Senior Ansible Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and sustain Ansible playbooks, roles, and modules focused on infrastructure automation
• Streamline provisioning, configuration management, patching, and deployment processes through automation
• Utilize Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) Tower to orchestrate job execution
• Integrate Ansible with various tools such as ServiceNow, Splunk, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines
• Develop reusable and scalable frameworks for automation
• Conduct troubleshooting, debugging, and optimization of automation workflows
• Adhere to best practices including idempotency, error handling, tagging, and version control
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to pinpoint automation opportunities
• Produce documentation, runbooks, and conduct knowledge transfer sessions

Technical Requirements:

• Experience with Ansible Collections for building and managing structured reusable automation components
• Proficient in AWX, Ansible Tower, and AAP for configuring job templates, workflows, RBAC, and credentials
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Azure DevOps for integrating Ansible into automated pipelines
• Knowledge of Vault tools like Ansible Vault and HashiCorp Vault for securing secrets and sensitive variables
• Expertise in automating resources across cloud platform modules including AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, and Kubernetes

Additional Responsibilities:

• Proven hands-on experience with Ansible
• Solid understanding of Linux and Unix administration
• Experience with YAML, Jinja2 templating, and version control using Git
• Familiarity with REST APIs and integration methodologies
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions
• Basic scripting capabilities in Python, Bash, and PowerShell

Preferred Skills:

Technology->DevOps->Ansible