Ansible Automation Engineer

client is seeking an Ansible Automation Engineer to join their team in a contract-to-hire capacity. This individual will lead infrastructure automation initiatives across Linux and cloud environments, helping reduce manual operational work through scalable, repeatable automation solutions.

• Design, develop, and maintain automation solutions using Ansible and Terraform
• Build scalable automation frameworks for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployments
• Automate processes across Linux (Red Hat/Open Shift), cloud, and infrastructure platforms
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Dev Ops, and Engineering teams to identify and implement automation opportunities
• Troubleshoot and optimize existing automation workflows, playbooks, and pipelines
• Create and maintain high-quality technical documentation and automation standards
• Support enterprise infrastructure modernization initiatives in a hybrid cloud environment

• Strong hands-on experience with Ansible(AAP, playbooks, roles, modules, automation workflows)

• Strong experience with Terraformand Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Linux administration experience, including:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Open Shift

• Experience supporting cloud platforms:

  • Azure
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Scripting experience with:

  • YAML
  • Python

• Experience supporting infrastructure automation, configuration management, and deployment automation

• Strong documentation and written communication skills

• Ability to work independently in a highly technical, non-customer-facing environment

• Windows Server administration experience
• Power Shell scripting
• Perl scripting
• Git / version control experience
• CI/CD pipeline experience
• Git Ops methodologies
• Docker and Kubernetes exposure
• Security automation or compliance-focused infrastructure experience
• SQL experience