaching Program and 15+ Career Readiness workshops for job seekers
  • Awards - Apex is a proud recipient of the Best of Staffing awards for both Client Satisfaction and Contractor Satisfaction

Required Skills : Experience with hospitality, Opera & Nagios: Revamp of Current Nagios Environment to Nagios XI Re-design current Nagios Solution to better handle global environments Automate configuration of Nagios using automation utilities specified in the job description
Basic Qualification :
Additional Skills : Remote, If local to Chicago potentially Hybrid- 12 Month Contract plus extensions
Background Check :Yes
Drug Screen :Yes
Notes :
Selling points for candidate :Remote, If local to Chicago potentially Hybrid- 12 Month Contract plus extensions
Project Verification Info :
Candidate must be your W2 Employee :Yes
Exclusive to Apex :No
Face to face interview required :No
Candidate must be local :No
Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship ::No
Interview times set : :No
Type of project :Development/Engineering
Master Job Title :VMS Access Entry
Branch Code :Chicago