Senior Automation Engineer - Ansible & DevOps

Position: Senior Automation Engineer Ansible & DevOps
Location: St. Louis, MO (Onsite - 5 days/week)
Experience Level: 6+ Years

Role Overview & Key Responsibilities:
Automate traffic draining, system maintenance, OS patching, software deployments, health validations, and recovery workflows to ensure operational safety, repeatability, and audit compliance.
Develop, test, and maintain enterprise-grade Ansible playbooks, roles, and orchestration workflows in Ansible Automation Platform (AAP).
Integrate proxy controls with automated patching, system IPL/restarts, and software release processes.
Construct robust pre-checks, post-checks, automated health validation, rollback routines, and manual fallback procedures.
Integrate Ansible automation directly with Jenkins and enterprise CI/CD pipeline tools.
Enforce Git-based source control, automated testing, promotion gates, access control, and audit standards across all automation codebases.
Create comprehensive operational playbooks for BizOps and operational teams to execute safely.

Required Qualifications & Skills:
6+ years of relevant DevOps, Systems Engineering, or Infrastructure Automation experience.
Advanced, hands-on expertise with Ansible and Ansible Automation Platform (AAP).
Strong proficiency in Jenkins or equivalent CI/CD orchestration engines.
Expert Linux shell scripting and Python development skills.
Solid background in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Git-based workflows, and REST API integrations.
Proven track record automating high-risk production maintenance, traffic-draining, and disaster recovery procedures.
Local availability to work 5 days per week onsite in St. Louis, MO.