Descripción del empleo We are looking for a Senior Automation Engineer with advanced experience in Ansible, AWX, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (RHAAP/AAP), Python, and Git to join a service focused on evolving and enhancing the client's automation capabilities. The selected candidate will design, develop, and maintain automation solutions for production environments. They will also contribute to the operation of AWX and RHAAP and support the progressive transition from AWX to the Red Hat automation platform. The work will follow a Configuration as Code approach: code and configuration will be maintained in repositories, with version control, peer review, change traceability, and controlled promotion across environments. The role also involves collaborating with the client's teams on integrating automation solutions with ServiceNow and automating the DigiCert certificate lifecycle. A high degree of technical autonomy, the ability to solve complex problems, and a willingness to transfer knowledge to the client's team are required.

Responsibilities

- Manage and maintain the automation backlog: analyse requests, gather requirements, support prioritisation, and track progress.
- Design, develop, test, and maintain automation solutions using Ansible and Python, applying best practices in quality, reusability, security, and operational maintainability.
- Apply Configuration as Code principles to platform and automation configurations,



maintaining them in repositories and ensuring changes are subject to review and controlled promotion.
- Administer and support AWX, including organisations, projects, inventories, credentials, permissions and RBAC, jobs, workflows, schedules, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
- Create, adapt, and maintain Execution Environments, managing images, dependencies, and collections.
- Review and improve existing Ansible content and prepare it for evolution and migration to RHAAP/AAP.
- Support the configuration, operation, and lifecycle management of RHAAP/AAP, including the progressive migration of content and schedules from AWX and validation with process owners.
- Prepare automation solutions to be triggered from ServiceNow and collaborate with the team responsible for the platform on integration design, testing, and troubleshooting.
- Participate in the automation of the DigiCert certificate lifecycle, including issuance, renewal, deployment, and monitoring.
- Apply code review, testing, change management, and traceability practices.
- Analyse and resolve incidents affecting AWX/RHAAP and delivered automation solutions, including root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions.
- Produce technical documentation, operating procedures, and supporting evidence.
- Conduct knowledge-transfer sessions with the client's team, where appropriate.
- Report on backlog progress, deliveries, KPIs, incidents, and service risks.

📌 Senior Automation Engineer (m/f/d) (Barcelona)
🏢 T-Systems
📍 Barcelona