DevOps & Automation Engineer

Requisiti

Cosa offriamo:

We are the Lottomatica Group, leader in regulated gaming in Italy and one of the largest European operators, in all areas of activity: sports betting, online gaming and amusement machines. We offer our customers safe and quality gaming experiences, through all channels, putting responsibility and sustainability at the core of the business. Being in Lottomatica is much more than being part of a company: it means contributing to a great and responsible entrepreneurial project.

We are seeking a DevOps & Automation Engineer with experience in infrastructure and application automation, managing Windows Server and Linux environments, and adopting DevOps and GitOps practices.

This candidate will play a key role in standardizing operational processes, automating system and application tasks, and evolving delivery pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automations using Ansible and AWX / Ansible Automation Platform for provisioning, configuration, deployment, and operations;
• Manage infrastructure environments based on Windows Server and Linux, ensuring standardization, reliability, and operational repeatability;
• Develop and maintain PowerShell and Bash scripts to automate system, application, and release tasks;
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI/CD, integrating them into the build, test, deployment, and promotion processes between environments;
• Administer and automate application components on the Windows platform, with a focus on IIS Application Pool, IIS sites/applications, and Windows Services;
• Support application and infrastructure release processes using DevOps and GitOps approaches;
• Collaborate with development, operations, and infrastructure teams to improve the quality, speed, and reliability of releases;
• Manage configurations, variables, secrets, and permissions according to security and segregation principles;
• Perform advanced troubleshooting on servers, deployments, application services, configurations, and pipelines;
• Contribute to the definition of operational standards, change procedures, rollbacks, and automation of recurring tasks.

Requirements

• Practical experience using Ansible for infrastructure and application automation;
• Experience using AWX or Ansible Automation Platform for centralized orchestration, inventory, credentials, and job templates;
• Practical experience writing and maintaining PowerShell and Bash scripts;
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD in creating and managing build, test, and deployment pipelines;
• Good knowledge of Windows Server and Linux environments in production contexts;
• Understanding IIS, including Application Pools, sites, application configurations, and troubleshooting;
• Experience managing and diagnosing Windows Services;
• Working knowledge of DevOps principles, automation, continuous delivery, and collaboration between technical teams;
• Familiarity with GitOps approaches, version management, and controlled configuration promotion;
• Good command of Git, branching strategy, and release workflow;
• Ability to perform advanced troubleshooting of operating systems, application services, and configurations;
• Knowledge of key practices for secure configuration and secret management.

What you will find in Lottomatica

• Opportunity to work in the largest betting and gaming company in Italy and one of the largest in the world;
• Work in a very dynamic environment and improve your skills while acquiring new ones;
• Being challenged to provide impactful solutions for large organisations and have a direct impact on their employees;
• Opportunity to participate in charity, legality and responsibility projects through engagement in Fondazione Lottomatica;
• A defined corporate DNA model in which Inclusion, Value of Diversity, Excellence and Collaboration are the pillars;
• Being part of the world's number one company in the industry for ESG commitment;

What we offer

• Permanent contract and hybrid job opportunities;
• Company laptop;
• Ongoing training on hard skills and soft skills;
• Gross annual salary commensurate with experience from 45K to 50K.

Lottomatica implements a policy that guarantees equal opportunities and promotes diversity and inclusion, against all forms of discrimination. At Lottomatica we believe that each person is unique and we consider diversity as a source of personal and organizational enrichment. We strive every day for ours to be an open, safe and inclusive environment, where each person can be fully himself or herself regardless of gender, religion, sex, age, ethnicity, nationality, disability, marital status or sexual orientation.