Automation Engineer

The opportunity

We're hiring an Automation Engineer to join a large-scale IT operations programme for a major EU agency, delivered through a specialist staffing partner. This is a fully on-site role at the agency's headquarters in Warsaw, with no travel foreseen.

The role sits within a highly regulated environment, and requires a Personal Security Clearance (level to be confirmed at contracting stage).

The role

You'll design, build, and maintain the automation that keeps IT operations running - provisioning, configuration, monitoring, deployment, and incident response - across virtualization, cloud, and hybrid infrastructure, while helping the wider organisation move from manual processes to automated, repeatable ones.

What you'll do

• Design, implement, and maintain automated systems and tools supporting IT operations - infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, deployment, and incident response (across VMware, Azure/AWS/Google Cloud, Windows Server, and Linux Red Hat)

• Analyse existing IT processes and workflows, identify areas for improvement, and propose and develop automation strategies to increase efficiency, reduce errors, and enhance scalability

• Write scripts and develop code (Python, PowerShell, or Bash) to automate routine tasks, data processing, and system integration

• Use configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible) and infrastructure-as-code frameworks (e.g. Terraform, VMware ARIA Automation) to automate provisioning, configuration, and management of infrastructure components

• Recommend and implement IT best practices

• Implement changes according to ICT change management procedures

• Provide 2nd line support to other IT teams and coordinate with 3rd line support

• Update technical documentation and operating procedures

• Evaluate and implement IT security standards

• Participate in coordination and project meetings

• Take on other specific duties aligned to the profile, as assigned by the supervisor

What you bring

• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash

• Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible

• Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform or VMware ARIA Automation

• Strong knowledge of virtualization platforms (e.g. VMware vSphere) and cloud platforms (e.g. Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud)

• Strong knowledge of Windows Server and Linux Red Hat configuration and automation

• Experience collaborating with multiple support groups

• Experience with ticketing systems and ITIL-based change, configuration, and release management processes

• Good organisational and prioritising skills

• A proactive attitude, team-work spirit, self-motivated with a strong user orientation

• Good communication skills

• Able to cope with fast-changing technologies

Logistics

• Location: Warsaw, Poland - fully on-site

• Engagement: framework contract, via Specific Contract, with renewal terms per the framework

• Clearance: Personal Security Clearance required

• Selection process: written test and interview