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Fulcrum Digital

Platform Engineer (Ansible+Chef) & Golang Engineer

Fulcrum Digital Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

IT Services and IT Consulting · 1,001-5,000 employees

3 d ago
golang Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time Ireland
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About the role

The Platform Engineer will design and maintain configuration management automation using Ansible and Chef across Linux and Windows environments. They will also integrate these tools into CI/CD pipelines and ensure infrastructure compliance with security standards.

What they look for

Ansible Chef Golang Linux Windows Server Terraform Python Ruby Bash CI/CD AWS Azure GCP Git Molecule InSpec

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 5 years of experience in infrastructure or platform engineering, with 3+ years specifically in Ansible and Chef. Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, Ruby, and Bash, along with cloud and virtualization experience, is required.

Full description

Who We Are

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

The Role

We are looking for a Platform Engineer to own configuration management and automation across our Linux and Windows estate, working hands-on with both 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 support migrations between automation platforms and mentor other engineers on automation best practice.

What You'll Do

  • 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 application

deployments 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) job

templates, workflows and RBAC.

  • Integrate configuration management into CI/CD pipelines

with automated testing (Molecule, Test Kitchen, InSpec).

  • Enforce CIS benchmarks and compliance-as-code to

support PCI-DSS, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 audits.

  • Provision cloud and on-premises infrastructure

alongside Terraform.

  • Support migrations from Chef to Ansible, or between

platform versions, where programmes require it.

  • Troubleshoot configuration drift, failed runs and

production incidents, and drive root-cause fixes.

  • Write clear runbooks and documentation, and mentor

engineers on automation best practice.

Requirements

Requirements

  • 5+ years in infrastructure, DevOps or platform

engineering, 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, Chef

Infra Server and knife.

  • Ruby for Chef development, plus Python and Bash

scripting.

  • Deep Linux administration (RHEL, Ubuntu); working

knowledge of Windows Server automation.

  • Experience with at least one major cloud (AWS, Azure or

GCP) and with VMware or other on-premises virtualisation.

  • Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tooling.
  • Git workflows and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab

CI, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.

  • Infrastructure testing with Molecule, Test Kitchen or

InSpec.

  • Sound security fundamentals: hardening, secrets

management, least privilege and patch management.

  • Clear written and spoken English, and confidence

working with clients.

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