Ansible Automation Architect

Location: Poland

Do you want to help create the future of healthcare? Our name, Siemens Healthineers, was selected to honor our people who dedicate their energy and passion to this cause. It reflects their pioneering spirit combined with our long history of engineering in the ever-evolving healthcare industry. We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment with opportunities to go beyond your comfort zone in order to grow personally and professionally. Sound interesting?

Then come and join our global team as Ansible Automation Architect

Overview:

We’re looking for a seasoned Ansible Platform Architect to lead the design and implementation of an enterprise-wide automation framework using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. This expert will play a critical role in enabling automated, scalable, and secure operations across both Linux and Windows environments within our hybrid cloud infrastructure. We expect a strong ownership culture, ability to drive forward this topic as new in our complex environment and both strategic and technical expertise to manage the enterprise solution for 20000+ virtual machines. 

You’ll be the go-to authority on Ansible best practices, responsible for architecting automation workflows, integrating with enterprise systems, and mentoring teams across infrastructure, security, and operations.

Responsibilities:

• Architect central Ansible Automation Platform tailored for mixed OS platforms (Linux and Windows) across Azure, AWS & VMWare cloud estates.
• Develop use cases to extensively leverage Ansible automation for day to day public and private cloud VM operations.
• Develop a central and harmonized configuration management layer across Linux & Windows virtual machines.
• Define reusable roles, playbooks, and collections for common infrastructure tasks (patching, provisioning, compliance, etc.).
• Build execution environments and manage Ansible content collections across teams.
• Ensure operational activities of the Ansible automation platform are managed on day-to-day needs.
• Automate routine operations across Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, etc.) and Windows Server (Active Directory, patching, services, roles).
• Create strategy to use Ansible widely for provisioning, configuration management, security hardening, patching, desired state management and decom tasks.
• Collaborate with system admins, cloud engineers, and InfoSec to align automation with policies and business goals.
• Integrate Ansible with other enterprise tools (e.g., ServiceNow, monitoring tools, CI/CD platforms, secrets management, Terraform).
• Establish governance: RBAC, audit, compliance, and logging for automation workflows.
• Train and support internal teams on Ansible usage and self-service automation.
• Continuously evaluate and improve automation performance, scalability, and reliability.

Skills:

• 8+ years of hands-on experience with Ansible, including 2+ years in architect-level roles.
• Expertise in managing Red Hot Ansible Automation Platform (including Controller, Hub, Execution Environments, Collections) is must.
• Strong experience automating both Linux and Windows Server platforms using Ansible.
• Seasoned in writing modularized playbooks for both Linux and Windows VMs is must.
• Solid understanding of systems administration (Shell scripting, PowerShell, networking, permissions, etc.,).
• Experience integrating Ansible with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) is plus.
• Deep familiarity with version control (Git), YAML, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Knowledge of enterprise authentication systems (Active Directory, LDAP) and secure secrets handling.
• Strategic thinking to identify automation scope and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to lead cross-functional implementation.

Nice to Have:

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation or similar certification.
• using WinRM or DSC.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid environments.
• Familiarity with ITSM tools (ServiceNow) and CMDB integration.
• Exposure to monitoring/logging systems (e.g., Dynatrace, Cloud native monitoring tools) in automated environments.

What You’ll Get:

• Ownership over automation platform architecture and strategy
• A collaborative team that values modern DevOps practices
• Flexibility (remote/hybrid work model) and competitive compensation
• Training and certification support in automation and cloud tech
• Opportunity to transform enterprise IT through meaningful automation

If you are interested use the “Apply” button.

Our culture:

Siemens Healthineers is a Great Place To Work®!

In the survey during certification process 91% of employees said that Siemens Healthineers in Poland is a great place to work. This is confirmed by the survey results, which highlight an organizational culture based on integrity, care for the community and committed leadership.

At Siemens Healthineers, we take into account different perspectives, are open to dialogue and challenge conventions. Change is an integral part of our work. We strive to be a leader of change in our industry, not just to respond to them. We invite you to take on new challenges with us, test your ideas and celebrate successes.

We highly value diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities, so we warmly invite everyone, regardless of their gender identity, to apply for this position. We also encourage people with disabilities to apply.

Do you want to know more? Contact us.

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