Senior Automation Engineer with Ansible

Onsite: 5 Days/Week Interview: In-Person Key Requirements Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of relevant IT experienceExtensive hands-on experience with Ansible, including production-grade playbooks, roles, collections, templates, and reusable automationStrong hands-on experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), including administration and developmentStrong AWS engineering experienceExperience designing, provisioning, configuring, and troubleshooting AWS infrastructureHands-on experience developing AWS CloudFormation templates and stacksExperience using Ansible or similar automation tools to provision and manage AWS resourcesStrong understanding of AWS infrastructure including VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, IAM, compute, storage, and related servicesStrong Linux systems administration and engineering experience, preferably with Red Hat Enterprise LinuxExperience with Linux patching, package management, authentication, networking, storage, SELinux, and firewallsProficiency with Python for infrastructure automation, scripting, APIs, and integrationsExperience with source control, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and unit testingExperience building and maintaining containerized execution environmentsExperience with Red Hat Satellite and Linux lifecycle/patch managementExperience with Linux identity and authentication technologies such as Red Hat IdM/FreeIPAAbility to independently own complex technical assignments with minimal supervision Preferred Experience AWS Systems Manager and patch-management automationSTIG implementation, remediation, or compliance validationFIPS-enabled environmentsLarge-scale enterprise Linux and AWS environmentsFederal government, regulated, or security-sensitive environmentsRed Hat, Ansible, Linux, Python, or AWS certifications Additional Responsibilities Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise automation using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.Develop Ansible playbooks, roles, collections, templates, job templates, and workflows for Linux and AWS infrastructure.Develop automation for AWS networking, compute, storage, security, and supporting services.Administer AAP inventories, credentials, RBAC, organizations, job templates, workflows, execution environments, and Ansible Builder.Automate Linux provisioning, configuration management, patching, security hardening, authentication, networking, storage, SELinux, and firewall management.Integrate Red Hat Satellite with Linux management and automation workflows.Build and customize containerized execution environments.Develop automated tests and integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines.Develop patch-management automation using AWS Systems Manager.