We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Automation Engineer to join our Observability Business Line. In this role, you will be the architect behind our self-healing infrastructure, bridging the gap between monitoring and resolution through advanced automation.
Role Overview As a Senior Automation Engineer, you will design and manage the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) to enable fully automated, closed-loop remediation. You will work closely with observability and operations teams to transform alerts into automated actions.
Key Responsibilities Design, deploy, and maintain the full Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) stack, including Controller, Private Automation Hub, and Execution Environments. Build Event-Driven Ansible (EDA) workflows to enable auto-remediation based on real-time alerts. Develop, review, and maintain high-quality Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Ansible Playbooks and Roles. Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines (Git Lab, Jenkins) to streamline patching and deployments. Enforce governance and best practices across Git version control, testing (Molecule), and RBAC security.
Technical Requirements (Must-Have) Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.3+ years of hands-on experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) (enterprise platform experience is mandatory).4+ years of advanced Linux experience (RHEL/Unix) with strong Shell scripting skills. Proven experience with Event-Driven Automation (EDA) or integrating Ansible with monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Riverbed, Solar Winds, or Cisco Thousand Eyes. Strong experience integrating systems using REST APIs. Expert-level knowledge of Git (branching strategies, merges, pull requests). Solid understanding of security and secrets management (Ansible Vault, Hashi Corp Vault, identity management).