diff --git a/ansible/build-and-push.yml b/ansible/build-and-push.yml
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+---
+- name: Build and Deploy the AWX Operator
+  hosts: localhost
+
+  collections:
+    - community.general
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Build and (optionally) push operator image
+      docker_image:
+        name: "{{ operator_image }}:{{ operator_version }}"
+        pull: no
+        push: "{{ push_image | bool }}"
+        build:
+          dockerfile: "build/Dockerfile"
+          path: "../"
+        force: yes
diff --git a/ansible/deploy-operator.yml b/ansible/deploy-operator.yml
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+---
+- name: Reconstruct awx-operator.yaml
+  include: chain-operator-files.yml
+
+- name: Deploy Operator
+  hosts: localhost
+  vars:
+    k8s_namespace: "default"
+    obliterate: no
+
+  collections:
+    - community.kubernetes
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Obliterate Operator
+      k8s:
+        state: absent
+        namespace: "{{ k8s_namespace }}"
+        src: "../deploy/awx-operator.yaml"
+        wait: yes
+      when: obliterate | bool
+
+    - name: Deploy Operator
+      k8s:
+        state: present
+        namespace: "{{ k8s_namespace }}"
+        apply: yes
+        wait: yes
+        src: "../deploy/awx-operator.yaml"