[MSO] Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer (Ansible)
About The Position
Software Mind is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer to establish an automation practice for a leading IT infrastructure provider in the Netherlands. The role involves consolidating existing, disparate automation approaches into a unified practice. The engineer will join a 12+ person Polish team responsible for maintaining the client's Linux and Windows estate and delivering transformation projects. The environment includes a significant legacy footprint and a new OpenStack platform. Collaboration with a software development team is expected for complex engineering tasks. The initial deliverable is continuous patching automation for Linux and Windows, followed by expansion into deployment automation, configuration management, and process automation.
Requirements
- 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.
- Experience 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.
Nice To Haves
- 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.
- Familiarity with testing frameworks for Ansible (e.g., Molecule).
- Experience with observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana).
- IPAM, IAM knowledge.
- Basic networking, system firewalls, storage knowledge.
- Red Hat / Ansible certifications.
Responsibilities
- Writing Ansible automation (playbooks, roles, modules, and collections).
- Helping to shape the automation practice, including standards, repository structure, and code review processes.
- Implementing patch management automation.
- Developing deployment automation.
- Managing configuration.
- Automating systems and processes.
- Integrating automation into project-driven infrastructure transformations.
- Supporting, configuring, and managing the automation platform.
- Conducting automation-related code reviews and maintenance for the team.
- Configuring and managing CI/CD for automation code.
- Defining and maintaining the inventory and source of truth for automation.
- Introducing testing for automation code to ensure confident production releases.
- Collaborating with estate engineers to identify and prioritize automation opportunities.
- Sharing knowledge with the team to ensure widespread adoption of the automation practice.
- Producing and maintaining technical documentation for the automation practice.
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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