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# Automation Specialist (Senior) - Ansible AAP / EDA / IaC

- **Company:** After School Matters, Inc.
- **Location:** Lisbon, OH, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $29,400.0 - $31,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Access, Microsoft Windows, Active Directory, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Software Design Patterns, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Windows PowerShell, Ansible, Azure DevOps Pipelines, Scripting, Firewalls (Computer Science), Terraform, Software Version Control, Servicenow, Vmware
- **Published:** August 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://iriumportugal.applytojob.com/apply/k4MiU6H847/Automation-Specialist-Senior-Ansible-AAP-EDA-IaC?source=GS

## About the Role

* 5+ years of experience in automation, DevOps, or infrastructure automation roles.
 * 2+ years of hands-on experience with Ansible (ideally Ansible Automation Platform) in production environments.
 * Experience integrating automation with enterprise platforms and technologies, including:
 + VMware
 + Microsoft Azure
 + Active Directory
 + Firewalls
 + Windows and Linux environments
 + APIs and third-party integrations

Professional Experience (Preferred)

 * Experience with Event-Driven Automation (EDA).
 * Experience with ServiceNow integrations.
 * Experience building and maintaining Azure DevOps pipelines for automation.
 * Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience, particularly with Terraform.
 * Familiarity with version control and CI/CD best practices.
 * Knowledge of security practices in automation, including:
 + Secrets management
 + Approval workflows
 + Audit trails and compliance controls

Technical Skills

 * Ansible / Ansible Automation Platform (AAP)
 * Scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, and Python
 * API integration and automation
 * Automation design patterns and reusable frameworks
 * Infrastructure automation best practices

## Description

* Develop and maintain automations using Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), including:
 + Idempotent playbooks
 + Job templates
 + Inventories
 + Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
 * Create reusable and parameterized automation standards and frameworks.
 * Build and maintain an automation catalog for first-line support and operations teams, based on prioritized use cases.
 * Automate VM lifecycle management and platform operations (VMware/Azure), incorporating appropriate guardrails and audit evidence.
 * Implement Event-Driven Automation (EDA) and integrate with ITSM platforms where applicable.
 * Automate common platform tasks, including:
 + Service restarts
 + VM operations
 + Basic remediation activities
 + Provisioning and configuration tasks
 * Produce and maintain automation documentation, including:
 + Knowledge Base (KB) articles
 + Runbooks
 + Rollback procedures
 + Acceptance criteria
 * Measure and report automation value through KPIs such as:
 + Adoption rates
 + Success and rollback rates
 + Time savings
 + Impact on MTTR (Mean Time to Resolution)
 * Collaborate with Observability teams to establish controlled and traceable "detect-to-act" workflows.


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