Senior Ansible Automation Engineer - DevOps Test Lead

Resource Logistics, Inc.; Saint Louis (MI); On-site; USD 96,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Resource Logistics, Inc. seeks a Senior Ansible Automation Engineer / DevOps Test Lead in St. Louis, MO, to own automation of production maintenance and deployment workflows onsite.

You will design and maintain Ansible playbooks, integrate Jenkins and CI/CD pipelines, and build reliable validation, rollback, and audit procedures.

Strong Python and Linux scripting skills, IaC practices, and Git-based workflows are required to ensure safe, repeatable deployments.

Qualifications

• Advanced hands-on experience with Ansible and Ansible Automation Platform (AAP).
• Strong experience with Jenkins or equivalent CI/CD orchestration tools.
• Proficiency in Python and Linux/Unix scripting.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Git workflows, and API integrations.
• Experience automating production maintenance, patching, deployment, and recovery procedures.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance Ansible playbooks and automation workflows.
• Automate traffic draining, server maintenance, patching, IPL/restart, and software deployment processes.
• Integrate proxy controls with infrastructure maintenance and release workflows.
• Develop pre-checks, post-checks, health validations, rollback procedures, and manual fallback mechanisms.
• Integrate automation workflows with Jenkins and enterprise CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement Git-based version control, testing, approval workflows, access controls, and audit standards.
• Develop operational runbooks for BizOps teams to execute safely.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, network, and operations teams to improve production stability.

Skills

Ansible

Jenkins

Python

Linux scripting

IaC

Tools

Git

APIs

Job description

Resource Logistics, Inc. seeks a Senior Ansible Automation Engineer / DevOps Test Lead in St. Louis, MO, to own automation of production maintenance and deployment workflows onsite.

You will design and maintain Ansible playbooks, integrate Jenkins and CI/CD pipelines, and build reliable validation, rollback, and audit procedures.

Strong Python and Linux scripting skills, IaC practices, and Git-based workflows are required to ensure safe, repeatable deployments.