Platform Engineer (Ansible+Chef) & Golang Engineer

Fulcrum Digital; Dublin; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Fulcrum Digital is seeking a Platform Engineer to own configuration management and automation across our Linux and Windows estate, working hands-on with Ansible and Chef. You will automate provisioning, hardening, patching and deployments, integrate configuration management into CI/CD pipelines, and help enforce compliance-as-code standards.

You will also mentor other engineers, support migrations between automation platforms, and drive secure, scalable infrastructure for global clients across

Formación

• Excellent written and spoken English.
• 5+ years in infrastructure, DevOps or platform engineering.
• Hands-on with Ansible and Chef in production (3+ years).
• Experience with CI/CD tools and infrastructure as code.

Responsabilidades

• Design, write and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles and collections for provisioning and configuration.
• Develop and maintain Chef cookbooks, recipes and policies, and manage Chef Infra Server and Chef Automate.
• Automate OS builds, hardening, patching and deployments across Linux and Windows estates.
• Manage inventories, environments and secrets securely with vaults and data bags.
• Run Ansible AWX/Tower job templates, workflows and RBAC.
• Integrate configuration management into CI/CD pipelines with automated testing.
• Enforce CIS benchmarks and compliance-as-code to support audits (PCI-DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001).
• Provision cloud and on-prem infrastructure with Terraform.
• Support migrations between Chef and Ansible and across platform versions.
• Troubleshoot drift, failed runs and incidents; write runbooks and mentor engineers.

Conocimientos

English proficiency

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Documentation

Herramientas

Ansible

Chef

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

AWS

GCP

VMware

Descripción del empleo

Dublin 2, Ireland | Posted on 10/16/2026

Fulcrum Digital is a globalAI-first enterprise transformation company with over 25 years of experience. Wepartner with enterprises across financial services, insurance, healthcare,retail, manufacturing, higher education, and logistics to move from AI experimentationto scalable business outcomes. Fulcrum Digital works with over 100 globalclients, including Fortune 500 enterprises, combining deep industry expertisewith capabilities in enterprise AI, digital engineering, cloud modernisation,platform integration, and generative AI.

The Role

We are looking for a PlatformEngineer to own configuration management and automation across our Linux andWindows estate, working hands-on with both Ansible and Chef. You will automateprovisioning, hardening, patching and deployments, integrate configurationmanagement into CI/CD pipelines, and help enforce compliance-as-code standards.You will also support migrations between automation platforms and mentor otherengineers on automation best practice.

What You'll Do

• Design, write and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles andcollections for provisioning and configuration.
• Develop and maintain Chef cookbooks, recipes andpolicies, and manage Chef Infra Server and Chef Automate.
• Automate OS builds, hardening, patching and applicationdeployments across Linux and Windows estates.
• Manage inventories, environments and secrets securely,e.g. with Ansible Vault, HashiCorp Vault or Chef data bags.
• Run Ansible Automation Platform (AWX / Tower) jobtemplates, workflows and RBAC.
• Integrate configuration management into CI/CD pipelineswith automated testing (Molecule, Test Kitchen, InSpec).
• Enforce CIS benchmarks and compliance-as-code tosupport PCI-DSS, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 audits.
• Provision cloud and on-premises infrastructurealongside Terraform.
• Support migrations from Chef to Ansible, or betweenplatform versions, where programmes require it.
• Troubleshoot configuration drift, failed runs andproduction incidents, and drive root-cause fixes.
• Write clear runbooks and documentation, and mentorengineers on automation best practice.

Requirements

• 5+ years in infrastructure, DevOps or platformengineering, with 3+ years hands-on with Ansible and Chef in production.
• Strong Ansible: playbooks, roles, Jinja2 templating,dynamic inventories and custom modules.
• Strong Chef: cookbooks, Policyfiles, Berkshelf, ChefInfra Server and knife.
• Ruby for Chef development, plus Python and Bashscripting.
• Deep Linux administration (RHEL, Ubuntu); workingknowledge of Windows Server automation.
• Experience with at least one major cloud (AWS, Azure orGCP) and with VMware or other on-premises virtualisation.
• Git workflows and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLabCI, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
• Infrastructure testing with Molecule, Test Kitchen orInSpec.
• Sound security fundamentals: hardening, secretsmanagement, least privilege and patch management.
• Clear written and spoken English, and confidenceworking with clients.