[Hiring] Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer @Software Mind

Role Description

We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer to help build an automation practice for a leading IT infrastructure provider in the Netherlands.

• Automation is already being done, but it has grown in several directions at once - different approaches, different standards and different repository layouts running in parallel.
• A large part of this role is bringing that together into one practice the whole team works with.
• You will join a 12+ person Polish engineering team responsible for maintaining the client's Linux and Windows estate and for delivering transformation projects on it.
• The environment carries a significant legacy footprint, built up over years of operations.
• We are building a completely new platform based on OpenStack, so the automation you create will cover both keeping the existing estate running and ensuring the new platform is automated from day one.
• You will also have a software development team as help for engineering tasks.
• Your first deliverable is continuous patching across Linux and Windows, moving the client from scheduled manual patching cycles to an automated process.
• From there, the practice expands into deployment automation, configuration management, and process automation across the estate.

• Writing Ansible automation - playbooks, roles, modules, and collections.
• Help shape the automation practice: standards, repository structure, and code review process.
• Patch management automation.
• Deployment automation.
• Configuration management.
• Systems and process automation.
• Project-driven infrastructure transformations.
• Support, configure, and manage the automation platform.
• Automation-related code review and maintenance across the team.
• CI/CD configuration and management for automation code.
• Define and maintain the inventory and source of truth the automation runs against.
• Introduce testing for automation code.
• Work with engineers to identify what should be automated next.
• Share knowledge with the team.
• Produce and maintain the technical documentation.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge and experience in using, configuring, and maintaining automation platforms, preferably AAP/AWX.
• Understanding best practices for writing and maintaining Ansible code and repositories.
• Developing Ansible playbooks, roles, and modules; maintaining Ansible collections.
• Using Ansible to manage systems and processes at scale.
• Advanced understanding of IaC principles.
• Practical experience with patch management across both Linux and Windows systems.
• Experience working across various Linux distributions.
• Programming skills, preferably Python.
• Solid Git and version control practice applied to automation code.
• Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation.
• English at C1 level.

Requirements

• OpenStack experience.
• Experience consolidating scattered automation into a single, consistent practice.
• Experience setting technical standards and getting a team to adopt them.
• Good understanding of virtualization concepts.
• Puppet experience.
• Experience migrating from another configuration management tool to Ansible.
• Testing frameworks for Ansible (e.g. Molecule).
• Observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana).
• IPAM, IAM.
• Basic networking, system firewalls, storage.
• Red Hat / Ansible certifications.

Benefits

• Flexible and remote cooperation options.
• International projects with leading global clients.
• Travels related to international projects.
• Non-corporate atmosphere.
• Access to language classes.
• Access to knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Access to private healthcare and life insurance.
• Access to multisport card.