The Cloud Automation & Security (CAS) unit of I-TRACING works between Courbevoie, Annecy and Geneva across the entire project lifecycle, through three service pillars (scoping missions, build missions and run/production missions), set up on three areas of expertise (cloud in the sense of infrastructure/containerisation/orchestration, automation and security).

To support the growth of this business unit, we are currently recruiting an Automation Architect who shares our values and wishes to progress with I-TRACING in a relationship of mutual sharing.

Reporting to the technical manager of the CAS unit, and working directly at our major corporate clients, you will be responsible for designing and running enterprise automation architectures, from needs definition through to industrialisation and the upskilling of teams.

To do this, your main responsibilities will be:

Scoping and design

• Gather and formalise user needs (infrastructure, network, security and application teams) and translate them into architecture requirements

• Lead the study and selection of an enterprise orchestration tool to drive the functional flows of an infrastructure (criteria, comparison e.g. Apache Airflow, proof of concept, recommendation)

• Design the mechanisms that trigger automations by event (event buses, webhooks, API calls) and their integration into the existing IS

• Define identity management end to end across the automation chain: Machine-to-Machine authentication, delegation and token exchange (On-Behalf-Of / Token Exchange), secrets management, least privilege principle and traceability

Build and industrialisation

• Organise the execution platforms (AWX / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, GitLab CI/CD) responsible for executing the tasks requested by functional workflows: breakdown, governance, multi-tenancy, high availability

• Define automation development standards (Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, code reviews, testing, versioning) and the associated security best practices

• Implement and ensure the consistency of the target architecture over time

Knowledge transfer and support

• Train client teams on the tools (Ansible, Terraform, Git, Python) and automation practices.

• Produce architecture deliverables (architecture documents, comparative studies, roadmaps, best practice guides)

• Contribute to improving and creating the CAS unit's offerings, and support the sales team in pre-sales (scoping, costing, presentations)

• Maintain active technology watch and share your experience within the CAS community

Fluent English reading, writing and speaking is essential.

How do you know if you can join us?

• You hold a higher engineering diploma or a university master's degree in computer science

• You have significant experience (around 7 years) in infrastructure automation, including part of it on architecture topics in major corporate environments. Essential fundamentals

POSITION SKILLS

Essential fundamentals

• In-depth command of Ansible: roles, collections, inventories, variable management, idempotence • Git and CI/CD: branches, merge requests, code reviews, GitLab CI pipelines

• Python and REST APIs: structured scripts, calling and exposing APIs (authentication, return codes, JSON)

• Infrastructure foundations: Linux, network (DNS, flows, firewalls, load balancers), virtualisation and cloud

• Architecture thinking: ability to break a need down into building blocks (orchestration, execution, triggering), to handle errors and recovery and to ensure traceability

• Identity and security applied to automation: OAuth2 / OIDC, service accounts, secrets management (such as HashiCorp Vault), least privilege principle

Desirable skills

• Terraform and an Infrastructure as Code approach beyond Ansible

• AWX / Ansible Automation Platform: administration, multi-team organisation, CI/CD integration

• Apache Airflow (DAGs, operators, scheduling, monitoring) or an equivalent workflow orchestrator

• Event-driven architectures: message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ), webhooks

• Token exchange (On-Behalf-Of, Token Exchange) and advanced Machine-to-Machine authentication

• Cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP) and containerisation (Kubernetes / OpenShift)

• Certifications: Red Hat RHCE / Ansible, HashiCorp Terraform

Essential soft skills

• Needs gathering: ability to question, rephrase and challenge a request before choosing a tool

• Teaching: enjoy passing on knowledge and explaining to teams with varied profiles

• Writing quality: architecture documents, comparative studies, roadmaps

• Curiosity, rigour, autonomy, a gift for synthesis and the ability to defend your choices to both technical contacts and decision-makers

• A true team player, comfortable with many stakeholders (client teams, operational staff of the CAS unit and other units, business engineers, partners …)

Fluent English reading, writing and speaking is essential.

This position is open to candidates with disabilities. We are committed to ensuring a fair recruitment process and providing the necessary adjustments to support their integration into our teams.

Why join us?

At I-TRACING we are above all passionate about cybersecurity, but not only!

Choosing I-TRACING means joining a company:

• That makes employee wellbeing and work-life balance a priority, recognised by the Happy At Work label

• That provides close support for each employee through a technical manager, responsible for a human-sized team. This person ensures the monitoring of your activity and the development of your career (personalised training plan, certifications, career progression, internal mobility).

• That opens opportunities for you in France (Nantes, Lyon, Paris Region) and internationally (Montreal, Hong Kong)

• Whose technical expertise, commitment and customer service ethos are recognised in the market

• With strong values of cohesion, curiosity, initiative, solidarity and kindness

• That funds collaborative projects (teamstarter) to enliven daily work and maintain a warm atmosphere

All employees involved in our recruitment processes have signed and approved our ethical recruitment charter. We value diversity and believe it is an integral part of our collective success. We are committed to promoting an inclusive environment where every individual is respected and valued. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and commit to eliminating all forms of discrimination in our recruitment process and to guaranteeing equal opportunities.

Who are we?

Founded in 2005, I-TRACING is today the leading independent generalist pure-player in cybersecurity on the French market, with its 1,000 employees and €230M in revenue in 2025.

A fully integrated end-to-end model, a comprehensive and engaging approach from GRC, audit, technical consulting and engineering through to managed services and cyber defence activities (CyberSoc), across all technology domains of cybersecurity.

Major corporate clients in France and internationally.

A major player in its ecosystem, founding member of CESIN, preferred partner of ANSSI, founding member of Campus Cyber, and present at key cyber events (LeHack, Le FIC, Les Assises, …).

For more information: https://www.i-tracing.com/fr/

Position based in Courbevoie in the heart of the city centre, in premises overlooking La Défense.

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