Sr. Ansible Architect

Job Description Skilsets Base skills Ability to perform industry standard gap analysis with customer Ability to create high level designs for integrations or Ansible Playbook approach Ability to write technical documentation in Github repository for Ansible content (Ansible Role documentation, README, etc) Ability to write technical documentation in Confluence according to customeru2019s requirements Ability to use draw.io plugin within Confluence to add designs to documentation Ability to communicate clearly with customer Ability to perform frequent demos to ensure customer has an understanding and correct expectations of progress Ability to move requests to u201cparking lotu201d and detect scope creep occuring Ability to properly escalate to Project Manager if necessary Ability to explain and inform Principal Architect of architectural or design decisions that are needed Ability to spin up adhoc meetings and understand urgency Ability to work independently but ALSO as a team Ability to share and help others on the team Ability to be open to professional criticism (such as code reviews) Committed to building the best product for the customer and being open to adjustments or improvements Ability to estimate your work Ability to break down work into small achievable tasks Ability to clearly express updates and raise issues or report blockers pro-actively Ability to write a Jira ticket covering pre-reqs, definition of done and any blockers or issues Follows an Agile methodology Builds and designs based on MVP approach Ansible basic skills Experience with setting up Ansible within Python Virtual Environment on a development server (bastion host) Ability to create an Ansible Project repository with proper folders and files as a foundation Ability to build a Playbook with Roles Ability to write and test custom plugins or modules Ability to write custom inventory plugins Requires Python knowledge Requires an understanding of Ansible plugin/module python framework Ability to run playbooks using an existing Execution Environment using ansible-navigator tool Ability to leverage ansible-inventory tool to test inventory Ability to create an Ansible Collection for a customer Ability to test and debug playbooks Integrations Knowledge of recommended methods to allow Ansible to integrate external systems, regardless of the system Leveraging existing Ansible Collection from vendor Leveraging Ansible uri module to use REST API endpoint Leveraging custom module using Python inside Ansible framework Experience building integrations using Ansible Ansible Platform Experience with specifically the Ansible Platform 2.5.x - Containerized installation using podman containers on RHEL systems Experience with installation of AAP 2.5.x Containerized Installation Experience with config-as-code concepts to use ansible playbook to configure AAP 2.5.x Experience with transitioning Ansible content to Ansible Platform; not with Ansible Tower, but specifically with Ansible Platform 2.5.x Understands 2.5.x components (Gateway, Controller, Automation Hub, Redis, Postgres, Event Driven Ansible) Understands containers and images using podman Understands image registry concepts Understands how to configure Automation Hub within AAP 2.5.x Understands how to configure Event Driven Ansible within AAP 2.5.x Onboarding Understanding of governance of the platform Increasing usage Managing access using RBAC, etc Onboarding tenants Credential management Inventory management/controls Repository templates Execution Environment creation/management Understanding of a Center of Excellence for automation Day 2 Operational Playbooks Experience creating CIS Level 1 Compliance Automation for OS Hardening Delivery of automation playbooks to enforce CIS Level 1 Benchmark controls Building a playbook for each system: RHEL 8 & 9 and Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 Includes content for securing operating system baselines across Dev and Pre-Prod environments. Customer specifics beyond the above items Delivery of reusable, certified Day 2 operational playbooks including: User/team onboarding Inventory and project sync RBAC policy enforcement Job lifecycle management Monitoring and log forwarding Backup and recovery u25cb PostgreSQL snapshot creation u25cb Scheduled configuration and EE backups u25cb Offsite backup replication u25cb Restoration testing and job re-validation Disaster recovery and backup playbooks delivered and validated We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. 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Created: 2025-11-17