Senior Automation Engineer (Linux & Platform Development)

Contract info : 

• B2B full remote - Europe location 

We are looking for a Senior Automation Engineer with a strong software development mindset to help build maintain and evolve our infrastructure automation platform.

In this role you will develop scalable automation solutions that manage and orchestrate large Linux environments. Rather than manually operating systems you will focus on creating reusable automation APIs workflows and tooling that enable operational excellence at scale.

You will work within a collaborative engineering team applying modern development practices to infrastructure management leveraging technologies such as Ansible Python GitLab CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.

What Youll Do

Design and Develop Automation Solutions

• Design develop and maintain automation frameworks and self-service platforms for infrastructure management.
• Create reusable Ansible roles playbooks Python modules and automation libraries.
• Build robust APIs integrations and workflows connecting infrastructure and enterprise platforms.
• Apply software engineering best practices including version control code reviews testing and continuous integration.

Build Platform Capabilities

• Develop solutions that automate provisioning patching configuration management compliance monitoring and lifecycle management.
• Reduce operational effort through automation-first approaches.
• Improve scalability reliability and maintainability of infrastructure services.
• Contribute to the evolution of internal automation products and services.

Engineering Excellence

• Write clean maintainable and testable code.
• Develop unit integration and end-to-end tests for automation components.
• Participate in architectural discussions and technology roadmaps.
• Drive continuous improvement through refactoring and modernization initiatives.

Support and Reliability

• Provide expert-level support for automation platforms and Linux environments.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and implement sustainable fixes.
• Improve operational processes through automation and engineering solutions.
• Participate in incident analysis and post-mortem activities.

Collaboration

• Work closely with platform engineers architects developers security experts and operations teams.
• Contribute to agile delivery practices and technical decision-making.
• Mentor colleagues and promote engineering standards across the team.
• Share knowledge through technical presentations documentation and code reviews.

Qualifications :

Development & Automation

• Strong Python development skills.
• Advanced Ansible automation experience.
• Solid Bash scripting skills.
• Experience designing reusable frameworks libraries or internal tooling.
• Strong understanding of Git workflows and CI/CD pipelines.

Linux & Platform Engineering

• Advanced Linux administration expertise.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure services and system architecture.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code principles.
• Knowledge of storage technologies filesystems NFS and system lifecycle management.

Nice to Have

• Terraform
• REST API development and integrations
• Container technologies (Podman Docker Kubernetes)
• Event-driven automation and workflow orchestration
• Red Hat Satellite
• EfficientIP
• ServiceNow integrations
• Experience maintaining legacy automation solutions (Perl PHP)
• AI-assisted development and automation tooling

Experience

• 8 years of experience in Infrastructure Automation Platform Engineering DevOps Site Reliability Engineering or Software Engineering.
• Demonstrated experience building automation products rather than simply operating infrastructure.
• Experience working in agile engineering-focused environments.

Additional Information :

As a member of one of Europes largest digital solutions providers youll benefit from extensive career development opportunities both local and international. At the Sopra Steria Academy youll be part of a dynamic network of 56000 professionals at all stages of their careers. With a wide array of offices to explore you can find your ideal location and take the next step in your career.

Sopra Steria is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age ancestry nationality color family or medical leave gender identity or expression genetic information immigration status marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran or military status race ethnicity religion gender (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws regulations and ordinances. We foster a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time