IT Operations & Automation Specialist (remote Europe)
Spacelift is an infrastructure orchestration platform that manages your entire infrastructure lifecycle — provisioning, configuration and governance. Spacelift integrates with all your infrastructure tooling (e.g. Terraform, OpenTofu, CloudFormation, Pulumi, Ansible) to provide a single integrated workflow so you can deliver secure, cost-effective, and resilient infrastructure, fast.
By automating deployment and configuration, providing developer self-service, golden paths with guardrails, and an OPA policy engine, Spacelift empowers businesses to accelerate developer velocity while maintaining control and governance over their infrastructure. Spacelift offers unrivaled support, no-nonsense pricing, and a range of deployment models to fit your specific needs.
Spacelift was founded in 2020 by long-time DevOps practitioner Marcin Wyszynski and successful entrepreneur Pawel Hytry and has raised $82.3 M in funding over four rounds from top venture capital firms including Insight Partners, Blossom Capital, Hoxton Ventures, Inovo Venture partners and Five Elms Capital.
The Role
Spacelift continues to grow, and our IT environment is scaling as well. This role ensures that our people, tools, and systems remain reliable, secure, and efficient, enabling every Spacelifter to perform at their best.
You will be part of Spacelift’s IT team within the Security division, ensuring that internal systems, devices, and applications are properly configured, managed, and continuously improved. This is a hands-on operational role focused on ensuring infrastructure reliability, implementing automation, and providing support to employees. No client meetings.
What you’ll do
- Maintaining our SaaS applications used within the company
- Managing IT support tickets and providing day-to-day operational assistance
- Contributing to the automation of repeatable IT tasks (onboarding, offboarding, access audits, etc.)
- Ensuring regular software updates and patch compliance
- Maintaining, ordering and updating the asset register (hardware, software, and licenses)
- Maintaining and access provisioning via IdP (Okta)
- Assisting in system monitoring, reporting, and process improvements
Tools Used by the Team
- We utilize macOS daily and Linux as our servers.
- We also use Okta for identity management, Google Workspace for collaboration, and Slack for team communication.
- Most workflows are automated using an automation platform. We also implemented a company-wide password manager.
You Might Be a Fit If You:
- Bring a solid foundational understanding of networking and enjoy diving deeper when needed
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Have hands-on experience with modern automation platforms (like n8n, Workato, Torq, or Tines) and love streamlining the way things work
- Perform in fully remote environments and know how to collaborate, communicate, and deliver with impact
- Genuinely enjoy being helpful - you’re the kind of person who listens, understands the problem behind the problem, and find solutions that make everyone’s work smoother
Why Spacelift?
- Innovative Culture: Join a team shaping cloud infrastructure management’s future.
- Growth Opportunities: Be a key player in driving Spacelift’s business and AWS partnership to new heights.
- Work-Life Balance: Flexible work environment, with remote-first options and competitive compensation packages.
- Collaborative Team: Work with passionate, talented people committed to driving success for our customers and partners.
Interview Process
- Introductory call with Olga Gradowska-Pernak, Technical Recruiter
- Interview with Wojciech Syrkiewicz-Trepiak, VP of Security
- Take-Home Exercise
- Post-Assignment Review Interview
- Final Leadership Interview
What we offer
- Competitive salary and equity package.
- 26 days of paid time off annually + local bank holidays.
- Flexible working hours and a healthy 40-hour workweek.
- Learning & education budget
- Company offsites.
- Work from anywhere in Europe (CET +/- 3h). We are a full-remote company.
- Work in an international, diverse, dynamic, and passionate team with a friendly and supportive company culture.
Our values
Ownership, Transparency, Humility. More here: https://spacelift.io/careers
Join Us! At Spacelift, you won’t just be working on a technical product - you’ll be part of a team shaping the future of DevOps. Apply to contribute to a platform loved by its users and take your career to the next level!
- Department
- Security
- Locations
- Remote Europe
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
- Employment type
- Contract
Remote Europe
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