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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.