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Summary We are seeking a Senior Ansible Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team and serve as the subject matter expert for enterprise Ansible automation. The role involves designing scalable automation frameworks, establishing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) standards, mentoring engineers, and reducing manual operational effort across large-scale, multi-environment infrastructure. Roles & Responsibilities Automation Architecture & Development Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade Ansible playbooks, roles, collections, and inventories across development, staging, and production environments. Build reusable, modular Ansible roles following Galaxy standards and organizational best practices. Develop and maintain Ansible Collections for internal distribution. Create custom Ansible modules and plugins in Python, including action, callback, connection, and lookup plugins. Implement reliable, idempotent, and fault-tolerant automation for OS hardening, application deployment, configuration management, and cloud provisioning. CI/CD & Automation Platform Integrate Ansible with Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps pipelines. Implement automated testing using Molecule, Testinfra, and pytest. Administer Ansible Automation Platform (AAP)/AWX, including organizations, inventories, credentials, projects, templates, and workflows. Follow GitOps practices and manage automation code using Git. Define Ansible coding standards, ansible-lint rules, code-review practices, and development guidelines. Infrastructure & Cloud Automation Automate AWS, Microsoft Azure, and GCP environments using Ansible cloud modules and dynamic inventories. Integrate Ansible with Terraform for hybrid IaC workflows covering provisioning and configuration management. Automate infrastructure patching, compliance enforcement, configuration management, and drift remediation at scale. Security & Compliance Manage secrets using Ansible Vault and integrate with enterprise secret-management platforms. Automate CIS Benchmark and STIG-based system hardening and compliance. Review existing automation for security risks, including hardcoded credentials, insecure configurations, and unnecessary privilege escalation. Required Technical Skills Strong hands-on experience with Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) or AWX administration. Expert understanding of Ansible architecture, including control/managed nodes, static and dynamic inventories, facts, SSH, WinRM, and network CLI connections. Advanced knowledge of playbook constructs including handlers, loops, conditionals, blocks, tags, delegation, error handling, failed_when, rescue, and related features. Advanced Jinja2 templating, filters, tests, custom filters, and complex data transformations. Strong Python skills for scripting and custom Ansible module development. Deep understanding of Ansible roles, including defaults, vars, metadata dependencies, include_role, and import_role. Experience developing and publishing Ansible Collections through Galaxy or private Automation Hub. Knowledge of Ansible performance tuning through ansible.cfg, including forks, pipelining, SSH multiplexing, and callback plugins. Linux administration experience across RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu, including networking, systemd, and package management. Experience with Git workflows, branching, pull requests, and tagging. Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and Ansible Kubernetes modules. Experience with Ansible Vault and enterprise secrets-management solutions. Event-Driven Ansible (EDA), AWX, and Receptor experience is advantageous. Leadership & Governance Conduct Ansible code reviews and mentor junior and mid-level engineers. Establish and enforce automation architecture, coding, testing, and review standards. Create architecture documentation, operational runbooks, and onboarding guides. Evaluate and recommend tools and technologies within the Ansible ecosystem. Additional Require Minimum 5 years of Ansible experience on Microsoft Azure Important Notice We have been alerted to the existence of fraudulent messages asking job seekers to set up payment to cover various costs associated with establishing employment at Accenture. No one is ever required to pay for employment at Accenture. If you are contacted by someone asking for payment, please do not respond, and contact us at india.fc.check@accenture.com immediately. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Please read Accenture’s Recruiting and Hiring Statement for more information on how we process your data during the Recruiting and Hiring process.