Linux & Ansible Automation Specialist
Posted 2 weeks ago by La Fosse
£700 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Linux Engineer & Ansible Automation Specialist involves enhancing automation workflows and improving infrastructure security within a Linux environment. The position requires expertise in Ansible to refactor playbooks and integrate with secret management systems. The successful candidate will work closely with various teams to ensure robust automation practices. This is a hands-on contract position based in London with a hybrid working arrangement.
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
Key Skills:
- 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
- Experience with Molecule testing for Ansible roles (desirable)
- Familiarity with Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) (desirable)
- Understanding of SSH key management and privilege separation (desirable)
Salary (Rate): £700 daily
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
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