Ansible Automation Platform Engineer – Linux Infrastructure (SME)

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

Ansible Automation Platform Engineer – Linux Infrastructure (SME) Job Details Job Posting Title:                       Ansible Automation Platform Engineer – Linux Infrastructure (SME) Location:                                      Bengaluru, India Job Profile:                                   R3-R4 Job Type :                                      Full-Time, Permanent Experience Level :                   12+ years Lilly’s Purpose At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world. Come help us unlock the power of the Platform Engineering through AI & Automation The Cloud and Connectivity organization is actively looking for a Linux Server Platform, Ansible Subject Matter Expert to join them. Do you like to solve challenges and have an interest in large scale impact? Would you like the ability to impact a global public and private cloud infrastructure engineering through AI and Automation? If so, please apply.

The Linux Server Platform SME leads with automation, the design, implementation, and management of enterprise Linux platforms (RHEL, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, SUSE) across on-premises, public cloud, and hybrid environments. The ideal candidate will serve as the highest-level technical authority for Linux systems, providing architectural guidance, operational excellence, and advanced troubleshooting across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. This role leads the adoption and engineering of Ansible Automation Platform across a hybrid, multi-cloud estate.  The ideal candidate brings deep Linux expertise combined with a strong automation-first mindset and proven ability to deliver Linux as a Service through Infrastructure as Code.

Platform Ownership & System Administration Serve as the primary SME for enterprise Linux platforms, defining standards, architectures, and best practices. Design, build, configure, and maintain Linux server infrastructure. Lead OS lifecycle management, including upgrades and end-of-life planning. Perform advanced system administration: installation, configuration, tuning, patching, upgrades, performance management, and troubleshooting (kernel, CPU, memory, storage, networking). Automation & Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Apply GitOps principles to all automation content (version control, peer review, CI/CD pipelines). Enforce idempotency, modularity, and testability standards across all automation code. Own the “Linux as a Service” model – defining standard builds, automated delivery, and lifecycle management as code. Implement configuration drift detection and remediation as a continuous automated process. Implement and maintain Ansible-driven OS