Senior Consultant, Ansible - FSI

The Red Hat Financial Services Consulting team is looking for a Senior Consultant specializing in Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) to join us. In this role, you'll drive the adoption of Red Hat's automation solutions at key accounts. You'll engage both remotely and on-site to build trust with engineering, operations, and development teams by aligning their requirements with the real-world capabilities of our technologies.

This role requires in-depth hands-on experience with Ansible by Red Hat and a strong familiarity with tools such as Chef, Puppet, Salt, and other configuration management platforms. A solid grasp of modern DevOps practices and tooling is expected.

This is a remote position with occasional travel to customer sites and can be based anywhere in the U.S. or Canada, ideally within proximity to a major airport. Candidates must reside in a state or province where Red Hat is registered to do business.

Primary Responsibilities

• 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.

Required Skills and Experience

• Automation Architecture: Strong background in architecting and delivering automation-first solutions across enterprise environments, especially cloud and hybrid infrastructure.

• Ansible Expertise: Deep experience with automation tools, including Ansible (required).

• Legacy Tooling: Familiarity with configuration management tools like Puppet, Chef, Salt, and PowerShell.

• Scripting: Proficiency in scripting and infrastructure-as-code languages, specifically Python, YAML, and Bash.

• Project Delivery: Proven success implementing solutions from design through delivery as part of project teams.

• Consulting Experience: Previous consulting experience, ideally within large-scale transformation or automation-focused initiatives.

• DevOps & CI/CD: Experience building or integrating CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains.

• Containerization: Familiarity with containerization and orchestration platforms.

• Business Acumen: Solid understanding of the business case for automation in complex IT environments.

• Security Fundamentals: Working knowledge of security principles across infrastructure, OS, cloud, and hypervisors.

• Team Collaboration: Comfort working across distributed teams and open-source ecosystems.

• Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to speak confidently with technical teams and executive leadership.

• Growth Mindset: Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and evolving with industry best practices.

Desirable Skills (Bonus)

• Certifications: Active Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation or Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA) credentials.

• Advanced Ansible: Experience with Event-Driven Ansible (EDA) and writing custom modules/plugins in Python.

• Legacy Migration: Proven track record of migrating enterprise workloads from Chef, Puppet, or SaltStack to Ansible Automation Platform.

• ITSM Integration: Experience integrating Ansible with ServiceNow or similar ITSM tools for ticketing and CMDB updates.

• Network Automation: Familiarity with automating network devices (Cisco, Arista, Juniper).

• Industry Context: Prior experience in the Financial Services industry (banking, trading, insurance) is a strong plus.

The salary range for this position is $118,600.00 - $195,680.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

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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!

Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.

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