Andrew Molnar
@andrewmolnar
Enterprise Automation Architect and Principal DevOps Engineer specializing in reusable automation frameworks.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I’m an Enterprise Automation Engineer and Linux Platform Engineering specialist with more than 35 years of experience designing, implementing, automating, and supporting enterprise infrastructure. I specialize in transforming complex operational processes into repeatable, scalable automation solutions through Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, enterprise Linux engineering, and DevOps best practices.
My hands-on background spans traditional UNIX engineering through modern cloud-native automation, helping bridge legacy enterprise infrastructure with today’s automation-first operational models. I build reusable enterprise automation using Ansible, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), AWX/Tower, Terraform, Chef, Salt, Puppet, Molecule, Docker, and Kubernetes—backed by CI/CD and validation approaches.
I’m recognized for solving complex engineering challenges through automation, mentoring engineers, and developing enterprise standards. In recent roles, I’ve designed Ansible architectures and reusable role/playbook frameworks, automated Oracle database parameter management and Linux security hardening, supported migration from Ansible Tower to Red Hat AAP, and delivered enterprise observability validation across Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana and related telemetry—while producing operational documentation, runbooks, and Confluence knowledge articles.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Specialty Software Automation Engineer
PNC Bank (TEKsystems)
Aug 2023 - Present (2 years 11 months)
Designed and maintained enterprise Ansible playbooks, reusable roles, and automation workflows for Linux infrastructure, including Oracle database parameter automation and security hardening. Migrated automation standards from Ansible Tower to Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), validated roles with Molecule, and supported enterprise logging infrastructure and technical documentation.
Supported enterprise SDLC automation initiatives focused on audit remediation, deployment standardization, and Continuous Delivery. Developed and enhanced Ansible automation for SDLC platform operations, CI/CD and continuous testing workflows, and compliance governance.
Served as a Site Reliability Engineer for internal and customer-facing production environments running Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ubuntu systems on AWS. Developed Ansible playbooks and Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code to improve reliability, deployment consistency, and incident response, using New Relic and Elasticsearch for monitoring.
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
CRISP, A Kroll Company
Feb 2022 - Feb 2023 (1 year)
Monitored production platforms, coordinated remediation across engineers, and supported reliability improvements using SLOs/SLIs. Managed GCP infrastructure and automated deployments with Terraform and Kubernetes (including Minikube), using Datadog and Graylog for root-cause analysis and operational diagnostics.
Supported enterprise DevOps initiatives for automation, application deployment, and infrastructure modernization. Administered Ansible Tower, developed Ansible playbooks and YAML automation with shell scripting, and contributed to CI/CD and cloud infrastructure deployment using Terraform and Kubernetes (including Azure and Amazon EKS).
Designed, developed, and maintained enterprise automation for on-premises and AWS-hosted infrastructure using Ansible, Salt, Terraform, and Docker. Led migration and modernization work including converting Salt automation to reusable Ansible roles, building Infrastructure as Code solutions with Kubernetes/Rancher and HAProxy, and implementing security automation and monitoring improvements.
Provided enterprise Linux infrastructure and platform engineering support across multiple application teams while improving operational consistency and automation. Partnered with application teams to automate UNIX/Linux operational processes using Bash and early Ansible adoption, and supported WebLogic deployments and operational standards documentation.
Infrastructure Administrator
Edge Communications
Nov 2017 - Mar 2018 (4 months)
Automated configuration management for large virtual machine estates using Puppet across Windows, Red Hat Linux, and Solaris environments. Supported application deployment pipelines with Jenkins and administered VMware infrastructure, including on-call production support.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Colorado Technical University
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration (IT Core)
1994 - 1996
Grade: Summa Cum Laude
Earned a BS in Business Administration with an IT Core, graduating Summa Cum Laude.
Community College of the Air Force
Associate of Applied Science, Communications
1987 - 1989
Earned an AAS in Communications through the Community College of the Air Force program.
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