Description

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, deploy, and maintain enterprise infrastructure automation solutions using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), including Automation Controller, Automation Hub, Execution Environments, Workflow Templates, and Job Templates.

Develop reusable Ansible Playbooks, Roles, Collections, and Python automation to automate provisioning, configuration management, patching, compliance, monitoring, and operational workflows.

Build REST API integrations and automation frameworks to integrate with enterprise platforms, cloud services, ITSM tools, and CI/CD pipelines.

Collaborate with infrastructure, storage, compute, networking, cloud, and platform engineering teams to automate infrastructure lifecycle management across on-premises and cloud environments.

Troubleshoot complex automation and infrastructure issues, perform code reviews, testing, validation, and deployments, and maintain technical documentation and automation best practices.

Utilize Git, YAML, Jinja2, Shell scripting, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Linux administration, and DevOps practices to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable automation solutions.

Support automation for AWS, Azure, or GCP environments, monitoring and observability platforms, and enterprise infrastructure while driving continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.

Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) and/or Ansible automation in enterprise environments.

Proficiency in Python and/or Go, Shell scripting, Linux, REST APIs, Git, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and DevOps/CI-CD practices is preferred.

Hands-on experience deploying and installing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) from scratch in enterprise environments, including multi-node and high-availability configurations.

Experience upgrading AAP across major versions, managing platform lifecycle, patching, and maintaining Automation Controller and Automation Hub.

Designed and configured AAP mesh topology, including control nodes, execution nodes, and hop nodes in distributed enterprise environments.

Administered Automation Hub including private automation hub setup, Collection publishing, approval workflows, and namespace management.

Built and maintained custom Execution Environments (EEs) using ansible-builder, managing Python dependencies, Collections, and container registries.

Configured enterprise-grade AAP integrations including LDAP/AD authentication, RBAC, credential management, and external secrets management.

Experience with AAP backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree