Senior Automation Developer - Ansible & Terraform

Infosys; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Infosys in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Ansible Automation Developer to design and implement IaC and automation pipelines across cloud and on‑prem environments. You will build Ansible playbooks, Terraform modules, and reusable templates to standardize provisioning and configurations.

The role emphasizes CI/CD integration, security hardening, drift detection, RCA reporting, and collaboration with cloud/DevOps teams to improve efficiency and maintainability across multi‑cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Experience automating infrastructure with IaC and configuration management.
• Strong knowledge of Ansible, Terraform, and automation frameworks.
• Experience integrating IaC with CI/CD pipelines and cloud/on‑prem provisioning.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and optimize Ansible playbooks, roles, inventories, and automation pipelines.
• Develop Terraform modules for provisioning cloud/onprem resources.
• Create reusable templates, automation frameworks, and standardized IaC patterns.
• Manage version control, branching strategies, and code reviews.
• Ensure idempotent, modular, and scalable IaC deployments.
• Maintain documentation for deployment maps, workflows, and automation logic.
• Integrate Ansible/Terraform with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitLab, Jenkins).
• Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines.
• Perform automated configuration drift detection and compliance enforcement.
• Use Terraform for provisioning compute, network, storage, and PaaS services.
• Support multi-cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP) as applicable.
• Automate VM builds, patching workflows, and configuration baselines.
• Develop automation scripts, REST API integrations, and task orchestration.
• Build CLI utilities, log processors, and workflow enhancements.
• Automate infrastructure checks and reporting.
• Enforce secure coding and least privilege in automation workflows.
• Integrate scanning tools for compliance validation.
• Manage secrets and sensitive data using vaulting technologies.
• Identify failures in automation pipelines, Terraform plans/applies, and Ansible executions.
• Analyze logs, debug playbooks, and fix module/provider issues.
• Prepare RCA reports and corrective actions.
• Track automation success metrics, efficiency gains, and resource optimizations.
• Improve code efficiency, reduce execution time, and enhance maintainability.
• Automate teardown, cleanup, archival, and lifecycle workflows using IaC.
• Maintain CMDB accuracy and resource tagging compliance.
• Work with cloud teams, DevOps teams, and application owners.

Skills

Ansible

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

Python

PowerShell

Security & compliance

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

GitLab

Jenkins

Job description

Senior Ansible Automation Developer Automation Design & Implementation:

• Build, maintain, and optimize Ansible playbooks, roles, inventories, and automation pipelines.
• Develop Terraform modules for provisioning cloud/onprem resources.
• Create reusable templates, automation frameworks, and standardized IaC patterns.

1. Infrastructure-as-Code Lifecycle Management:

• Manage version control, branching strategies, and code reviews.
• Ensure idempotent, modular, and scalable IaC deployments.
• Maintain documentation for deployment maps, workflows, and automation logic.

2. CI/CD Integration & Workflow Automation:

• Integrate Ansible/Terraform with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitLab, Jenkins).
• Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines.
• Perform automated configuration drift detection and compliance enforcement.

3. Cloud & On-Prem Provisioning:

• Use Terraform for provisioning compute, network, storage, and PaaS services.
• Support multi-cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP) as applicable.
• Automate VM builds, patching workflows, and configuration baselines.

4. Scripting & Tooling (Python & PowerShell):

• Develop automation scripts, REST API integrations, and task orchestration.
• Build CLI utilities, log processors, and workflow enhancements.
• Automate infrastructure checks and reporting.

5. Security, Compliance & Hardening:

• Enforce secure coding and least privilege in automation workflows.
• Integrate scanning tools for compliance validation.
• Manage secrets and sensitive data using vaulting technologies.

6. Troubleshooting & RCA:

• Identify failures in automation pipelines, Terraform plans/applies, and Ansible executions.
• Analyze logs, debug playbooks, and fix module/provider issues.
• Prepare RCA reports and corrective actions.

7. Monitoring & Optimization:

• Track automation success metrics, efficiency gains, and resource optimizations.
• Improve code efficiency, reduce execution time, and enhance maintainability.

8. Decommissioning & Lifecycle Procedures:

• Automate teardown, cleanup, archival, and lifecycle workflows using IaC.
• Maintain CMDB accuracy and resource tagging compliance.

9. Collaboration & 3rd-Party Coordination:

• Work with cloud teams, DevOps teams, and application owners.
• Coordinate with tool vendors, module authors, and support teams.