Senior Automation Engineer Ansible | W2 Only

Senior Automation Engineer Ansible | W2 Only
Location: Woodlawn, MD (Onsite)
Interview Process: Video Interview followed by In-Person Interview

Note: Need locals who can go for In-Person Interview

Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of relevant IT experience.
Extensive hands-on experience developing production-grade Ansible playbooks, roles, collections, templates, and reusable automation.
Strong experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), including administration and development.
Strong AWS engineering experience, including designing, provisioning, configuring, and troubleshooting AWS infrastructure.
Hands-on experience developing AWS CloudFormation templates and stacks.
Strong understanding of AWS services and infrastructure, including VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, IAM, compute, storage, and related services.
Strong Red Hat Enterprise Linux/Linux administration and engineering experience.
Experience with Linux patching, package management, authentication, networking, storage, SELinux, and firewall management.
Proficiency in Python for infrastructure automation, scripting, APIs, and integrations.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, source control, automated testing, and unit testing.
Experience building and maintaining containerized execution environments.
Experience with Red Hat Satellite and Linux lifecycle/patch management.
Experience with Linux identity and authentication technologies such as Red Hat IdM/FreeIPA.
Strong troubleshooting skills across AWS, Linux, networking, authentication, storage, security, and application dependencies.
Ability to independently own complex technical assignments from requirements through implementation and production support.

Preferred Skills:
AWS Systems Manager (SSM), particularly patch-management capabilities.
Experience with STIG implementation, remediation, or compliance validation.
Experience working in FIPS-enabled environments.
Experience supporting large-scale enterprise Linux and AWS environments.
Relevant Red Hat, Ansible, Linux, Python, or AWS certifications.