Airbus is a global pioneer in the aerospace industry, specializing in the design, manufacture, and delivery of commercial aircraft, military transports, helicopters, and space systems. As one of the world's largest aerospace companies, it employs over 130,000 people globally and operates as a cornerstone of European industrial collaboration and technological innovation. Spain plays a vital role in Airbus's global operations, hosting major production and engineering centers in Getafe, Seville, and Cádiz. The company is a major employer for international talent in Spain, offering a multicultural work environment where English is the primary language for technical and management roles, alongside comprehensive relocation support for specialized engineering positions.

Airbus was established in 1970 as a European consortium to challenge the dominance of American aerospace manufacturers. It grew through the integration of major national aerospace companies from France, Germany, the UK, and Spain, including the merger with Spain's CASA in 1999.

#Transversal engineering : IaaS/PaaS/SaaS/System Administrator Specialist for Air Power Engineering

Airbus Spain

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Job Description:

Join us at the forefront of Airbus engineering transformation towards sustainable aviation. We're looking for a IaaS/PaaS/SaaS Engineer for Air Power Engineering to help lead the digital evolution of our department. You'll be at the heart of our mission to develop the Engineering services and products of tomorrow.

Your Mission

As a System Administrator and Specialist in Virtualised IT infrastructure for Engineering, you will play a key role in the design, deployment, configuration, integration, optimisation and delivery to our internal customers of the engineering value chain. Starting from users' requirements to the final delivery, your IT expertise will be crucial to rely on software development tools (CI/CD, VCS, Binary Repositories, Docker Registries, K8S, HDFS ...) and on the system engineering tools (MBSE, system requirements).

You will be responsible for:

Servers Deployment: Design, implement, and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines that are fast, reliable, and secure for multi-platform environments (tools, embedded systems,etc...).
Toolchain Integration: Select, integrate, and manage the entire DevOps toolchain (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jira, SonarQube, Artifactory) to ensure seamless flow from commit to production.
Ensure seamless integration between development/project management tools and systems engineering tools for programmes supported by Airbus Defence and Space, S. A. U.
Automation & Scripting: Develop automation scripts and tools (Python, Perl, AWK, Shell, etc.) to automate repetitive tasks, testing, and deployments.
Standardizing processes and documenting specific hardware/software/service/product knowledge.
Contributing to the TADXD3 department strategy and defining guidelines.

The Team

You'll be part of a team of 8 IT specialists. Our team is dedicated to simplifying, improving, and empowering the business through virtualization technologies for HPC and transversal services for Engineering. We work with a wide variety of disciplines, including Airframe, Communications Systems, Synthetic Training Aids and Simulators, Aircraft Performance, and so on.

You'll work in a fast-paced agile environment, collaborating closely with both internal teams and external partners.

Your Skills

We're looking for an eager to learn, motivated and rigorous team player who can anticipate needs and find creative solutions for our Internal Customer

Required skills include:

An engineering or master's degree in STEM majors
Project Management/ALM: Solid experience with ALM applications (Atlassian Jira, Dimensions CM,...)
Operating Systems: GNU/Linux, SunOS/Solaris/HP-UX. OpenVMS will be a significant plus
Hypervisors: at least one of the following QEMU/KVM, Ovirt, VirtualBox, Proxmox VE, VmWare vSphere
Containers: Experience on handling Docker/podman containers
Networking: Ethernet communications, switching, Routing protocols, NAT, SDN
Systems Engineering (MBSE): Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) concepts and ideally experience with a modeling tool (e.g., Cameo, Rhapsody, , Simulink).
Programming Languages: C, C++, Ada
Scripting: Proficiency in at least two scripting languages: Perl, Python, Tcl, AWK, ...
Version Control: Expertise with CVS, SVN and Git
A sensitivity to client operational needs with an interest in problem-solving.
A good team spirit with strong interpersonal skills.
Advanced English is required, other languages like French or German are a plus.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

WHICH BENEFITS WILL YOU HAVE AS AIRBUS EMPLOYEE?

At Airbus we are focused on our employees and their welfare. Take a look at some of our social benefits:

Vacation days plus additional days-off along the year (+35 days off in total)
Attractive salary and compensation package
Hybrid model of working when possible, promoting the work-life balance (40% remote work)
Collective transport service in some sites
Benefits such as health insurance, employee stock options, retirement plan...
On-site facilities (among others): free canteen, kindergarten, medical office
Possibility to collaborate in different social and corporate social responsibility initiatives
Excellent upskilling opportunities and great development prospects in a multicultural environment
Special rates in products & benefits

WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT US?

Airbus is a leader in designing, manufacturing and delivering aerospace products, services and solutions to customers on a worldwide scale, pioneering sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world.

With around 130,000 employees and as the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe and a worldwide leader, Airbus is at the forefront of the aviation industry, connecting people and places via air and space.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Airbus Defence and Space SAU

Employment Type:

Permanent

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Experience Level:

Professional

Job Family:

Computing&Comm and Info& Data Processing

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Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com.