Ansible Automation Engineer (Python)

Ansible Automation Engineer (Python)
Location: London
Role Type: Contract - 12 months
Work Setup: Hybrid - 3 days in the office

Who We Are
Robert Walters is the world's most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.

The Role
Our client is a large multinational firm that provides a range of financial services, including advisory, investment, and asset management solutions. It serves a diverse set of clients worldwide, focusing on strategic planning, market operations, and long-term financial growth.

What you'll do

• Manage and enhance large-scale physical and virtual load-balancer infrastructure, supporting critical business applications.
• Develop and implement automation solutions using Python, Ansible and Scripting tools to improve efficiency and reduce manual processes.
• Integrate infrastructure components with internal configuration management, monitoring and self-service platforms.
• Collaborate with technical teams and stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver robust infrastructure solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and recommend improvements to enhance performance, stability and reliability.
• Contribute to the ongoing development and optimisation of global infrastructure platforms within a highly regulated environment.

What you bring

• Strong hands-on experience in infrastructure automation, with proven expertise in Ansible, Python, Perl or Shell Scripting and configuration management practices.
• Solid understanding of Linux/Unix administration, platform engineering principles and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices within large-scale environments.
• Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure solutions, with a focus on automation, reliability, scalability and operational efficiency.
• Practical experience with load-balancing technologies such as F5 or A10, including configuration, APIs and infrastructure management.
• Knowledge of distributed web applications, virtualised and containerised environments, software version control, deployment processes and SDLC practices.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, architects, developers and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.

What's Next
If you are ready to take the next step, apply now! Successful applicants will be contacted directly by a recruiter to discuss the role more.

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This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organizations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.