Temporary, Lead Ansible Automation Platform Engineer

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KPMG is currently seeking a Temporary Lead Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) Engineer to join our Digital Nexus technology organization for a twelve-month assignment team.

Responsibilities:

* Serve as the technical lead and platform owner for Ansible Automation Platform; define and maintain enterprise reference architectures, standards, and best practices for automation

* Lead design reviews and provide technical guidance across automation initiatives; act as the escalation point for complex platform, performance, and integration issues

* Architect and implement enterprise scale Ansible Automation Platform environments, from initial design through production rollout. Lead AAP implementation that includes such as controllers, Execution environments; automation content repositories, Platform integrations and dependencies; design for high availability, scalability, and resiliency; ability to own platform lifecycle management, including upgrades, capacity planning, and roadmap alignment

* Install, configure, and maintain AAP in production Open Shift environments; manage execution environments, collections, credentials, inventories, and projects;
Establish monitoring, alerting, and operational runbooks

* Enable and scale automation adoption across infrastructure, cloud, and security teams; build reusable automation frameworks supporting build, deploy, and operational workflows; define automation governance models (RBAC, content promotion, access controls); mentor and coach engineers and automation consumers on Ansible and AAP best practices

* Embed security-by-design principles into platform architecture and automation workflows and ensure compliance with enterprise security, audit, and change management standards; partner with security teams to address vulnerabilities, patching, and platform hardening

* Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

Qualifications:

* Minimum five years of applied experience architecting and implementing Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) in large enterprise environments

* Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred

* Demonstrated experience deploying and operating AAP on Red Hat Open Shift preferred

* Strong expertise in:
Ansible (playbooks, roles, collections, inventories); execution environments and containerized automation;
Kubernetes and Open Shift architecture

* Experience in integrating automation platforms with identity, CI/CD, and secrets management systems; ability to lead technical strategy while remaining deeply tactically involved

* Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)

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