Supports the reduction of the automation backlog within Application operations under guidance from senior team members, growing into ownership of Infrastructure-as-Code/CI-CD delivery and the operation of the company’s on-premise AI platform. ResponsibilitiesSupport the reduction of the automation backlog (currently ca. 40 open requests, some pending for over 600 days), starting with smaller, well-scoped itemsAssist in implementing IaC and CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure automationSupport onboarding of new platforms – incl. the company’s on-premise AI platform (consolidation of 6 cloud AI services into one GDPR-compliant solution with data sovereignty) and ZEUS Time TrackingContribute to the team project “AI Chatbot”Help maintain and modernize existing infrastructure documentation (asset management)Contribute to the team goal AFAR (AI Feature Adoption Rate): at least 3 AI-supported Confluence pagesRequirementsBetween 2 and 3 years of professional experience as an Infrastructure & Ops Automation Engineer or in a similar role.Hands-on IT operations, scripting, or automation experience; willingness to be trained and to grow into the roleScripting skills (PowerShell/Python), interest in CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as-CodeCuriosity about AI-supported tooling in IT operationsComfortable asking for guidance on ambiguous, cross-departmental automation requestsWillingness to participate in the team’s on-call rotation, per Standard Operating Documents (SODs), once trained on scopeGood written and spoken English. German is a plus Show more Show less