Ansible Automation Engineer

Trilogy Innovations•Vancouver, WA

3d•$150,000 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Trilogy Innovations is seeking an Ansible Automation Engineer to be the program’s subject-matter expert for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP). The engineer designs and delivers automation strategy across the RHEL estate, builds and maintains reusable roles and collections, integrates AAP with source control and CI/CD, and uplifts the broader engineering team’s automation practice. The role is concentrated on the program’s automation-focused milestones, with periods of full-time engagement and a planned coverage gap during Aug-Sep 2026. This role supports the BPA-26-RFP-5852 MCIT Replatforming RHEL program for the Bonneville Power Administration. Period of performance is June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2027 (12 months, milestones M1–M6). The role is concentrated on the program's automation-focused milestones (M1 and M3–M5), with periods of full-time engagement and a planned coverage gap during August–September 2026.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent professional experience accepted.
Minimum 7 years of IT engineering experience, including 3+ years dedicated to Ansible-based automation at enterprise scale.
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) AND a current Red Hat Ansible certification (per BPA-26-RFP-5852 staffing requirements). Acceptable Ansible certifications include Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation, Specialist in Managing Automation with AAP, or Specialist in Developing Automation with AAP.
Expert-level Ansible Automation Platform engineering: roles, collections, dynamic inventory, Vault, execution environments, and workflow templates.
Strong RHEL administration foundation; ability to write idempotent automation against complex systems.
Proficiency with Git, GitLab/GitHub, branching strategies, and at least one CI/CD platform (GitLab CI, Jenkins, Bamboo).
Working knowledge of Python; comfort writing custom Ansible modules or filter plugins as needed.
Experience integrating Ansible with Red Hat Satellite, Identity Management (FreeIPA/IdM/Keycloak), and PKI tooling (OpenSSL, Dogtag).
Familiarity with monitoring and observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Zabbix) for automation telemetry.
Ability to obtain a DOE Security Badge and successfully adjudicate an NBIS eApp background investigation prior to start.

Nice To Haves

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA).
Multiple Red Hat Specialist credentials (Containers, OpenShift Automation and Integration).
CompTIA Security+.
Existing DOE badge or active federal clearance (Public Trust, Secret, Top Secret, or TS/SCI).

Responsibilities

Lead the design of Ansible automation strategy across infrastructure, configuration management, security remediation, and application deployment.
Build, document, and maintain reusable Ansible roles, collections, and execution environments aligned to enterprise standards.
Stand up and operate Ansible Automation Platform (controller, hub, EDA where applicable); manage projects, inventories, credentials, and job templates.
Integrate AAP with Git/GitLab, GitLab CI / Jenkins / Bamboo pipelines, Red Hat Satellite, Identity Management, and ticketing systems.
Develop Molecule test suites and automated linting (ansible-lint, yamllint) to support a CI-driven content lifecycle.
Author automation for STIG remediation, patching, certificate lifecycle, and routine day-2 operations.
Partner with the Team Lead and Security Engineer on compliance-as-code and audit evidence collection.
Mentor engineers and run periodic office hours and training to grow team automation capability.
Document patterns, anti-patterns, and reference implementations for the broader team.