Senior Consultant, Ansible – FSI

Role Overview

• Lead the design and delivery of complex Ansible automation solutions for Financial Services customers, translating business needs into scalable technical designs.
• Architect resilient, secure, and reusable automation frameworks and playbooks that address specific client use cases.
• Provide expert guidance on effectively leveraging Ansible Automation Platform and related Red Hat offerings to achieve operational excellence.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor, helping clients navigate strategic decisions and operational challenges tied to automation.
• Develop, test, and deploy robust Ansible playbooks, roles, and collections that cover use cases such as infrastructure automation, application deployment, compliance, and security orchestration.
• Integrate Ansible with key enterprise platforms, including public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), virtualization stacks, networking infrastructure, and third-party tools.
• Facilitate discovery sessions, assessments, and workshops to uncover automation opportunities and shape detailed delivery plans.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex automation issues across diverse customer environments.
• Mentor junior consultants and customer teams on automation best practices, GitOps workflows, and DevOps methodologies.
• Communicate technical concepts effectively to a diverse range of audiences, from engineering teams to C-level stakeholders.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customer stakeholders to ensure alignment, satisfaction, and delivery success.
• Contribute to Red Hat’s internal knowledge base by creating reusable assets, playbooks, and reference implementations.
• Stay up-to-date on AAP advancements, automation ecosystem trends, and emerging enterprise use cases.
• Obtain and maintain at least two (2) active Red Hat certifications relevant to your role.

Requirements

• Strong background in architecting and delivering automation-first solutions across enterprise environments, especially cloud and hybrid infrastructure.
• Deep experience with automation tools, including Ansible (required).
• Familiarity with configuration management tools like Puppet, Chef, Salt, and PowerShell.
• Proficiency in scripting and infrastructure-as-code languages, specifically Python, YAML, and Bash.
• Proven success implementing solutions from design through delivery as part of project teams.
• Previous consulting experience, ideally within large-scale transformation or automation-focused initiatives.
• Experience building or integrating CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration platforms.
• Solid understanding of the business case for automation in complex IT environments.
• Working knowledge of security principles across infrastructure, OS, cloud, and hypervisors.
• Comfort working across distributed teams and open-source ecosystems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to speak confidently with technical teams and executive leadership.
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and evolving with industry best practices.

Tech Stack

• Ansible
• AWS
• Azure
• Chef
• Cloud
• Google Cloud Platform
• Puppet
• Python
• SaltStack

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Account
• healthcare and dependent care
• Health Savings Account
• high deductible medical plan
• Retirement 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
• Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
• Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!