Infrastructure Automation Engineer

Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer (Ansible / AIOps) Workplace type: RemoteLocation: European UnionEmployment type: B2B ContractSeniority: Mid-Senior level Senior Infrastructure Automation EngineerAre you an infrastructure engineer who would rather automate a problem away than fix it by hand for the hundredth time? This one is for you. We're working with a large international tech business that is investing heavily in how its on-premises and hybrid estate is run. The goal is fewer manual tasks, fewer outages and a platform that spots trouble early and often sorts itself out. They want a seasoned engineer to help build that. The workYou'll be automating day-to-day infrastructure operations end to end. That means building Ansible-driven provisioning and configuration, creating self-service tooling so teams can get what they need without raising a request, and wiring up auto-remediation so common faults get fixed without anyone stepping in. You'll also bring AI into operations: using telemetry and AIOps to predict problems, and building Copilot-style assistants for the engineering teams. You'll own your solutions from first prototype to live production, working closely with cloud, security and ITSM colleagues. You'll be a good fit if you haveA decade or more in infrastructure, data center, virtualisation or automation engineeringSerious Ansible experience, ideally with Ansible Automation Platform (AAP/Tower)Solid scripting in PowerShell, Python or BashStrong foundations in Windows and Linux server environments, including AD, DNS and DHCPHands-on VMware or Hyper-V, along with enterprise backup and storageExperience with Azure and hybrid setups (Azure Local / Azure Stack HCI is a bonus)Comfort with APIs, Git and Infrastructure-as-CodeExperience connecting infrastructure to ServiceNow, CMDB and monitoring toolsA reliability mindset: SLOs, MTTR and SRE practicesReal-world use of AI or AIOps in an operations settingA security-first approach to automation (least privilege, Zero Trust) Nice to haveCohesityHyperconverged infrastructure What's in it for youWork fully remote from anywhere in the EUOver a year of contract security, with a full-time engagement through to the end of 2027A hands-on build role where your automation goes into productionA chance to shape how a global infrastructure operation works If that sounds like your kind of challenge, apply with your CV