Platform Engineer – Ansible Automation Platform

Job Title :  Platform Engineer – Ansible Automation Platform (AAP / Tower) | DevOps / SRE

Location:   Charlotte, NC | Onsite (as required by Client)

Duration : Long Term 

Job Description :

Key Responsibilities

Ansible Automation Platform (AAP / Tower)

Design, develop, and support Ansible playbooks, roles, collections, and execution environments using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP / Tower)

Administer and operate Ansible Tower/AAP, including inventories, credentials, projects, job templates, workflows, RBAC, and access controls

Integrate AAP with enterprise authentication, secrets management, and logging platforms

Ensure automation artifacts meet Truist standards for reusability, auditability, and security

      Platform Engineering & Automation

Build standardized automation frameworks for provisioning, configuration management, patching, and lifecycle management

Enable governed self-service automation while maintaining strong controls and approvals

Automate compliance validation, configuration drift detection, and remediation

      SRE & Reliability Engineering

Apply SRE principles to improve availability, resiliency, and MTTR across supported platforms

Support SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets through automation and observability integration

Automate operational tasks such as health checks, remediation, failover validation, and recovery procedures

       Observability & Monitoring

Integrate Ansible automation with monitoring, logging, and observability tools (e.g., Dynatrace, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)

Automate instrumentation, alert configuration, and telemetry onboarding

Support proactive issue detection and incident response

DevOps & CI/CD Integration

Integrate AAP automation into enterprise CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps)

Promote DevOps best practices including source control, automated testing, and peer review

Partner with application and platform teams to reduce manual effort and deployment risk

Cloud, Security & Compliance

Support automation across hybrid and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, on-prem)

Embed security controls, secrets management, and least-privilege access into automation workflows

Ensure solutions comply with Truist security, risk, and regulatory requirements

Support audit, risk, and compliance reviews as required

        Operations & Governance

Participate in incident, change, and problem management processes

Provide documentation, runbooks, and knowledge transfer to Truist teams

Adhere to Truist vendor engagement, change control, and operational standards

Required Qualifications

Technical Skills

Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP / Tower)

Expertise in Ansible playbooks, roles, collections, workflows, and execution environments

Experience with Linux/Unix systems administration

Experience with CI/CD tools and Git-based source control

Experience with observability platforms (monitoring, logging, tracing)

Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform)

Scripting experience with Python and/or Shell

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting enterprise-scale Ansible Tower/AAP environments

Experience in financial services or other regulated environments

Exposure to Kubernetes and container platforms

Familiarity with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code

Experience with secrets management solutions (CyberArk, Hashi Corp Vault, cloud-native services)

Red Hat certifications (preferred):

Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)