Automation Technical Lead –
Job Overview
We are seeking an experienced Automation Consultant / Technical Lead to lead the automation workstream of a large-scale, multi-year Patch Management Transformation Programme for a leading financial services institution in Singapore.
The successful candidate will be responsible for owning the end-to-end Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) architecture, leading the automation engineering team, and driving enterprise-wide patch orchestration across diverse infrastructure platforms within a highly regulated environment.
This role requires strong hands-on technical expertise, enterprise automation architecture experience, and the ability to lead technical delivery and engage with multiple stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and drive the end-to-end Ansible Automation Platform architecture and orchestration framework.
- Lead automation engineers and manage technical delivery across the automation workstream.
- Design and implement Ansible workflow templates, execution environments, automation mesh and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).
- Integrate Ansible Automation Platform with ServiceNow Change Management and Configuration Management Database (CMDB).
- Design and implement automated patch orchestration, approval workflows, maintenance windows and five-ring promotion strategies.
- Drive agentless automation and patching across VMware ESXi, network infrastructure and other enterprise technology platforms.
- Integrate automation execution evidence, audit trails and reporting with Splunk.
- Establish automation standards, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Enterprise integration and content-as-code practices.
- Lead technical testing, documentation, knowledge transfer and enablement of client engineering teams.
- Ensure automation solutions comply with enterprise security, governance, audit and regulatory requirements.
Required Skills and Experience
- Minimum 10 years of experience in infrastructure automation.
- At least 8 years of hands-on production experience with Ansible.
- Strong expertise in Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), including workflow templates, execution environments, automation mesh and RBAC.
- Proven experience as an Automation Technical Lead, Architect or Consultant delivering enterprise-scale automation programmes.
- Strong programming and scripting skills in Python, with experience in Git, REST APIs and CI/CD pipelines.
- Hands-on experience integrating Ansible with ServiceNow Change Management and CMDB.
- Strong understanding of enterprise patch management, change orchestration, rolling deployments and cluster-aware sequencing.
- Experience working in highly regulated environments, preferably Banking or Financial Services.
- Excellent technical documentation, stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Proven ability to lead technical teams and drive end-to-end automation delivery.
Good to Have
- Red Hat certifications such as RHCE, EX374 or EX467.
- Experience with VMware ESXi and vCenter, Nutanix and network infrastructure automation.
- Familiarity with CyberArk, PingID, Splunk and Datadog.
- Knowledge of infrastructure inventory and source-of-truth platforms such as NetBox or Nautobot.
Key Competencies
- Enterprise Automation Architecture
- Technical Leadership and Engineering Management
- Ansible Automation Platform
- Infrastructure and Patch Management Automation
- IT Service Management and Change Orchestration
- DevOps, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code
- Banking and Financial Services Technology
This position is open to all who are fulfilling aforesaid requirements.