Senior Automation Engineer Red Hat Certified

Agivant Technologies; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Agivant Technologies in Chennai is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer with strong Red Hat expertise to lead IaC automation and integrate complex CI/CD pipelines across enterprise environments.

You will develop Ansible playbooks, Terraform modules, and custom microservices, and collaborate with GitLab/Jenkins teams to migrate configurations and ensure high availability.

The role requires RHCSA/RHCE and extensive experience with AWX, AAP, Terraform, Python, and proxy stacks.

Qualifications

• 4 to 7 years of hands-on experience in enterprise DevOps and CI/CD within Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments.
• Active RHCSA or RHCE certification (EX294 / EX200) is required.
• Demonstrated ability to write production-ready Ansible roles, collections, and custom modules, with Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) or AWX.
• Strong experience writing, testing, and maintaining modular Terraform configurations with remote state backends.
• Solid experience integrating GitLab (REST API) and Jenkins (pipelines, dynamic nodes, webhooks).
• Advanced proficiency in Python, Bash, or Go for building light microservices and handling HTTP endpoints.
• Foundational networking knowledge, TCP/IP, and proxying with HAProxy/NGINX.

Responsibilities

• IaC & Automation Development: Architect, write, and maintain production-grade Ansible playbooks/roles and Terraform modules for complex infrastructure automation.
• Red Hat Ecosystem Integration: Leverage Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) or AWX to centralize pipeline execution, inventories, and RBAC across hybrid environments.
• API Integration & Orchestration: Use GitLab REST/GraphQL APIs and Jenkins endpoints to automate configuration blueprints and validate migrations.
• Proxy & Relay Service Development: Design and maintain high-availability RelayProxy and ingress proxies to route and fan out GitLab webhooks to downstream controllers.
• Bulk Execution & Optimization: Lead automated migration of 40+ repositories, reducing manual effort and ensuring zero-downtime pipelines.
• Operational Excellence & Monitoring: Ensure service HA, implement health checks, monitor webhook delivery, and analyze integration bottlenecks.

Skills

Hands-on DevOps

CI/CD optimization

Scripting & microservices

Infrastructure as Code

RBAC & security

Networking basics

Education

RHCSA or RHCE certification (EX294 / EX200)

Tools

Ansible Automation Platform

AWX

Terraform

GitLab API

Jenkins

Python

Bash

Go

HAProxy

NGINX

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Job description

Job Description:

About the Role

We are hiring Senior Automation Engineers with deep Red Hat enterprise expertise to join a dedicated engineering pod. In this role, you will lead hands‑on initiatives to eliminate manual overhead, architect robust Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and build custom intermediary services to optimize complex CI/CD integrations across enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

• IaC & Automation Development: Architect, write, and maintain production‑grade Ansible playbooks/roles and enterprise Terraform modules to automate complex infrastructure state management and migrate repository configurations (users, groups, repos) from Gerrit to GitLab seamlessly.
• Red Hat Ecosystem Integration: Leverage Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) / AWX to centralize pipeline execution, manage dynamic inventories, enforce RBAC, and standardize configuration management across enterprise hybrid environments.
• API Integration & Orchestration: Utilize GitLab REST/GraphQL APIs and Jenkins automation endpoints to programmatically execute configuration blueprints, audit permissions, and validate mass‑migration execution.
• Proxy & Relay Service Development: Design, write, and maintain custom high‑availability translation services (e.g., Python/Go RelayProxy) and ingress routing solutions (nGrok/HAProxy) to ingest, validate, and fan out GitLab webhooks to multiple downstream Jenkins controllers.
• Bulk Execution & Optimization: Lead the automated batch migration and baseline auditing of 40+ enterprise repositories, converting a 2‑hour‑per‑repo manual effort into a scalable, zero‑downtime automated pipeline.
• Operational Excellence & Monitoring: Ensure high availability for custom intermediary services, establish health‑check endpoints, monitor webhooks delivery, and lead deep‑dive root‑cause analysis (RCA) on integration bottlenecks.

Requirements

Requirements

Must-Have Qualifications

• 4 to 7 years of hands‑on experience in enterprise DevOps, system administration, and CI/CD optimization within Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments.
• Active Certification Required: Must hold an active Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification (EX294 / EX200).
• Enterprise Ansible Expertise: Demonstrated ability to write production‑ready Ansible roles, collections, and custom modules, with hands‑on experience using Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) or AWX.
• IaC Proficiency: Strong experience writing, testing, and maintaining modular Terraform configurations using remote state backends.
• CI/CD & API Integrations: Solid experience administering and programmatically integrating GitLab (REST API) and Jenkins (pipelines, dynamic nodes, webhooks).
• Scripting & Development: Advanced proficiency in Python, Bash, or Go for building light microservices, parsing JSON/YAML payloads, and handling HTTP endpoints.
• Networking & Proxy Infrastructure: Strong foundational knowledge of Red Hat networking, TCP/IP, systemd service setup, reverse proxies (HAProxy/NGINX), and webhook payload transformations.

Good-to-Have / Preferred Qualifications

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation or Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers.
• Experience with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) or Kubernetes container management.
• Background in source control migration mechanics (Git, Gerrit‑to‑GitLab transition strategies).
• Hands‑on exposure to enterprise monitoring and logging stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).

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