DevOps & Infrastructure Automation Specialist - EU Institution Luxembourg

Key Responsibilities

1. Automation Design & Modernisation

• Modern Infrastructure as Code: Architect, develop, and maintain automation using Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), OpenTofu, and Terraform.

• IaC Harmonisation: Assist in migrating legacy CloudFormation and Azure Bicep configurations toward Terraform/OpenTofu to standardize provisioning across cloud and on-premises zones.

• Workflow Standardisation: Build modular, reusable Ansible roles and playbooks to eliminate fragmented scripts and repetitive operational tasks.

• CI/CD & GitOps: Design, enhance, and secure GitLab CI/CD pipelines tailored to multi-tiered, restricted infrastructure environments.

• ITSM Integration: Automate interactions with ServiceNow for automated CMDB synchronization, change execution, and self-service catalog requests.

• Container & Hybrid Systems: Support provisioning and configuration workflows across Linux, Windows, virtualization stacks, and container platforms (Red Hat OpenShift / Kubernetes).

• Observability & Operations: Ensure reliable execution tracking, centralized logging, task scheduling, and Tier-3 automation troubleshooting.

2. Automation Governance & Security Standards

• Engineering Best Practices: Establish and uphold clear standards for code quality, repository structures, automated testing, and comprehensive documentation.

• Quality Gates & Reviews: Integrate peer reviews, linting, and approval workflows directly into deployment pipelines.

• Security & Compliance: Ensure all automated executions strictly comply with organizational security policies, access controls, and least-privilege secrets management.

• Traceability & Auditing: Guarantee comprehensive audit logs linking automated tasks to official change requests and configuration items.

• Continuous Improvement: Collaborate with project managers and technical stakeholders to identify bottlenecks and optimize deployment speed and platform reliability.

Qualifications

Requirements

• What do you need to succeed in this position?

• Core Track Record: Proven hands-on experience in platform engineering, infrastructure automation, or DevOps, built upon a solid systems administration foundation.

• Configuration Management: Deep expertise with Ansible, ideally within enterprise setups like Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) or AWX.

• Infrastructure as Code: Strong command of Terraform or OpenTofu and declarative cloud provisioning.

• CI/CD & Version Control: Extensive experience configuring GitLab CI/CD pipelines and working with Git / GitOps methodologies.

• Scripting: Proficient in scripting for system automation (Python, Bash, or PowerShell).

• Hybrid Systems Knowledge: Familiarity with enterprise on-premises platforms as well as public cloud architectures (AWS and/or Azure).

• Security Mindset: Practical grasp of secure automation principles (credential vaulting, role-based access control, security baselines).

• Analytical & Collaborative: Strong analytical and troubleshooting mindset, able to align operational realities with high-level architecture guidelines.

Desirable / Nice-to-Have

• Hands-on integration experience with ServiceNow REST APIs, Service Catalogues, and CMDB workflows.

• Familiarity with ITIL-based IT Service Management (specifically Change & Configuration Management).

• Practical exposure to Red Hat OpenShift / Kubernetes container deployments.

• Experience with migration projects from Azure Bicep, AWS CloudFormation, or Puppet.

• Knowledge of centralized scheduling and monitoring tools (e.g., Rundeck, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).

• Virtualization knowledge (VMware vSphere or Nutanix AHV) and software-defined networking concepts.

Our offer:

A particularly attractive salary package, with many additional benefits, to attract the best of you. A professional and stimulating work environment in the field of telecommunications. Multiple career opportunities within a changing group, advanced training in new technologies, rich and recognized expertise. Your application will be treated with confidentiality. We would be very happy to organize a first appointment to talk to you about this opportunity and consider your next career development. Send us your CV.