United States Today $150k – $175k
Ansible Automation Linux Jobs
Ansible is the most widely adopted configuration management and automation tool in Linux environments. Find jobs requiring Ansible across infrastructure teams, DevOps engineering, and IT operations at enterprises and cloud-native companies.
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India Today Not disclosed
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Santa Clara, California, United States Today $249k – $325k
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Remote, United States Today Not disclosed
Hawthorne, California, United States Today $125k – $175k
Costa Mesa, California, United States Today $146k – $194k
Asheville, Ohio, United States Today $113k – $149k
Quantico, Virginia, United States Today Not disclosed
Santiago, Chile Yesterday Not disclosed
Remote, European Union Yesterday Not disclosed
Pangyo, Gyeonggi, South Korea Yesterday Not disclosed
Pune, Maharashtra, India Yesterday Not disclosed
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Remote, United States Yesterday $165k – $200k
Costa Mesa, California, United States Yesterday $146k – $194k
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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Yesterday Not disclosed
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Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States Yesterday $91k – $185k
Miami, Florida, United States 2d ago Not disclosed
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; Palo Alto, California, United States; Detroit, Michigan, United States 2d ago $179k – $269k
Boston, Massachusetts, United States 2d ago $143k – $172k
Munich, Bavaria, Germany 2d ago Not disclosed
Frequently Asked Questions
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Ansible is agentless (relying on SSH and Python, which are standard on Linux), uses human-readable YAML playbooks, and integrates easily with existing Linux infrastructure. Its low barrier to entry and extensive module library make it the go-to automation tool for Linux sysadmins and DevOps engineers.
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All three are configuration management tools, but Ansible is agentless (no software to install on managed nodes), while Puppet and Chef require agents. Ansible uses YAML for its playbook language, making it accessible to sysadmins without programming backgrounds. Puppet and Chef use Ruby DSLs and are often preferred in very large enterprises with mature automation practices.
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Employers look for experience writing reusable Ansible roles and collections, using Ansible Galaxy for community content, integrating Ansible with CI/CD pipelines, and working with Ansible Tower or AWX for enterprise automation. Knowledge of Jinja2 templating, dynamic inventory, and Vault for secrets management are also highly valued.
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Yes, Ansible and Kubernetes serve different purposes and are often used together. Ansible manages the configuration of Linux hosts (setting up Kubernetes nodes, deploying applications that run outside containers, managing system-level configuration), while Kubernetes manages containerised workload lifecycle. The two tools are complementary rather than competing.