Red Hat Consultant – Ansible Automation Platform, AAP

Job Description:

• Support a Department of Defense customer's enterprise automation work
• Design, install, configure, and upgrade Ansible Automation Platform, including automation controller, private automation hub, and Event-Driven Ansible
• Develop, test, and maintain playbooks, roles, and collections for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, patching, and compliance
• Build and manage execution environments with ansible-builder
• Publish automation content through private automation hub
• Integrate AAP with source control, CI/CD pipelines, credential and secrets management, and identity providers including LDAP/AD and SAML
• Configure RBAC, organizations, teams, inventories, and job templates in automation controller
• Automate security hardening and compliance, including STIG, DISA, and SCAP, across RHEL and Windows systems
• Troubleshoot automation failures and platform issues and tune performance
• Document architecture, runbooks, and standards
• Train customer staff on automation best practices

Requirements:

• Hands-on experience with Ansible Automation Platform 2.x, including automation controller, private automation hub, execution environments, ansible-navigator, and ansible-builder
• Strong skills writing playbooks, roles, and custom collections
• Jinja2 templating, YAML, and dynamic inventories
• Advanced RHEL 8/9 administration
• Experience with Git-based workflows, including GitLab/GitHub
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and REST API integrations
• Experience automating STIG remediation
• Experience working in secure, disconnected, or air-gapped environments
• Python and/or Bash scripting
• RH Ansible Automation Platform Certification
• 5–7 years of professional experience
• Must be willing to work remotely
• Must hold an active Top Secret clearance
• U.S. citizenship required
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to work independently and value teamwork
• Excellent problem-solving skills

Benefits:

• Ongoing learning and development opportunities
• Competitive salaries
• Health benefits
• Flexible work arrangements
• Health, retirement, and professional development benefits for eligible employees
• Virtue-centered team and coworkers
• Regular performance appraisals
• Career advancement opportunities