Automation Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Spain.

📋 Description

• Lead the strategy, design, and evolution of automation platforms for clients.

• Define reference architectures, development standards, and best practices for automation.

• Design and evolve automation architectures for hybrid and Cloud environments.

• Establish blueprints, reference patterns, and reusable models for services, platforms, and clients.

• Design solutions based on Ansible Automation Platform (AAP/AWX), GitHub, and Azure DevOps.

• Set corporate standards for CI/CD and automation.

• Design branching strategies, versioning, promotion pipelines, and release management.

• Implement change control mechanisms, approvals, and regulatory compliance.

• Ensure the security of the software supply chain.

• Define and maintain reusable catalogs of Terraform modules.

• Standardize roles, collections, and automation frameworks based on Ansible.

• Establish documentation, testing, and versioning practices.

• Serve as a technical reference for DevOps, Automation, and Infrastructure teams.

• Conduct architecture, design, and code reviews.

• Lead initiatives for the adoption of new technologies, methodologies, and standards.

• Participate in the resolution of critical incidents related to automation platforms.

• Identify opportunities for optimization, simplification, and reduction of technical debt.

• Collaborate with infrastructure, development, security, and operations teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in automation, DevOps, Platform Engineering, and/or infrastructure architecture.

• Experience in designing and implementing automation architectures in hybrid and Cloud enterprise environments.

• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives, defining technical standards, and guiding teams in adopting best automation practices.

• Advanced Python for automation, tool development, and integration creation.

• Proficiency in Ansible and Ansible Automation Platform (AAP/AWX), including roles, collections, dynamic inventories, RBAC, Workflow Templates, and Job Templates.

• Knowledge of Terraform, including designing reusable modules, Workspaces, State management, policies, and governance.

• Familiarity with Azure DevOps and GitHub, including Git repositories, multi-stage YAML pipelines, environments, approvals & checks, artifacts, and deployments.

• Proficiency in Bash and PowerShell.

• Experience with Git, GitFlow, and versioning strategies.

• Design and consumption of REST APIs.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience.

• Knowledge of DevOps methodologies and CI/CD practices.

• Ability to generate technical documentation, runbooks, and architecture documentation.

• Professional English level B2 high / C1.

• Strategic vision and focus on continuous improvement.

• Technical leadership and influencing capabilities.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Ability to work with multiple teams and stakeholders.

• Autonomy and the ability to lead complex initiatives.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% remote work modality.

• Office hours with intensive workdays every Friday of the year, in July and August.

• Stable job position.

• Long-term ongoing project.

• Opportunity to access flexible compensation plans: Wellbeing, Wellhub, Private Health Insurance, Restaurant Card.

• Continuous training and certification in the workplace, both in technological skills and work methodologies in the IT sector.