Automation Specialist

Posted 19 December 2025
LocationSheffield
Job type Contract
Discipline TechnologyCommodities and Financial Services

Job description

​We're looking for an Automation Specialist!

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and architect scalable, secure, and resilient AAP solutions for enterprise environments.

  • Define automation standards, governance, and best practices.

  • Lead platform consolidation, migration, and upgrade initiatives.

  • Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and security teams to integrate automation workflows.

  • Develop and maintain automation playbooks, roles, and execution environments.

  • Ensure compliance, RBAC, and credential management across the platform.

  • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and training to engineering teams.

  • Evaluate new features, integrations, and emerging technologies.

  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex automation issues.

  • Produce architecture documentation and contribute to automation strategy.

Required Skills & Experience:

  • Extensive experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Ansible Core.

  • Good knowledge AAP 2.6 features

  • Strong background in infrastructure, cloud, and application automation.

  • Proficiency in YAML, Python, and related automation tools.

  • Experience with RBAC, security, and compliance in enterprise environments.

  • Knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps, and integration with monitoring and ITSM tools.

  • Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

  • Knowledge of config as code concepts

Apply now!