Ansible Operations Engineer - 2586

Jordan HR; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the tech sector is looking for an Ansible Operations Engineer to manage and automate their cloud infrastructures. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Ansible and cloud technologies such as AWS and Azure. This role requires a degree in Information Systems or comparable experience and strong scripting abilities. If you are passionate about leveraging automation to improve operational effectiveness, we want to hear from you!

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Ansible Core and Ansible Automation Platform.
• Strong knowledge of cloud technologies like AWS and Azure.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Bash and Python.

Responsibilities

• Manage and automate infrastructures using Ansible.
• Work with cloud technologies and ensure operational efficiency.
• Document processes and participate in Agile projects.

Skills

Ansible

Cloud Technologies

Linux

Scripting / Programming

Version Control Systems

Education

Degree in Information Systems or equivalent experience

Tools

GitHub

Terraform

Jira

Bitbucket

Confluence

Job description

Ansible Operations Engineer
ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

• Deep knowledge of Confluence, Jira and Bitbucket/GitHub
• Deep knowledge of Ansible Core and Ansible Automation Platform/Ansible Tower
• Deep knowledge of cloud technologies such as AWS and Azure
• Deep knowledge of Unix, Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, SLES) (Redhat Certification will be preferred)
• Deep knowledge of IaC and related tools such as Terraform
• Deep knowledge of mounting technologies Autofs and DFS
• Deep knowledge of storage technologies as well as state of the art solutions
• Deep knowledge of networks technologies and protocols NFS, CIFS, SSH, DNS, and NTP
• Deep knowledge of scripting / programming such as Bash, Python and Perl
• Professional communication and documentation skills
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

• Knowledge of framework Agile Working Model
• Knowledge of Virtualisation technologies such as VMWare
• Knowledge of Private Cloud solutions
• Knowledge of Windows Server
• Knowledge of Dynatrace or Grafana
• Knowledge of Splunk
• Knowledge of containerization technologies such as podman, Docker, Kubernetes and OpenShift
• Knowledge of Directory Access Manager (DIVA)
• Knowledge of Intelligent Storage Orchestration Environment (iStore) and Active Directory Gruppentool (ADGR)

• Basic knowledge of ITIL and ITSM such as Problem-Incident-Change processes
• Basic knowledge of ITSM Suite
• Basic knowledge of Scrum
• Basic knowledge of Active Directory/LDAP and OIDC
• Basic knowledge of ServiceNow Tool and Processes

• Experience with ServiceNow (Advantageous)
• Experience with Dynatrace (Advantageous)
• Experience with SIEM technologies such as Splunk (Advantageous)
• Experience with Red Hat Satellite (Advantageous)
• Ansible certification - RHCE (ex294/ex407) (advantageous)
• Ansible tower certification (advantageous)
• ITIL certification (advantageous)
• Any Scrum certification (advantageous)

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE NEEDED:

• Degree in Information Systems or equivalent experience
• Strong Experience with Ansible Core and Ansible Automation Platform (or Ansible Tower/AWX)
• Strong experience with coding and scripting (Bash, PowerShell etc)
• Strong experience with Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, SLES)
• Strong experience with Cloud Technologies (AWS, Azure)
• Strong knowledge with version control systems (GitHub)
• Strong experience with IaC technologies (Terraform)
• Experience with GitOps
• Any Linux certification such as RHCSA

Desired Skills:

• Ansible Operations Engineer
• Ansible Automation
• Unix
• Linux
• scripting / programming