3 days ago
Base Salary
$119k - $196k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, design, and delivery of complex Ansible Automation Platform solutions for financial-services customers.
- Translate regulatory, risk, availability, and operational requirements into scalable, secure, reusable automation frameworks, playbooks, roles, and collections.
- Serve as the primary technical contact and trusted advisor for assigned accounts.
- Conduct scoping and pre-sales calls, discovery workshops, maturity assessments, and proof-of-concept engagements.
- Build production-grade automation for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, compliance as code, security orchestration, and Day-2 operations.
- Integrate Ansible Automation Platform with public clouds, VMware, network devices, ServiceNow, CMDBs, identity systems, and secret-management platforms.
- Troubleshoot complex multi-system automation issues in production environments.
- Mentor customer teams and junior Red Hat consultants on Ansible, GitOps, Event-Driven Ansible, and DevOps practices.
- Contribute reusable roles, collections, and reference architectures to Red Hat’s internal knowledge base and the Ansible community.
- Maintain deep expertise in the Ansible Automation Platform portfolio and maintain at least two relevant active Red Hat certifications.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of hands-on enterprise IT experience in infrastructure, operations, or development.
- At least 3 years of deep production experience with Red Hat Ansible or upstream Ansible, including complex playbooks, roles, custom modules, and collections.
- Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise automation solutions in large, regulated environments.
- Strong experience with at least two of Puppet, Chef, SaltStack, or PowerShell DSC; migration experience is advantageous.
- Proficiency in Python, YAML, Bash, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Working knowledge of Git, CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Tekton, ArgoCD, and modern DevOps practices.
- Hands-on experience integrating automation with AWS, Azure, GCP, and virtualization platforms.
- Knowledge of IT security and compliance fundamentals including CIS benchmarks, DISA STIGs, PCI-DSS, and FFIEC.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills for engaging engineers and C-level executives.
- Demonstrated consulting delivery experience including scoping, workshop facilitation, statement-of-work creation, and project execution.
- Active Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation or Red Hat Certified Architect is preferred.
- Financial-services industry experience is highly desirable.
- Experience with Event-Driven Ansible, Ansible Lightspeed, custom AAP execution environments, large-scale Puppet/Chef/SaltStack migrations, network automation, ServiceNow integration, OpenShift or Kubernetes Day-2 operations, and secrets management is preferred.
Benefits
- Remote and on-site work arrangements are available, with flexible work environments depending on role requirements.
- Full-time permanent U.S. associates receive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Benefits include healthcare and dependent-care flexible spending accounts and a high-deductible medical plan with a health savings account.
- Benefits include a 401(k) with employer match, paid time off, holidays, and paid parental leave.
- Leave benefits include disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave.
- Additional benefits may include an employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, and employee assistance program.
Tech Stack
AnsibleAWSAzureBashChefGitGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDGoogle Cloud PlatformJenkinsKubernetesOpenShiftPuppetPythonTekton
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Red Hat
Red Hat builds enterprise open-source software, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift for Kubernetes, and Ansible automation, sold via subscriptions with support, training, and consulting. It serves large enterprises and public-sector organizations running hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure and modern application platforms. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, Red Hat operates as an independent subsidiary of IBM.