Ansible Automation Platform Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities

• Ansible concepts as they relate to the Client's environment/Topics may include the following:
  
  
  
  • Ansible Core, Ansible Automation Platform, Ansible Galaxy and (Private) Ansible Automation Hub
  
  
  • Ansible Navigator, Ansible Builder
  
  
  • Playbooks, dynamic inventories
  
  
  • Users, teams, and role based access controls
  
  
  • Development workflows
  
  
  • Credentials and secrets management
  
  
  • Execution environment requirements
  
  
  • Managed node connectivity method
  
  
  • Execution/control plane scaling/fault tolerance requirements
  
  
  • Software development lifecycle environments (dev/test/production)
  
  
  • Continued discussion about the use cases
  
  
  
  


• Analyzing selected use case including: 
  
  
  
  • Streamlining the current steps performed to achieve the use case business process
  
  
  • Identifying inventory sources for the network devices: what CMDBs and Sources of Truth (SoT) are available, how to connect
  
  
  • Identifying connectivity to the network devices: different types of devices and vendors, protocols for connection to the network devices, how the current AAP setup will help achieving the connectivity to such devices (presence of correct execution nodes, etc...)
  
  
  • Identifying network boundaries and connectivity limitations between platform and intended managed nodes
  
  
  • Identifying available authentication methods and administrative rights for cloud environments
  
  
  • Identifying credentials and other security requirements: how to achieve authentication? store and retrieve credentials for the network devices?
  
  
  • Identifying how to build the Automation Content: identify the need of using Partner collections, need of building custom execution environments with additional collections and dependencies, integration with SCM and related access
  
  
  • Identifying notifications channels for sending notifications to the users (email, Slack,...)
  
  
  • Identifying environments such as test, production and agree on a strategy to perform, review, test, merge and promote the changes related to the use case (including approval steps required for change management, automation code reviews and code merges in the SCM...)
  
  
  • Identifying Sources of Truth (SoT) for network device configuration desired state (baseline)
  
  
  • Identifying additional facilitators/blockers for geo replicated AAP growth
  
  
  
  


• Creating automation content to support the following use cases:
  
  
  
  • Automate and standardize Linux OS builds
  
  
  • Automate and refine current workflows and processes
  
  
  • Modernize existing automation
  
  
  • Network and RHEL system device patching
  
  
  • Apply DISA STIG and additional security benchmarks from published content
  
  
  • Remediate vulnerabilities according to security scan results
  
  
  • Apply consistent configuration to WAN and LAN switches
  
  
  • Determine network device configuration drift from baseline
  
  
  
  

Requirements

• TS/SCI FSP Clearance


• DoD 8570 compliant certification

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