Architect, Ansible - FSI

Red Hat•Remote US NC, NC

5d•$118,600 - $195,680•Remote

About The Position

Red Hat’s North America Financial Services Consulting team is seeking an experienced Architect specializing in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP). In this customer-facing role, the architect serves as a trusted advisor to banks, insurance companies, and capital markets firms, helping drive enterprise-grade automation in highly regulated environments. The role works remotely and on-site to design, deliver, and operationalize resilient, secure, and reusable automation solutions that address customer business needs. The architect leads complex AAP engagements from discovery and solution design through delivery and operationalization. They translate regulatory, risk, availability, and operational requirements into scalable automation, integrate AAP with customer cloud, virtualization, networking, ITSM, CMDB, identity, and secret-management systems, and troubleshoot production issues. The role also includes customer and consultant mentoring, contributing reusable assets to Red Hat and the Ansible community, maintaining expertise across the AAP portfolio, and keeping at least two relevant active Red Hat certifications. Red Hat describes itself as an enterprise open-source software provider with associates across more than 40 countries. Its culture emphasizes transparency, collaboration, inclusion, and flexible work environments. The stated salary range is $118,600 to $195,680; actual offers depend on qualifications and other compensation factors. The position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. Benefits listed apply to full-time, permanent Red Hat associates located in the United States.

Requirements

At least 5 years of hands-on enterprise IT experience in infrastructure, operations, or development.
At least 3 years of production experience with Red Hat Ansible or upstream Ansible, including writing complex playbooks, roles, custom modules, and collections.
Proven record designing and delivering enterprise automation solutions in large, regulated environments.
Strong experience with at least two legacy configuration-management tools: Puppet, Chef, SaltStack, or PowerShell DSC.
Proficiency in Python, YAML, Bash, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
Solid understanding of modern DevOps tools and practices, including Git, CI/CD pipelines, and tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Tekton, and ArgoCD.
Hands-on experience integrating automation with major public clouds (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and virtualization platforms.
Working knowledge of IT security and compliance fundamentals, such as CIS benchmarks, DISA STIGs, PCI-DSS, and FFIEC.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to engage engineers and C-level executives.
Demonstrated consulting delivery experience, including scoping, workshop facilitation, statement-of-work creation, and project execution.
At least two relevant active Red Hat certifications must be obtained and maintained; examples include RHCE, Ansible Automation, Advanced Automation, and OpenShift.

Nice To Haves

Experience migrating from legacy configuration-management tools is a significant advantage.
Active Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation or Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA).
Financial Services industry experience in banking, capital markets, or insurance.
Experience with Event-Driven Ansible, Ansible Lightspeed, or creating custom AAP execution environments.
Proven large-scale migrations from Puppet, Chef, or SaltStack to Ansible Automation Platform.
Network automation experience with technologies such as Cisco ACI, Arista, Juniper, or F5.
Experience integrating Ansible with ServiceNow or another ITSM system for closed-loop remediation and CMDB synchronization.
Experience automating Red Hat OpenShift or Kubernetes Day-2 operations.
Familiarity with secret-management tools such as HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk, or AWS Secrets Manager, and with identity federation.

Responsibilities

Lead architecture, design, and delivery of complex Ansible Automation Platform solutions for Financial Services customers.
Translate regulatory, risk, availability, and operational requirements into scalable, secure, reusable automation frameworks, playbooks, roles, and collections.
Serve as the primary technical contact and trusted advisor on automation strategy for assigned accounts.
Conduct scoping and pre-sales calls, discovery workshops, maturity assessments, and proof-of-concept engagements to identify and prioritize automation opportunities.
Build and deliver production-grade automation content for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, compliance as code, security orchestration, and Day-2 operations.
Integrate AAP with customer ecosystems, including public clouds, VMware, network devices, ITSM systems (especially ServiceNow), CMDBs, identity systems, and secret-management systems.
Troubleshoot complex, multi-system automation issues in production environments.
Mentor customer teams and junior Red Hat consultants on Ansible best practices, GitOps, Event-Driven Ansible, and DevOps culture.
Contribute reusable roles, collections, and reference architectures to Red Hat’s internal knowledge base and the Ansible community.
Maintain expertise in the AAP portfolio and stay current on features including Automation Controller, Execution Environments, Private Automation Hub, Content Collections, Lightspeed, and Event-Driven Ansible.
Obtain and maintain at least two relevant active Red Hat certifications.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Flexible Spending Account for healthcare and dependent care.
Health Savings Account for the high-deductible medical plan.
401(k) retirement plan 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.
Employee stock purchase plan.
Family planning reimbursement.
Tuition reimbursement.
Transportation expense account.
Employee assistance program.
The position may be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity.