Description

· Develop and maintain reusable Ansible playbooks, roles, collections, and workflows in AAP for Linux platform automation
· Design automation for provisioning, configuration management, patch orchestration, and application deployments across RHEL environments
· Build and maintain Kubernetes/OpenShift deployment assets, including manifests, templates, and deployment standards
· Support application onboarding to OpenShift/Kubernetes by defining projects, quotas, configuration, secrets, storage, and networking requirements
· Integrate automation with Red Hat Satellite, GitLab, APIs, and enterprise toolchains to enable end-to-end platform delivery
· Use Git-based workflows, code reviews, and version control best practices for all automation and platform code
· Develop self-service automation and reusable platform patterns to reduce manual effort and improve consistency
· Collaborate with application, database, security, and infrastructure teams to design deployment solutions and resolve integration issues
· Troubleshoot complex issues across Ansible, RHEL, OpenShift/Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines
· Optimize automation performance, idempotency, logging, and error handling for production-grade execution
· Implement platform standards for security, hardening, secrets handling, and compliance within automation and container deployments
· Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and onboarding guides for platform services and automation assets
· Support container image build and release processes using enterprise registry and pipeline standards
· Validate changes through testing, peer review, and controlled release practices before production rollout
· Work closely with operations teams to transition developed solutions into stable and supportable services
· Contribute to platform improvements, standardization, and modernization initiatives across Linux and container environments
· Stay current with Ansible, Kubernetes, and OpenShift capabilities and recommend practical platform enhancements

Required Skills
· Solid Linux/RHEL administration knowledge with understanding of system configuration, patching, networking, and security fundamentals
· Strong hands-on experience with Ansible/AAP, including playbooks, roles, inventories, templates, variables, and workflow design
· Good working knowledge of Kubernetes and/or OpenShift, including pods, deployments, services, routes/ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, persistent storage, and basic troubleshooting
· Experience with Git/GitLab, YAML, JSON, REST APIs, and Infrastructure-as-Code or automation engineering practices
· Experience integrating automation with Red Hat Satellite, CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise platform tools; Python or shell scripting is a plus

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree