Lead Cloud Applications Engineer_Ansible

OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY

As the Information Company, our mission at OpenText is to create software solutions and deliver services that redefine the future of digital. Be part of a winning team that leads the way in Enterprise Information Management. 

The Opportunity:

As the Information Company, our mission at OpenText is to create software solutions and deliver services that redefine the future of digital. Be part of a winning team that leads the way in Enterprise Information Management. 

You are great at: 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Resourcefulness - good troubleshooting, research, and investigative skills
• Collaboration - experience interfacing with automation consumers/users and technical subject matter experts
• ITIL fundamentals, including Incident/Change/Problem Management
• Experience writing clear technical documentation and user guides is a plus
• networking protocols, including TCP/IP, SSH, WinRM, Web Services, etc
• large, diverse enterprise environments, including working with remote datacenters
• fundamentals of High Availability/Disaster Recovery design
• LDAP/Active Directory for authentication and role-based access control
• Windows Server Operating Systems
• programming, including Python
• Databases including basic SQL

What it takes: 

• 5+ years of total IT experience
• 3+ years of automation experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/ Engineering. Masters preferred.
• Strong knowledge/experience using and supporting Ansible, including:
•               developing playbooks, including YAML, using Ansible modules, debugging and testing,etc
• administering Tower, including managing jobs/job templates, projects, inventories, roles/permissions
• Unix-based Operating Systems (RedHat Enterprise Linux)
• Scripting languages including shell/bash; PowerShell is a plus
• Version Control Systems (Git and Subversion)
• sudo and file permissions, including the dynamics of command execution under different user environments
• module/plugin development is a plus
• Ansible plugin development is a plus

OpenText's efforts to build an inclusive work environment go beyond simply complying with applicable laws. Our Employment Equity and Diversity Policy provides direction on maintaining a working environment that is inclusive of everyone, regardless of culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws. Should you require accommodations during the selection process, please contact accommodationrequests@opentext.com.