- Design and implement enterprise-grade Ansible automation frameworks for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks, as well as zero-touch automation strategies for infrastructure lifecycle (provisioning, patching, configuration, decommissioning)
- Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, collections, and reusable automation patterns
- Administer, maintain, and evolve the enterprise Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), ensuring high availability, scalability, security, and operational excellence
- Integrate Ansible automation into CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows for consistent and auditable deployments
- Collaborate with platform, security, and application teams to standardize infrastructure automation approaches
- Define and promote automation standards, reusable frameworks, and best practices for Ansible playbook, role, and collection development
- Coach and mentor development and operations teams on automation design patterns, infrastructure-as-code principles, security best practices, and maintainable automation development
- Review and provide guidance on automation solutions to ensure consistency, quality, security, and adherence to enterprise standards
- Implement secure automation practices, including secrets management, RBAC, credential governance, and audit trail generation
- Automate compliance controls, validation checks, and policy enforcement within automation workflows
- Design and maintain automation observability and metrics dashboards (execution success rate, drift detection, compliance posture, and platform adoption)
- Design and implement Software Supply Chain Security capabilities, including Software Composition Analysis (SCA), dependency governance, artifact integrity validation, and vulnerability management practices across the software delivery lifecycle
- Contribute to the definition and adoption of Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) capabilities to improve software transparency, traceability, compliance, and risk management
- Act as an end-to-end Solution Architect for strategic platform engineering and automation initiatives, translating business, security, compliance, and operational requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Serve as a trusted advisor to internal customers by conducting technical consultations, solution reviews, onboarding sessions, and architecture workshops
- Drive developer and operator adoption of automation frameworks through self-service capabilities, documentation, training, and enablement activities
- Investigate and resolve complex infrastructure, platform, and automation-related support requests
- Propose and implement case avoidance initiatives by eliminating manual operational activities through automation
- Collaborate with vendors and internal teams to evolve automation tooling strategy and roadmap
- Champion solutions to complex challenges, applying your senior-level problem-solving skills to optimize infrastructure, automation, platform engineering, and DevOps practices
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field (MUST)
- 10 years of progressive DevOps Platform Engineering including at least 2 years as a lead (MUST)
- 5+ years of expertise in Ansible automation –playbooks, roles, collections, and enterprise-scale usage. Including strong experience with Ansible Automation Platform / AWX / Automation Controller (MUST)
- Experience integrating Ansible with CI/CD tools and Git-based workflows (MUST)
- Experience administering and operating enterprise Ansible platforms, including RBAC, execution environments, credential management, governance, upgrades, and lifecycle management (MUST)
- Proven experience establishing automation standards, performing code reviews, and coaching engineering teams on secure and maintainable automation practices (MUST)
- Mastery of RHEL and OpenShift or Kubernetes platforms (MUST)
- Solid understanding of infrastructure-as-code and configuration management principles (MUST)
- Strong proficiency in Git and branching strategies (MUST)
- Experience with secrets management and secure automation patterns (MUST)
- Demonstrated experience acting as a technical lead, trusted advisor, or end-to-end solution architect for enterprise automation, platform engineering, or DevSecOps initiatives (MUST)
- Strong stakeholder management, customer engagement, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to partner effectively with engineers, architects, security teams, and senior leadership (MUST)
- Strong scripting/programming skills in Python and/or Groovy (MUST)
Core Competencies
Demonstrates expertise in Ansible automation, including playbook and role development, while ensuring adherence to security best practices and automation standards. Proven ability to lead platform engineering initiatives and integrate automation into CI/CD workflows for enhanced operational efficiency.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- Ansible Automation Expertise
- CI/CD Integration
- Infrastructure-as-Code Principles
- Technical Leadership
- Scripting in Python and/or Groovy
ATS Optimization Keywords
Hard Skills
- Ansible Playbooks
- Ansible Automation Platform
- RHEL
- OpenShift
- Kubernetes
- Git
- Secrets Management
- Automation Standards
- Configuration Management
- DevSecOps
Soft Skills
- Stakeholder Management
- Customer Engagement
- Communication
- Influencing Skills
Certifications & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
Industry Keywords
- Enterprise Automation
- Platform Engineering
- Software Supply Chain Security
- Software Bill of Materials
- Compliance Controls
Tools & Technologies
- CI/CD Tools
- GitOps Workflows
- Automation Controller
- Execution Environments