Senior Ansible Automation Lead (Expert)

Bosch Global Software Technologies Private Limited is a 100% owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH, one of the world's leading global supplier of technology and services, offering end-to-end Engineering, IT and Business Solutions. With over 27,000+ associates, it’s the largest software development center of Bosch, outside Germany, indicating that it is the Technology Powerhouse of Bosch in India with a global footprint and presence in the US, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.

Lead the Automation Implementation for RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Service & Cloud Service operations of Bosch worldwide.

• Enhance the design of automation framework strategies and roadmap, lead the implementations accordingly.

• Continuous improvement of automation for the installation and maintenance of Linux Operating System and related components in a Large-scale Linux Server infrastructure.

• Ensure security operations e.g. hardening, patch management, and threat detection of Linux Servers is properly done in a fully automated way.

• Keep up with the latest security requirements, plan and conduct implementation to automate them.

• Continuous improvement of automation for Incident, Problem, Change, and Configuration Management. Continuously improve the process where needed. Ensure stable, secure and efficient service and operations.

• Develop API driven automation.

• Ensure secure coding.

• Maintain CI/CD pipeline, ensure smooth and secured development process.

• Address audit findings and IT risks including remediation, progress tracking, status reporting and evidence documentation.

• Maintain high-availability of systems.

• Coordinate and collaborate with 1st & 2nd level support, analyze, troubleshoot, and provide solutions for escalated technical issues.

• Improve monitoring . Knowledge in Icinga, Zabbix, CheckMK…etc. will be a plus.

• Prepare and maintain SOP documentations.

• Consult and collaborate with IT and DevOps teams on security best practices and requirements for Linux/Unix Operating systems in On-Prem/Cloud environments.

• Perform Host management, Golden image management and Automation for cloud platforms.

• Coordinate storage, backup and ESX administration.

• Continuously improve the visibility of  the security status of the environment.

• Participate in Agile meetings.

• Lead event driven automation and self-healing topics

Educational qualification:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering or similar specialization/technical discipline

Experience :

Linux Server operation and administration experience

• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience and knowledge in the field of Linux server Operations and System engineering with Automation. 

• Experience in managing Linux Servers in a large scale Ubuntu/Debian/RHEL environment with good administration skills.

• Experience with integrating Linux server infrastructure with Identity providers such as Active Directory and Privilege Access Management.

• Experience using different patch management solutions (Eg: Satellite, Suse manager, BMC, Big Fix) for large infrastructure at a scale of 10,000+ systems.

Ansible & Ansible Automation Platform experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Ansible script development.

• Have automation team lead experience

• Have below Ansible Automation Platform knowledge:

• In-depth knowledge of the Ansible Automation Platform infrastructure setup

• API driven automation

• Creating workflows and scheduled jobs

• RBAC management with Identity Management tools

• Secrets management with tools from vendors such as Cyberark, Hashicorp

• Intensive Experience and comprehensive knowledge in IT security.

• Knowledge and experience of monitoring systems. Knowledge in Icinga, Zabbix, CheckMK…etc. will be a plus.

• Experience in implementing self-healing infrastructure and event driven automation

• Experience in ServiceNow integration and ServiceNow workflow development

• Good understanding of DevOps and Agile principles (e.g., CI/CD, GitOps)

• Experience with IT Service Management based on ITIL and industry established quality standards.

• Experience using different patch management solutions (Eg: Satellite, Suse manager, BMC, Big Fix) to handle patch management for large infrastructure at a scale of 10,000+ systems

• Knowledge of data analytics and visualization/reporting tool such as Splunk and/or PowerBI will be preferred.

• Problem solving mindset to bring continuous improvement for self and the organization

• Good communication and coordination skill to ensure client requests and escalations are handled well with high level of customer satisfactions.

• Experience with using AI capabilities to enhance/optimize Automation implementations further

• Good presentation skills to a cross-cultural audience

Mandatory/requires Skills :

Linux Server operation and administration

Ansible & Ansible Automation Platform

Preferred Skills :