Ansible Platform Engineer

Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Ansible

Lead Infrastructure Engineer to support the engineering, operations, and modernization of the Ansible Automation Platform. This role provides hands-on technical leadership to improve platform reliability, scalability, and delivery while collaborating with engineering, operations, security, and customer teams. The engineer will help drive enterprise-scale automation and support 24x7 platform ownership for critical infrastructure services.

• Provide technical guidance for Ansible platform engineering, operations, and automation solutions that address business and technical needs
• Lead the delivery of reliable, scalable, and maintainable solutions for complex infrastructure automation challenges that align with platform standards and business priorities
• Translate technical requirements, platform architecture, operational needs, and customer feedback into practical engineering solutions and implementation plans
• Possess strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Build cross-functional business partnerships
• Contribute to technical strategy, mentor engineers, and improve automation practices
• Expert Ansible Automation Platform and Ansible development experience, including reusable playbooks, roles, collections, workflows, execution environments, and governance
• Strong knowledge of containerization and orchestration (OpenShift, Kubernetes)
• Strong experience with system performance, tuning, and automation troubleshooting
• Ability to support production incidents, root cause analysis, risk identification, and timely escalation in a 24x7 platform environment
• Knowledge of enterprise security, compliance, and vault platforms (HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk)
• Working knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps practices for Infrastructure as Code, security, and compliance scanning (GitHub Actions, Argo CD)
• Working knowledge of major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering or infrastructure automation, or equivalent background through work, training, military service, or education
• 3+ years of experience designing, operating, and optimizing large-scale distributed production systems for high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance

Desired Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience leading technology or infrastructure automation initiatives
• 5+ years of experience in fast-paced Agile environments
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Proven ability to contribute to technical strategy, mentor engineers, and improve automation practices
• Expert Ansible Automation Platform and Ansible development experience, including reusable playbooks, roles, collections, workflows, execution environments, and governance
• Strong knowledge of containerization and orchestration (OpenShift, Kubernetes)
• Strong experience with system performance, tuning, and automation troubleshooting
• Ability to support production incidents, root cause analysis, risk identification, and timely escalation in a 24x7 platform environment
• Knowledge of enterprise security, compliance, and vault platforms (HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk)
• Working knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps practices for Infrastructure as Code, security, and compliance scanning (GitHub Actions, Argo CD)
• Working knowledge of major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Job Expectations

• Ability to work additional hours as needed
• Ability to travel up to 5%

About the Role

Lead Infrastructure Engineer to support the engineering, operations, and modernization of the Ansible Automation Platform. This role provides hands-on technical leadership to improve platform reliability, scalability, and delivery while collaborating with engineering, operations, security, and customer teams. The engineer will help drive enterprise-scale automation and support 24x7 platform ownership for critical infrastructure services.

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