Observability IT Operation Specialist

About the role

Airbus Helicopters (Albacete, Spain) is looking for an IT operations specialist for its Digital Campus project, which focuses on end-to-end monitoring support. The role integrates observability tools into the Airbus Helicopters digital landscape, optimizes their use and manages the automation of testing and observability ecosystems, bridging development, testers and operations.

Key responsibilities

• Identify and automate existing manual or semi-manual processes, and transition legacy deployments to fully automated "deployment as code" pipelines.
• Standardize and schedule automated operational tasks such as Ansible jobs, cron jobs and maintenance scripts.
• Design, deploy and maintain OpenTelemetry across the infrastructure to standardize the collection and routing of traces, metrics and logs.
• Build custom plugins, exporters and extensions to extract telemetry from proprietary applications, legacy systems and niche infrastructure.
• Deploy, configure and scale the testing frameworks and automation tools used by software teams.

Required profile

• Master's degree level (or equivalent) in Information Technology or a related field.
• Experience with observability tools (monitoring, testing, alerting, OpenTelemetry) is a plus.
• General knowledge of IT infrastructure (network, technical infrastructure) and ITIL concepts.
• Proven experience managing production environments and strong troubleshooting skills.
• Experience working on projects with international teams and stakeholders.
• Fluent English; documents must be submitted in English.

Required skills

• Scripting languages for automation (Python, Java, custom API integration).
• Configuration management and automation tools, especially Ansible.
• Deployment as code.
• Creating and managing technical documentation.

What we offer

• Permanent position with an attractive salary.
• Hybrid working model and collective transport service depending on location.
• Vacation days plus additional days off (about 35 per year), life insurance, health insurance, employee stock options, retirement plan and study grants.
• On-site facilities including a free canteen, kindergarten and medical office.
• Upskilling opportunities and development prospects in a multicultural environment.