Senior Platform Engineer-Ansible and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Motorola Solutions; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Motorola Solutions seeks a senior Infrastructure/Platform Engineer to design scalable, automated platform architectures spanning on-prem datacenters, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. You’ll lead automation pipelines, configuration management, and environment orchestration with an automation-first approach.

You will mentor engineers, review architecture, and drive best practices in clean code, scripting, and modern platform engineering principles across a global team.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in Infrastructure or Platform Engineering.
• Expert-level administration of Linux (RHEL).
• Hands-on experience with Ansible Automation Platform (AAP).
• Experience with cloud: Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, and Perl for automation.
• Experience with YAML/XML/JSON and data-driven configurations.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable infrastructure architectures across on-premises, Azure, and GCP.
• Lead automation pipelines, configuration management workflows, and environment orchestration.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers in automation best practices.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Automation best practices

Linux administration

Tools

Ansible

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP)

Terraform

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Job description

Configuration Management & Deployment

Design and implement scalable, resilient, and automated platform architectures across

on-premises enterprise datacenters, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform

(GCP).

Lead the design of infrastructure automation pipelines, configuration management

workflows, and environment orchestration using an automation-and-optimization

approach.

Scripting & Tooling

Develop, standardise, and manage infrastructure playbooks, roles, and automation

workflows using Ansible and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (Automation

Oversee end-to-end on-premises infrastructure deployments, hybrid cloud integrations,

and migration strategies.

Manage structured configuration datasets using YAML, XML, JSON, and environment-

specific parameters across disparate platforms.

Operating Systems & System Administration

kernel tuning, security hardening, storage configuration, and troubleshooting.

Ensure platform security standards, compliance auditing, and system updates are

automated seamlessly across large server fleets.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

Serve as a senior technical escalation point for complex platform, deployment, and

infrastructure issues.

Lead and assist project teams through architectural design reviews, technical planning,

and task execution.

Mentor junior and mid-level engineers in automation best practices, clean code/scripting

standards, and modern platform engineering principles.

Required Qualifications & Experience

Experience: 6+ years in Infrastructure Engineering, or Platform Engineering, with

strong experience in a Senior Individual Contributor capacity.

Linux Expertise: Expert-level administration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

operating systems.

Automation Platform: Deep hands-on experience with Ansible and Red Hat Ansible

Automation Platform (AAP) for enterprise configuration management and

orchestration.

Scripting Languages: Strong proficiency in Python (primary modern scripting), Bash

(system automation), and Perl (legacy script refactoring and system automation).

Data Formats: Advanced familiarity working with YAML, XML, JSON, and structured

Hands-on experience architecting and operating On-Premises datacenter

deployments.

Demonstrated hands-on experience provisioning and managing infrastructure in

Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Basic Requirements

Preferred Qualifications

Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation.

Experience with enterprise CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure

DevOps).

Knowledge of infrastructure provisioning tools (e.g., Terraform) and containerization