Senior Ansible Automation Platform Architect

Sword Group; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personalised Career Development

Flexible working

Fantastic Benefits Package

Job summary

Sword Group is seeking an Ansible Automation Architect to design and deliver enterprise automation solutions using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. You will work hands-on from requirements through deployment, shaping secure, scalable automation environments for our enterprise customers.

You will collaborate with customers and Sword specialists to produce high-quality designs, drive best practices, and ensure successful implementations across complex environments.

Qualifications

• RHCE certification or demonstrable equivalent level of Red Hat expertise.
• Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• Proven experience designing and implementing Ansible Automation Platform (AAP).
• Experience delivering Ansible solutions beyond playbook development, with an understanding of the wider platform architecture and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise solutions using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, including on-premise deployments.
• Lead the technical design of automation solutions from initial requirements through to implementation.
• Architect scalable, secure and resilient automation environments aligned with customer requirements and technical standards.
• Produce high-quality architecture, design and implementation documentation.
• Work hands-on with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Ansible to build and configure solutions.
• Develop automation approaches that improve consistency, efficiency and repeatability across customer environments.
• Work closely with customer stakeholders and Sword technical teams to translate requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Support technical workshops, solution discussions and design reviews.
• Troubleshoot complex platform and integration issues throughout implementation.
• Apply engineering and automation best practice within complex, highly regulated enterprise environments.

Skills

RHCE certification

RHEL

Ansible Automation Platform

Architecture design

Documentation

Stakeholder communication

On-prem deployments

Troubleshooting

Job description

Sword Group is seeking an Ansible Automation Architect to design and deliver enterprise automation solutions using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. You will work hands-on from requirements through deployment, shaping secure, scalable automation environments for our enterprise customers.

You will collaborate with customers and Sword specialists to produce high-quality designs, drive best practices, and ensure successful implementations across complex environments.