Ansible Engineer

Are you a driven professional with a passion for automation and IT infrastructure? Do you have experience with Ansible and want to work on challenging projects within an innovative team? Then we are looking for you! As an Ansible Engineer, you are a driven professional with a passion for automation and IT infrastructure. You have experience with Ansible and are eager to work on challenging projects within an innovative team. If you recognize yourself in this, we are looking for you! You play a crucial role in designing…

32 - 40 hours

Almelo

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Ansible Engineer

Working at Shock Media means being part of a young, professional, and informal team of specialists where you can literally turn your hobby into your job! An environment where knowledge sharing, collaboration, and achieving the best results together for exciting (international) clients are the top priorities. The continuous optimization and improvement to become the best Managed Hoster in Europe together is always at the forefront!

What will you do?

  • You will be part of the Ansible team where you will work on developing various Ansible playbooks and roles to further automate (manual) system tasks and server deployment;
  • You will look for repetitive, time-consuming, and manual tasks and automate these as much as possible using Ansible;
  • You will review existing playbooks and roles and implement improvements;
  • You will write documentation about playbooks and roles so that your colleagues have a clear understanding of the procedures;
  • Troubleshooting complex technical customer issues.

What do we ask?

  • At least 1 year of experience developing and improving professional Ansible roles and playbooks;
  • Familiar with git version control;
  • You are able to set up, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines;
  • Extensive experience managing Linux systems;
  • Familiarity with Ansible Tower/AWX is a plus;
  • Knowledge and experience with a scripting/programming language such as Bash/Python/Go is a plus.

What do we offer, in addition to your salary?

  • Travel allowance or the option of a company car and/or company bike;
  • 26 vacation days, with the option to buy or accrue more;
  • A well-structured pension plan;
  • Plenty of opportunities for development and growth, including a personal training budget;
  • Option to work partly from home, including a remote work allowance;
  • Opportunities to increase your salary and time off through on-call shifts;
  • A friendly working environment with short communication lines across teams;
  • An active staff association organizing fun events throughout the year (including our famous LAN parties!).

Who are we?

Shock Media has been more then a Managed Hosting Provider for over 25 years, ensuring the accessibility and availability of thousands of business-critical websites and (web) applications for various national and international organizations every day. Working at Shock Media means being part of a young, professional, and informal team of specialists where you can literally turn your hobby into your job. Where needed, you can count on sufficient guidance and freedom from us to further shape your role. You can work from our headquarters in Almelo and/or hybrid from home.

Is this something for you?

Are you interested in the Ansible Engineer vacancy? Then quickly send your motivation and CV to our HR department at hr@shockmedia.nl. You can also use this email address for any questions about this vacancy. Still unsure? Read how our colleagues experience working at Shock Media or take a look at our other vacancies.

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