What are the responsibilities and job description for the Ansible Engineer position at TEKsystems?
About The Role
We are seeking an experienced Ansible Engineer to design, build, and support automation solutions across enterprise infrastructure environments. This role will focus on developing Ansible playbooks, modules, and automation workflows that streamline operations, reduce manual work, improve consistency, and enhance reliability.
You will collaborate with infrastructure, application, and DevOps teams to drive automation standards, configuration management practices, and modern infrastructure-as-code approaches.
Key Responsibilities
This is a Contract position based out of Charlotte, NC.
Pay And Benefits
The pay range for this position is $70.24 - $73.68/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
About TEKsystems And TEKsystems Global Services
We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
We are seeking an experienced Ansible Engineer to design, build, and support automation solutions across enterprise infrastructure environments. This role will focus on developing Ansible playbooks, modules, and automation workflows that streamline operations, reduce manual work, improve consistency, and enhance reliability.
You will collaborate with infrastructure, application, and DevOps teams to drive automation standards, configuration management practices, and modern infrastructure-as-code approaches.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and support Ansible playbooks, roles, and automation frameworks for configuration management, provisioning, and system operations.
- Design and implement infrastructure automation solutions across servers, middleware, network devices, and cloud environments.
- Build scalable automation pipelines using Ansible Core, Ansible Tower / AWX, and related tools.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to understand requirements and translate them into automated tasks and workflows.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Ansible jobs, integrations, and automation failures.
- Maintain documentation, version-controlled repositories, and automation standards.
- Support integration of Ansible automation with CI/CD pipelines and IT service management processes.
- Assist in defining best practices for infrastructure-as-code, configuration management, security controls, and automation governance.
- Participate in on-call rotations or after-hours support for critical automation issues, when required.
- Strong hands-on experience developing automation using Ansible (playbooks, roles, variables, inventories, templates).
- Experience with Ansible Tower / AWX (job templates, workflows, credentials, RBAC).
- Solid understanding of Linux system administration (preferably RHEL-based distributions).
- Proficiency with YAML, Jinja2 templating, and scripting languages (Bash, Python, or similar).
- Experience working with Git or other version control systems.
- Understanding of configuration management, infrastructure-as-code principles, and automation best practices.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure, configuration, or automation issues.
- Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills.
- Experience automating enterprise systems such as Windows Server, network devices, middleware, or storage platforms.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and cloud automation using Ansible collections.
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
- Exposure to DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering practices.
- Understanding of REST APIs and automation integrations with external systems.
- Experience with Terraform, Helm, Kubernetes, or other infrastructure-as-code technologies.
- Passionate about automation, simplification, and eliminating repetitive work.
- Strong problem-solver with a mindset for scaling solutions across large environments.
- Comfortable collaborating across cross-functional engineering and operations teams.
- Adaptable, curious, and eager to adopt modern toolsets and automation frameworks.
This is a Contract position based out of Charlotte, NC.
Pay And Benefits
The pay range for this position is $70.24 - $73.68/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
- Medical, dental & vision
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
- 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
- Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
- Short and long-term disability
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace Type This is a hybrid position in Charlotte,NC. Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Mar 16, 2026. h4>About TEKsystems: We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
About TEKsystems And TEKsystems Global Services
We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
Salary : $70 - $74