Remote Ansible Jobs: 1,469 Open Positions (2026)

Remote Ansible Jobs: Demand Overview

Ansible appears in 1,469 active remote job postings tracked by RemoteHerd, across 567 companies. Ansible is the leading configuration management and automation tool on RemoteHerd's DevOps category, used to provision servers, manage configurations, and automate repetitive operational tasks across cloud and on-premises infrastructure.

Where Ansible Skills Are in Demand

Ansible shows up across multiple job categories, but its concentration varies significantly. It's most prominent in DevOps roles, appearing in 19.4% of postings in that category.

• DevOps: 19.4% of postings in this category
• Backend: 1.7% of postings in this category
• Software Engineering: 1.2% of postings in this category
• Full Stack: 1.1% of postings in this category
• AI & Machine Learning: 0.6% of postings in this category
• Data: 0.5% of postings in this category

Skills Frequently Paired with Ansible

Looking at the tech stacks of companies that use Ansible, these are the skills most often found alongside it:

• Cloud
• Terraform
• Python
• AWS
• Kubernetes

Remote Ansible Salary Guide

In DevOps roles, Ansible is used for server provisioning, application deployment, and configuration drift remediation — often complementing Terraform (which handles infrastructure creation) by managing what runs on the servers once they exist. It's also commonly used in CI/CD pipelines for deployment automation.

Companies Hiring Remote Ansible Developers

567 companies in our dataset currently list Ansible in their tech stack, spanning everything from early-stage startups to large engineering organisations.

Recent Remote Ansible Job Openings

A sample of recently tracked remote roles requesting Ansible:

• Platform Engineer - Clearance Required at LMI
• DevOps Release Engineer at Thomson Reuters
• Senior Cloud Engineer - Architect at George Consulting, LTD
• Cloud Software Engineer, Python, Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes at Whitestack
• Junior DevOps Engineer at GetBlock

Building a Remote Ansible Career

Ansible playbooks and roles are the core competency that appears in remote postings. It pairs most commonly with Linux (Ansible manages Linux servers), cloud platforms for the underlying infrastructure, and Terraform for a complete infrastructure automation story. Python proficiency gives a meaningful advantage since Ansible modules are written in Python and can be extended with custom ones. For a broader look at how Ansible fits into the wider DevOps hiring picture, see DevOps roles. If Terraform is also on your radar, see openings for Terraform developers for the same level of detail on that side of the stack.