Ansible Automation Senior Architect

With 38+ years of excellence, Galaxy Office Automation Pvt. Ltd. is a trusted leader in technology and digital transformation solutions. We help enterprises and government organizations solve complex challenges through cutting-edge infrastructure, cloud, and automation technologies. Our strength lies in deep domain expertise, continuous innovation, and a team of 300+ professionals, enabling delivery of large-scale, mission-critical transformation programs.

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Ansible Automation Senior Architect to design, architect, and lead large-scale automation programs across enterprise data centers and private cloud environments. This role focuses on building scalable, secure, and repeatable automation frameworks using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and DevSecOps best practices across DC, DR, and UAT environments.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Architecture & Design

• Lead architecture, design, and blueprinting of automation solutions using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP/Tower)
• Design IaC-driven automation frameworks, playbooks, roles, and reusable collections
• Build automation for provisioning, configuration management, patching, Day-0 / Day-1 / Day-2 operations, and compliance
• Define automation governance, standards, tagging, versioning, and CI/CD integration

Delivery Leadership

• Own end-to-end automation delivery for large enterprise programs (DC / DR / UAT)
• Guide and mentor L2/L3 automation engineers
• Review, validate, and sign off on all automation deliverables
• Ensure delivery alignment with project scope, timelines, SLAs, and compliance, including government and private cloud tenders

Technical Expertise

• Deep hands-on expertise with Ansible, Ansible Tower / AAP, and IaC frameworks
• Strong experience across:
• RHEL, Red Hat Satellite, RHEL HA add-ons
• VMware, virtualization & VM provisioning automation
• OpenShift & container environments
• Public Cloud (AWS / Azure)
• Network & security automation (firewalls, switches, routers – added advantage)
• Translate RFP / RFI technical requirements into executable automation architectures

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with customers, Red Hat teams, cloud teams, and internal delivery stakeholders
• Support presales activities including estimations, BOQs, and SOW definitions
• Deliver technical documentation, HLDs, LLDs, governance models, and runbooks

Quality, Compliance & Optimization

• Establish reusable automation standards, collections, and best practices
• Implement monitoring, logging, and audit controls for automation pipelines
• Optimize existing automation for performance, reliability, and operational efficiency

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Skills

• 10+ years overall IT experience with 5+ years dedicated to Ansible & IaC
• Strong hands-on experience with:
• Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP / Tower)
• Ansible Core, Roles, Collections
• Git, CI/CD pipelines, YAML, Python
• RHEL, Satellite, RHEL HA
• VMware & multi-environment automation (DC / DR / UAT)

Architecture & Delivery Skills

• Experience designing automation for large-scale environments (300–500+ nodes)
• Strong expertise in effort estimation, delivery planning, and cost modeling
• Excellent documentation and governance capabilities
• Proven ability to lead teams and manage enterprise customer expectations

Preferred Certifications

• Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)
• Red Hat Certified Specialist – Ansible Automation
• ITIL, Terraform Associate (added advantage)

Key Attributes

• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to operate independently in high-pressure delivery environments
• Customer-focused mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities
• High ownership, attention to detail, and delivery accountability

Why Join Galaxy

• Lead enterprise-scale automation and cloud transformation programs
• Work closely with Red Hat, cloud, and infrastructure leadership
• High-visibility architect role with direct impact on large DC & cloud environments
• Stable organization with long-term growth and strategic projects

Skills Required
IT, Roles, Collections, Git, Yaml, Python, Rhel, satellite, VMware, Dc, Dr, Uat