Sr. Ansible Automation Platform Consultant

Job Description

The project is structured into three main phases: Engagement Readiness, Navigate Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Planning, and Foundation.

Location: Remote
Duration: 1.5 Month Contract
Interview Process: Video Interview
Citizenship: USC/GC Only

Phase 1: Engagement Readiness

This initial phase focuses on preparation and logistics to ensure the project starts smoothly.

Technical Oversight

• Implement a technical prerequisites checklist for the client to complete

• Validate that the technical prerequisites have been met

• Determine if the environment is ready for the engagement

• Answer technical questions to prepare client personnel
  

Logistics

• Identify project points of contact

• Coordinate with project leads and stakeholders before the official kickoff

• Arrange onsite requirements and logistics

• Coordinate access to necessary document repositories

Phase 2: Navigate Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Planning

This phase involves workshops and discussions to define strategy and create a plan.

Strategy and Planning Workshops

• Develop an automation strategy covering team skills, adoption plans, and benefit identification

• Determine automation objectives and prioritize use cases with target criteria and measurements

• Identify interconnections and dependencies for business workflows

• Understand networking requirements and topologies for the Ansible Automation Platform
  

Defining Processes and Use Cases

• Establish ways of working and rules of engagement

• Discuss monitoring, reporting, and retention requirements

• Define the automation content lifecycle (content creation, inventory, credentials, execution environments)

• Define and create implementation guides for three targeted automation use cases:
  1. ServiceNow integration

  2. Provisioning RHEL servers
  3. Patching existing RHEL servers (stretch goal)
  

Documentation and Alignment

• Establish a task backlog for the foundation phase to deliver a minimum viable product (MVP)

• Present outcomes of the Navigate phase to stakeholders and agree on next steps
  

Phase 3: Foundation

This is the implementation phase where the planned infrastructure and automation are built.

Ansible Automation Platform Infrastructure

• Populate an inventory in Ansible Controller with at least one source control inventory source

• Combine job templates into a workflow template

• Deploy, configure, and validate a Private Automation Hub Cluster

• Create and use one custom Execution Environment to support VMware integration

• Integrate the Ansible Automation Platform with ServiceNow to trigger Ansible tasks
  

Automation Content Creation

• Write Ansible content (playbooks, roles) to achieve goals for the following use cases:
  1. Creating new RHEL servers on VMware
  2. Creating new RHEL servers on Nutanix (stretch goal)
  3. Patching existing RHEL servers using LEAPP (stretch goal)
  

Ongoing Technical Oversight

• Resolve technical issues, manage scope, and submit product issues or requests for enhancements (RFEs)

• Escalate issues as needed and manage technical communications to facilitate decision-making

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (controller, workflow templates, private automation hub, execution environments).

• Ability to develop and deploy Ansible playbooks and roles for automation.

• Experience with automation use cases including:

  1. ServiceNow integration

  2. Provisioning RHEL servers

  3. Patching existing RHEL servers

• Knowledge of automation content lifecycle (content creation, inventory management, credentials, execution environments).

• Ability to integrate Ansible Automation Platform with other enterprise tools (e.g., VMware, ServiceNow).

• Experience in infrastructure implementation and automation projects.

• Strong troubleshooting, technical oversight, and escalation skills.

• U.S. Citizenship or Green Card status (as per eligibility requirement).

• Availability to commit to a short-term contract (1.5 months, remote).