Sr. Ansible Consultant

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.

Skills and Requirements

Ability to obtain a secret clearance (do not currently need one) Willingness to travel to Merritt Island, Florida (travel expensed)

• 5-7+ 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 Core Content Creation: Experience in actually creating content for Ansible Core. Ability to write, test, and troubleshoot complex Ansible playbooks for configuration management, application deployment, and task automation.
• Ansible Concept Understanding: A thorough understanding of the concepts of Ansible. Understanding Ansible concepts means grasping its core principles like idempotency, agentless architecture, and how components such as modules, playbooks, collections and inventories function together. It involves knowing how to structure automation using roles, manage data with variables, facts, use of repositories, manage secrets and templates, and effectively troubleshoot and secure deployments.
• Infrastructure Automation Experience: Proven experience with automating infrastructure resources. This can span for either virtual machines, cloud instances and/or containers. Broad Automation Principles: Having a broad understanding of general automation principles means grasping the fundamental concepts that apply across various automation technologies and domains, not just Ansible. This includes knowing about concepts like workflow orchestration, exception handling, data integration, scalability, security considerations in automated processes, and the importance of reusability and modularity in automation design.

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