Job Description
A client of Insight Global is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Consultant specializing in Red Hat Ansible to join our dynamic team. This role requires deep expertise in Ansible Core content creation, including the ability to write, test, and troubleshoot complex playbooks for configuration management, application deployment, and task automation. The ideal candidate will possess a comprehensive understanding of Ansible concepts, such as idempotency, agentless architecture, and the interplay between modules, playbooks, collections, and inventories. They should be adept at structuring automation using roles, managing data with variables and facts, handling secrets and templates, and ensuring secure and efficient deployments. A strong background in infrastructure automation is essential, with hands-on experience automating virtual machines, cloud instances, and containers. In addition, the candidate should demonstrate a broad grasp of general automation principles, including workflow orchestration, exception handling, data integration, scalability, and modular design. Familiarity with Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) is a plus, particularly in areas such as job scheduling, GUI dashboards, access control, and workflow management.
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Required Skills & Experience
• 3+ years of direct and extensive Ansible experience with expertise in the following areas:
• Advanced Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform skills - The ability to work independently on tickets and programming
• Ansible Automation Platform and AWX migration experience using configuration as code and SQL backups
• Proficiency in modernizing Ansible content from module based to collection based and developing playbooks for use in execution environments
• Experience Installing and Configuring containerized Ansible Automation Platform and Private Automation Hub
• Experience managing Ansible Automation Platform and Execution Environments
• Ability to configure integration points of AWX and third-party software to re-direct to Ansible Automation Platform
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.