Application Engineer

SIX Group
Municipality of Madrid, Spain
4 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Job location

Remote
Municipality of Madrid, Spain

Tech stack

Airflow
Application Lifecycle Management
DevOps
Monitoring of Systems
Python
Linux System Administration
Octopus Deploy
Systems Development Life Cycle
Ansible
Prometheus
Software Deployment
Software Engineering
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Delivery Pipeline
Grafana
Gitlab
Build Management
Gitlab-ci

Job description

Do you want to work in an agile environment where passion, trust, innovation, and operational robustness are key principles? Are you motivated to learn, grow your technical skills, and contribute to modern DevOps practices while working alongside experienced engineers? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! We are looking for an Application Ops Engineer to join our Operations Team and support application development teams through automation, standardized CI/CD pipelines, and the configuration of shared operational platforms. In this role, you will contribute to building and operating scalable deployment and automation solutions, while gaining hands-on experience with tools such as GitLab, Ansible, ArgoCD, Airflow, and Python, and collaborating closely with developers and platform teams to ensure operational quality and Operations best practices across the application lifecycle., * Contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and ArgoCD

  • Develop, adapt, and maintain reusable automation templates using Ansible
  • Support development teams in integrating deployment pipelines, workflows, and observability configurations
  • Assist in the operation and improvement of scheduling and workflow automation platforms such as Airflow
  • Write and maintain Python scripts to support automation, integrations, and operational tasks
  • Help drive standardization, security, and scalability in build and deployment workflows
  • Collaborate with central infrastructure teams on provisioning, upgrades, and shared platform services (e.g. Grafana, Vault, ELK)
  • Document processes, configurations, and best practices, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives
  • Learn and apply modern DevOps tooling and practices, sharing knowledge within the team

Requirements

  • A strong interest in DevOps and automation across the software delivery lifecycle
  • Hands-on experience or practical knowledge of GitLab CI/CD, Ansible, ArgoCD, or similar tools
  • Basic experience with Python for scripting or automation purposes
  • Familiarity with Linux environments and application deployments
  • Exposure to observability or monitoring tools such as Grafana, ELK, Prometheus is a plus
  • Willingness to learn, ask questions, and collaborate in a cross-functional environment
  • Proactive mindset, good communication skills, and a team-oriented attitude

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