Automation Engineer Ansible & Terraform

Automation Engineer Ansible & Terraform — F5 BIG-IP (DevOps Eng).
Job Description:
We are looking for an engineer to automate and extend F5 BIG-IP configurations and cloud deployments using Ansible. The role involves developing playbooks and custom modules, integrating Jira with Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) via Event-Driven Ansible (EDA), managing WAF policies, and setting up observability in GCP/Azure and Splunk. We would also expect candidate to have knowledge and experience on developing new Terraform resources/data sources, fixing provider bugs, improving tests and documentation, and integrating with F5 BIG-IP APIs such as iControl REST, AS3, DO, LTM, GTM, Network, System, and AWAF/ASM features.
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and custom modules for F5 BIG-IP.
Build or update Terraform resources and data sources
Troubleshoot configuration drift, CRUD lifecycle issues, import behavior, and acceptance tests.
Write unit and acceptance tests against BIG-IP environments.
Build Event-Driven Ansible (EDA) rulebooks triggered by Jira webhooks to automate workflows in AAP.
Integrate with F5 BIG-IP APIs using AS3, DO, tmsh, LTM, GTM, and AWAF/ASM features.
Work with F5 Virtual Editions (VE) and networking in GCP and Azure.
Set up observability, logging, and monitoring using Splunk and native cloud systems.
Support releases, CI/CD, linting, and dependency updates.
Troubleshoot end-to-end application traffic paths (Virtual Servers to backend pool members).
Write Bash scripts and manage Git workflows (PRs, reviews, CI/CD).
Required Skills
Strong Ansible development experience (Playbooks, Roles, Collections, AAP).
Experience with Event-Driven Ansible (EDA) and webhook integrations.
Hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP (LTM, GTM/DNS, ASM/AWAF, AS3, DO).
Networking knowledge: virtual servers, pools, monitors, routing, SSL profiles, load balancing.
Experience developing or maintaining Terraform Providers
Familiarity with REST APIs and JSON.
Good understanding of Terraform concepts: resources, data sources, schemas, state, importers, diff suppression, lifecycle behavior.
Cloud networking experience in GCP and/or Azure.
Experience with observability tools: Splunk and native cloud logging/monitoring.
Proficiency in Git and Bash scripting.
Nice to Have
Python development experience (for custom Ansible modules).
F5 certification or production BIG-IP administration experience.
Experience with HashiCorp Terraform Plugin SDK
Red Hat Ansible certifications.
Knowledge of GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins.
Experience debugging provider acceptance tests

Work arrangement
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