Automation Engineer

Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaams-Brabant

Senior Automation Engineer

Start Date: 3/8/2026

End Date: 31/12/2026 (with potential for extension)

Location: Diegem, 100% on-site

Key Responsibilities:

Automation Engineering
- Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade automation solutions using Ansible.
- Build reusable Ansible roles, collections, playbooks, and automation frameworks.
- Develop and maintain standards for Infrastructure-as-Code and Automation-as-Code.
- Drive automation adoption across infrastructure and operational teams.
- Ensure automation solutions are version-controlled, tested, and documented.
Infrastructure & Platform Automation
- Automate provisioning, configuration management, patching, and lifecycle management.
- Standardize Linux and Windows server deployments and configurations.
- Automate operational maintenance activities and system remediation tasks.
- Integrate automation with enterprise platforms and tooling ecosystems.
- Develop self-service capabilities where appropriate.
Security, Compliance & Governance
- Automate security hardening and compliance checks.
- Support vulnerability remediation and security governance initiatives.
- Develop automated compliance reporting and evidence collection capabilities.
- Ensure solutions align with corporate security standards and regulatory requirements.
- Support audit readiness and operational control frameworks.
Resilience & Operational Excellence
- Improve operational resilience through automated recovery and remediation processes.
- Support disaster recovery and business continuity initiatives.
- Reduce operational risk through standardization and automation.
- Implement monitoring and reporting for automation platform health and utilization.
- Drive continuous improvement across infrastructure services.
Collaboration & Leadership
- Partner with infrastructure, security, architecture, and application teams.
- Consult on automation opportunities across technology domains.
- Coach and mentor engineers on automation best practices.
- Contribute to technical standards, architecture reviews, and strategic initiatives.
- Act as a subject matter expert for enterprise automation technologies.

Success Criteria:

Significantly reduced manual operational effort through automation.
Increased standardization and consistency across infrastructure platforms.
Improved compliance, auditability, and security posture.
Delivered reusable automation frameworks and engineering standards.
Strengthened operational resilience and recovery capabilities.
Enabled engineering teams to adopt automation through self-service and reusable patterns.

Personal Attributes:

Strong English language communication skills.
Automation-first mindset.
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Ability to simplify complex technical challenges.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Continuous improvement mentality.
Self-motivated and outcome-oriented.
Strong documentation and knowledge-sharing discipline.

Required Qualifications:

Proven experience designing and building enterprise-grade Ansible roles, collections, and automation frameworks.
Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal, suitable for stakeholder management.
Experience defining Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) standards and automating server deployments for both Linux and Windows platforms.
Demonstrated track record of significantly reducing manual operational effort by building reusable Ansible roles, collections, or self-service tools.
Hands-on experience automating security hardening, compliance checks, or vulnerability remediation.
Experience in building automated recovery/remediation processes or supporting disaster recovery initiatives through automation.
Experience acting as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), coaching/mentoring other engineers, and partnering with cross-functional teams.
Strict discipline in ensuring all automation solutions are version-controlled (Git), thoroughly tested, and cleanly documented.