Linux & Ansible Automation Specialist

Cloud, Infrastructure & Networks • London • 1w ago

Contract Role: Linux Engineer & Ansible Automation Specialist
Location: London (Hybrid – 3 days a week onsite)
Rate: £600–£700 per day (Inside IR35)
Length: 6-month contract

A leading organisation is seeking an experienced Ansible Automation Specialist to join their Enterprise Technology team. This hands-on role will focus on uplifting Ansible usage, enhancing automation workflows, and improving infrastructure security and reliability across a Linux environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Refactor and optimise Ansible playbooks and roles for maintainability, security, and robustness
Improve pre-checks, conditional logic, error handling, and reporting
Integrate with secret management systems such as CyberArk and Ansible Vault
Enhance Ansible inventory management and automation scheduling
Build reusable templates for ad-hoc tasks and remediation
Develop automation for CIS compliance and reporting
Contribute to Molecule testing environments for Ansible roles
Collaborate with Linux, Infrastructure, and InfoSec teams

Essential Skills & Experience:

Expert-level understanding of Ansible Core and CLI
Strong background in Linux systems engineering and automation
Proven track record of writing secure, idempotent, and testable playbooks
Experience with secret management tools (e.g. CyberArk, Ansible Vault)
Knowledge of Linux patch management, system hardening, and CIS compliance
Strong problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills

Desirable:

Experience with Molecule testing for Ansible roles
Familiarity with Ansible Automation Platform (AAP)
Understanding of SSH key management and privilege separation

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