Ansible Architect

Job Title:

Architect

Location:

Sheffield, 3 days onsite is mandatory

Start Date:

19-Jan-26
End Date: 30-Nov-26
Rate to SSC: £550

• Design and architect scalable, secure, and resilient AAP solutions for enterprise environments.
• Define automation standards, governance, and best practices.
• Lead platform consolidation, migration, and upgrade initiatives.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and security teams to integrate automation workflows.
• Develop and maintain automation playbooks, roles, and execution environments.
• Ensure compliance, RBAC, and credential management across the platform.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and training to engineering teams.
• Evaluate new features, integrations, and emerging technologies.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex automation issues.
• Produce architecture documentation and contribute to automation strategy.

• Extensive experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Ansible Core.
• Good knowledge of AAP 2.6 features.
• Strong background in infrastructure, cloud, and application automation.
• Proficiency in YAML, Python, and related automation tools.
• Experience with RBAC, security, and compliance in enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, Dev Ops, and integration with monitoring and ITSM tools.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of config as code concepts.