Junior Ansible/OpenShift Automation Engineer 100% remote

Calance; United States; Remote; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Calance seeks an Ansible/OpenShift Automation Engineer to design, implement, and support air-gapped, classified OpenShift environments. You will blend Ansible expertise with OpenShift deployment, security hardening, and Windows workload automation via KubeVirt, collaborating with security, network, and platform teams to deliver a compliant container platform for defense applications.

The role involves developing reusable Ansible content, managing air-gapped installations, and driving end-to-end

Qualifikationen

• Strong written and verbal communication; able to produce runbooks, SOPs, and compliance documentation.
• Collaborative work with remote, distributed teams.
• 2+ years IT experience; 1+ year focused on Ansible automation at enterprise scale.
• Experience with OpenShift Container Platform 4.x installation, upgrade, and day-2 operations.
• Familiarity with OpenShift in mission-critical environments.
• Scripting in Python and Bash or PowerShell; ability to write custom Ansible modules and CLI tools.
• Experience with Helm v3 chart development and GitOps workflows.
• Familiarity with KubeVirt, Windows VM provisioning, and virtualization drivers.
• Familiarity with bare-metal provisioning, networking, and storage.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools: Argo CD, GitOps Operator, OpenShift Pipelines, Jenkins/GitLab.
• Experience with automation orchestration tools such as Rundeck.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience preferred.
• U.S. citizenship required.

Aufgaben

• Design, develop, test, and maintain Ansible Collections, playbooks, roles, and modules for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
• Engineer air-gapped OpenShift 4.x installations with secure image management and repository mirroring.
• Integrate Ansible automation with ACM and OpenShift GitOps for end-to-end CI/CD.
• Build and maintain Helm v3 charts and GitOps manifests for enterprise apps.
• Provision Windows VM workloads via KubeVirt, including domain join and hardening.
• Create runbooks, SOPs, and security checklists; document cluster diagrams.
• Troubleshoot failures across the stack: Ansible, OpenShift, networking, storage, and runtime.
• Develop system administration jobs in Bash or Python.

Kenntnisse

Ansible automation

OpenShift

Scripting (Python/Bash)

PowerShell

Security hardening (STIG/NIST)

CI/CD tooling

KubeVirt Windows provisioning

GitOps

Helm v3

Automation modules

Documentation

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

OpenShift 4.x

Ansible Automation Platform

KubeVirt

Helm v3

GitOps tooling

Satellite/Content Delivery

Jobbeschreibung

We are seeking an Ansible/OpenShift Automation Engineer to design, implement, and support air-gapped, classified OpenShift Container Platform environments. The role blends Ansible expertise with OpenShift implementation and other related topics, such as security-hardening (STIG/NIST) and the ability to automate Windows workloads via KubeVirt. The successful candidate will work closely with Senior Ansible/OpenShift Automation Engineers, Platform Engineering, Security, and Network teams to deliver a secure, repeatable, and compliant container platform for mission‑critical defense applications.

Key Responsibilities May Include:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain reusable Ansible Collections, playbooks, roles, and custom modules for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP)
• Engineer disconnected/air‑gapped OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 4.x installations: repository mirroring, registry pull‑through, Satellite/Content Delivery, and secure image management
• Integrate Ansible automation with OpenShift Advanced Cluster Management (ACM), OpenShift GitOps to drive end‑to‑end CI/CD
• Build and maintain Helm v3 charts and associated GitOps manifests for enterprise‑grade applications
• Provision and configure Windows VM workloads via KubeVirt, including domain join, driver installation, and post‑provision hardening (PowerShell/Ansible)
• Author comprehensive runbooks, SOPs, and technical documentation (Ansible docs, cluster diagrams, security checklists)
• Troubleshoot complex failures across the stack: Ansible playbook errors, OpenShift control‑plane issues, networking (OVN‑k, SR‑IOV), storage (Ceph/ODF), and container runtime problems
• Develop system administration jobs and runbooks in Bash or Python

Qualifications to include at least some of the following:

• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to produce clear runbooks, SOPs, and compliance documentation
• Cooperative and collaborative experience with remote, distributed teams
• 2+ years of professional IT experience; 1+ years focused on Ansible automation at enterprise scale
• Experience with OpenShift Container Platform 4.x installation, upgrade, post‑install configuration, and day‑2 operations
• Familiarity with deployment of OpenShift in mission critical environments
• Experience with a scripting language such as Python and Bash or PowerShell; comfortable writing custom Ansible modules and CLI tools
• Experience with Helm v3 chart development and management in GitOps workflows
• Familiarity with KubeVirt, Windows VM provisioning, and virtualization drivers
• Familiarity with bare‑metal provisioning, networking, and storage
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools: Argo CD, GitOps Operator, OpenShift Pipelines, Jenkins/GitLab
• Experience with Automation orchestration tools such as Rundeck
• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent professional experience preferred
• U.S. citizenship required