Senior Analyst

Role overview

Senior Analyst at Merck

Responsibilities

• Work Your Magic with us!
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather user requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Design, develop, and maintain automation solutions using Ansible Automation Platform for Windows-based infrastructure.
• Create and manage Ansible playbooks, roles, inventories, workflows, and job templates to support standardized and scalable operations.

Employment details

• You communicate clearly, document your work thoroughly, and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams in a remote or hybrid working environment; experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies or Event-Driven Ansible is a plus.
• Location: Bangalore [Karnataka] [India]

Application details

• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and application teams to implement reliable and reusable automation patterns.

Benefits

• Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics.
• We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences.
• We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology.
• We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace.
• Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!
• Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!

Additional role details

• Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more?
• We know you’ve got big plans – so do we!
• Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet.
• That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.
• Your Role.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation and configuration-as-code solutions using PowerShell and Ansible Automation Platform.
• Manage project timelines and deliverables to ensure successful implementation.
• Troubleshoot and optimize existing systems and processes.
• Integrate Ansible Automation Platform with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and other enterprise tools.
• Automate configuration management, patching, provisioning, compliance tasks, and operational workflows across large-scale Windows server environments.
• Ensure automation solutions are properly documented, tested, and aligned with enterprise governance and security standards.
• Who You Are.
• You bring proven hands-on experience with Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) in enterprise environments, including the development and administration of playbooks, roles, inventories, workflows, job templates, credentials, and execution environments.
• You have strong proficiency in PowerShell and Azure DevOps/Git, with a solid understanding of infrastructure-as-code principles and experience automating Windows server environments using WinRM/SSH and reusable playbook design.
• You have experience integrating Ansible Automation Platform into enterprise DevOps toolchains and CI/CD pipelines, and you are familiar with automation governance, role-based access control, credential handling, and workflow orchestration in AAP.
• You hold a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or bring equivalent professional experience in infrastructure automation and software engineering.
• You are familiar with cloud platforms such as Azure or similar, and have working knowledge of networking concepts, REST APIs, ServiceNow, Active Directory, and configuration management tools such as Terraform.
• You have experience managing or supporting large-scale Windows server environments (10,000+ servers globally) and are comfortable working with reporting tools such as SQL, Grafana, or similar platforms.