Automation Engineer

Join a specialist technology team delivering a large-scale IT operations programme within a complex and highly structured enterprise environment.

As an Automation Engineer, you'll design and maintain automation that supports day-to-day infrastructure operations across servers, cloud platforms, virtualization, configuration management, and system administration.

The role requires someone who is comfortable working hands-on with scripting and infrastructure tooling and who understands how automation should support reliable, repeatable IT operations at scale.

Important

• Fully on-site role in Warsaw, Poland
• Contract employment
• Mid-senior level automation experience required
• Strong IT operations automation background required
• Python, PowerShell, and Bash experience highly relevant
• Ansible and Terraform experience strongly preferred
• Windows Server and Linux experience required
• VMware experience highly relevant
• Azure / AWS / Google Cloud exposure beneficial
• Large-scale IT operations experience strongly preferred
• Public sector, government, or EU agency experience is beneficial
• Candidates requiring remote or hybrid working are not suitable
• Candidates must be based in Warsaw or willing to relocate

We are looking for an Automation Engineer to design, implement, and maintain automated systems and tooling for a large-scale IT operations environment.

You'll work across infrastructure, operating systems, cloud platforms, configuration management, and scripting to reduce manual work, improve reliability, and support critical IT operations.

This is a fully on-site role in Warsaw and is suited to a mid-senior engineer with strong hands-on experience in infrastructure and IT operations automation.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automation for IT operations and infrastructure
• Develop scripts and tooling using Python, PowerShell, and Bash
• Build and maintain configuration management workflows
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and system configuration
• Work with Ansible and Terraform
• Support VMware-based infrastructure environments
• Automate Windows Server administration and operations
• Automate Linux administration, including Red Hat environments
• Support Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud infrastructure
• Build repeatable operational processes and deployment workflows
• Reduce manual operational tasks through automation
• Maintain and improve existing automation tooling
• Troubleshoot failures across automated systems and infrastructure
• Support large-scale IT operations environments
• Work within structured IT service-management processes
• Document automation processes, standards, and procedures
• Collaborate with infrastructure, operations, and support teams

Required Skills

• Mid-senior level IT automation or infrastructure automation experience
• Experience designing and implementing automated systems for IT operations
• Strong scripting skills
• Python experience
• PowerShell experience
• Bash / shell scripting experience
• Ansible experience
• Terraform experience
• Infrastructure and systems administration understanding
• Windows Server experience
• Linux experience
• VMware experience
• Cloud infrastructure exposure
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving ability
• Ability to work within large-scale IT operations environments
• Based in or willing to relocate to Warsaw
• Willingness to work fully on-site

Technologies

• Python
• PowerShell
• Bash
• Ansible
• Terraform
• VMware
• Microsoft Azure
• AWS
• Google Cloud
• Windows Server
• Linux
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Infrastructure as Code
• Configuration Management
• IT Automation
• ITIL

Nice To Have

• Public sector experience
• Government IT experience
• EU agency experience
• Large-scale IT operations programme experience
• Enterprise infrastructure experience
• ITIL experience
• Infrastructure as Code experience
• Hybrid cloud experience
• Multi-cloud experience
• VMware automation experience
• Windows automation experience
• Linux automation experience
• Experience working in structured service-management environments
• Experience documenting operational processes and standards

Soft Skills

• Strong ownership mentality
• Structured problem-solving
• High attention to detail
• Reliability-focused mindset
• Strong communication skills
• Collaborative approach
• Comfortable working in structured environments
• Pragmatic execution
• Strong troubleshooting ability
• Process-oriented mindset
• Ability to work independently
• High accountability