Automation Engineer

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We're Hiring for an **Automation Engineer** who holds a **EU Citizenship**to work for our **European Government Client.**

**Role**: Automation Engineer - DevOps Engineer

**Location**: Luxembourg

**Project Language**: English

**Work Type**: 100% Remote ( 1-Week Per Month to Start, then Fully Remote )

**Rate**: Euros Per Day

**Duration**: 6+ Months Rolling

**THIS CONTRACT IS OUTSIDE IR35**

**Requirement**: ONLY ACCEPTING EU CITIZENS

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The Automation Engineer is responsible for implementation of infrastructure automation, enabling teams to deliver solutions faster to meet the demands in a DevOps approach. He will be supporting for the infra DevOps tools and patterns. He is in charge ofpushing the boundaries by leveraging some of the most innovative tools in their spaces, must be familiar with enterprise solutions, Global demand requirements, and innovative technologies..

He will also assist project teams with technical issues including the definition of needs, benefits, and technical strategy, research & development within the project life-cycle; technical analysis and design; and support of operations staff in executing,testing and rolling-out solutions.

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation solutions
- Develop solutions that automate production infrastructure deployment and operations
- Investigate automation opportunities to increase speed and efficiency
- Perform automation, integration, and orchestration services while working within the constraints of vendor products and implemented solutions
- Monitor performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed
- Continuous development on automation products, services, protocols, and standards to keep automation best practices
- Develop standards to meet legacy and on-prem cloud design

**Required Skills**:

- Extensive knowledge in IT Operations
- Knowledge in Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
- Experience with Red Hat Satellitte or/and CFEngine is a plus
- Good knowledge in troubleshooting and problem resolution
- Extensive knowledge & experience with Automation with ability to provide best practice guidance
- Experience with networking automation
- Experience with implementation and operation of Ansible and one or more automation and orchestration tools and platforms (Terraform, Chef, Puppet, SaltStack, VMWare VRA,)
- Experience with Yaml, Python
- Experience creating pipelines and automation to deploy containers
- Experience with metrics gathering, monitoring, and alerting activities
- Knowledge of ITIL functions and processes
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.
- Ability to work and communicate in a multi-cultural environment;
- Service-oriented mind-set;
- Initiative, accuracy and attention to detail;
- Fluent in English (written and spoken) is essential;
- Any other European language is a plus.
- Participate in the integration with collaborative tools and components
- Promote and follow prescribed project management guidelines for projects
- Maintain documentation for all operational / support processes for the systems supported; automate repetitive processes where appropriate
- Stay current with new technologies and techniques as appropriate

Required Experience and Education:

- B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent through experience
- Technical background, 5-8 years of professional relevant experience.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Attention to detail and can-do attitude
- Providing 24X7 Support

If you are interested in this or similar opportunities, please send a detailed CV as soon as possible

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