[h1d]

> I don't have the hours and days to learn Ansible

Really? Are you that filled or you don't want to use a minute of your weekend?

I've set up a few ansible tasks for occasional use like updating servers but I think it's worth learning. It's especially good when installing a new server. Run and it's to your usual state in no time.

The good part about task runners is that it is self documenting of your repetitive tasks and easy to share. You could create a shell script with comments but ansible is probably more portable.

[burntwater]

It's hard to overstate the breadth of skills necessary for this position.

Is Ansible worth learning? Possibly. But there are 100 other things worth learning too, the majority of them not even in the IT space. My time and mental bandwidth are finite.