Ansible Engineer Onsite (Remote)

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and design automation solutions using Ansible and other relevant technologies.

• Develop and maintain a strategic plan for centralising Ansible automation.

• OCP Application Onboarding (Namespace Creation, Quota Assignment, RBAC role assignment)

• Develop and test digital forms (using AngularJS) to record the user requirement as per the specification document

• JSON Handling: Proficiently work with JSON data for configuration management and data interchange.

• Develop Ansible playbook for onboarding the application onto OCP and perform Unit testing

• Setup DevOps pipeline to build and release the Ansible playbooks

• Create, test, and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles that automate various tasks, configurations, and deployments.

• Maintain and update the centralised inventory of managed hosts and resources.

• Security and Compliance: Implement security best practices for Ansible, including credential and secrets management. Ensure that automation complies with organizational security and compliance policies.

• Scripting: Develop and maintain Python and PowerShell scripts to automate various tasks and processes.

• API Integration: Work with APIs to facilitate communication between different systems and platforms.

• Technology Stack Management: Manage and support automation solutions across a diverse technology stack, including Linux, Windows, RHEL, Core OS, OCP and good to have AWS.

• Source Control: Use GitLab, Bitbucket, Jenkins, and JIRA for version control and collaborate with development teams to ensure code integrity.

• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Work with Terraform and CloudFormation to efficiently provision and manage cloud resources.

• IT Service Management: Integrate automation solutions with ITSM tools to improve service delivery and incident management.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field

• 3 to 5 years of Proven experience as an Ansible Automation Engineer or similar role.

• Strong scripting skills in Python, YAML, Angular JS and PowerShell and good to have Java and Groovy

• Excellent communication skills

• Familiarity with API calls and JSON.

• Proficiency in working with Linux , Windows, Core OS, and RHEL environments.

• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as OCP and AWS

• Experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Ansible is a must

• Familiarity with GitLab, Bitbucket, Jenkins and JIRA for version control.

• Experience with integration of automation solutions into ITSM tools

• Solid understanding of automation principles and practices Docker and Kubernetes for containerisation and orchestration