Ansible Network Automation Engineer - Load Balancing

Outstanding contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for an Ansible Automation Engineer (with Load Balancing experience) in Columbus or Charlotte (hybrid 3 days on-site). If you're passionate about advancing automation and working with cutting-edge load balancing technology within a collaborative, non-egotistical team environment, this is for you!

Contract Duration: 24 Months

Required Skills & Experience

• 2 years hands-on automation expertise, especially using Ansible (playbooks, roles, modules)
• Ability to automate at scale for infrastructure platforms
• Strong scripting skills (Python preferred; automation with Python for 2 years)
• Experience building automation frameworks, pipelines, and reusable components
• Understanding CI/CD integration and release lifecycle
• 2 years networking experience (server and networking fundamentals)
• 1 year automation testing experience
  
  

Desired Skills

• Experience with load balancing technologies: F5, Citrix ADC, Avi, or similar
• Understanding LTM, GTM, VIP creation, SSL certificate management, and LB workflow automation
• Ability to partner with LB engineers to automate and enhance workflows
• Jenkins (1 year)
• Familiarity with Agile Project Management tools (JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience with internal automation frameworks (Robot a plus)
  
  

What You Will Be Doing

• Leading efforts to mature and scale automation within a well-established load balancing team (team of 6 engineers)
• Developing, testing, and releasing Ansible-based automation for infrastructure platforms (approximately 70% of role)
• Supporting the team by automating load balancing workflows (approximately 30% of role)
• Partnering with load balancing engineers on platform engineering, feature design, and co-certification projects
• Contributing to a supportive, collaborative, and partner-friendly culture with low oversight and high autonomy
• Educating and collaborating with team members early in their automation journey
  
  

Posted By: Jennifer Reynolds