Senior Ansible Automation Developer

Responsibilities

Automation Design & Implementation:

Build, maintain, and optimize Ansible playbooks, roles, inventories, and automation pipelines.

Develop Terraform modules for provisioning cloud/onprem resources.

Create reusable templates, automation frameworks, and standardized IaC patterns.

2. Infrastructure-as-Code Lifecycle Management:

Manage version control, branching strategies, and code reviews.

Ensure idempotent, modular, and scalable IaC deployments.

Maintain documentation for deployment maps, workflows, and automation logic.

3. CI/CD Integration & Workflow Automation:

Integrate Ansible/Terraform with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitLab, Jenkins).

Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines.

Perform automated configuration drift detection and compliance enforcement.

4. Cloud & On-Prem Provisioning:

Use Terraform for provisioning compute, network, storage, and PaaS services.

Support multi-cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP) as applicable.

Automate VM builds, patching workflows, and configuration baselines.

5. Scripting & Tooling (Python & PowerShell):

Develop automation scripts, REST API integrations, and task orchestration.

Build CLI utilities, log processors, and workflow enhancements.

Automate infrastructure checks and reporting.

6. Security, Compliance & Hardening:

Enforce secure coding and least privilege in automation workflows.

Integrate scanning tools for compliance validation.

Manage secrets and sensitive data using vaulting technologies.

7. Troubleshooting & RCA:

Identify failures in automation pipelines, Terraform plans/applies, and Ansible executions.

Analyze logs, debug playbooks, and fix module/provider issues.

Prepare RCA reports and corrective actions.

8. Monitoring & Optimization:

Track automation success metrics, efficiency gains, and resource optimizations.

Improve code efficiency, reduce execution time, and enhance maintainability.

9. Decommissioning & Lifecycle Procedures:

Automate teardown, cleanup, archival, and lifecycle workflows using IaC.

Maintain CMDB accuracy and resource tagging compliance.

10. Collaboration & 3rd-Party Coordination:

Work with cloud teams, DevOps teams, and application owners.

Coordinate with tool vendors, module authors, and support teams.

Preferred Skills

• Ansible
• Server Automation 9.x
• Github
• Kubernetes
• Python
• Unix – Shell Scripting

Educational Requirements

MCA,MTech,Bachelor Of Comp. Applications,Bachelor Of Science,Bachelor of Engineering,Bachelor Of Technology