Job Description
Insight Global is supporting a leading defense client on a mission‑critical, high‑visibility initiative. The goal of this engagement is to deliver skilled automation engineers who will drive scalable automation solutions that streamline provisioning, improve security compliance, and replace manual processes with reliable, repeatable operations across diverse environments.
On a typical day, you will be writing and improving Ansible automation, testing it in lower environments, and working with teammates to roll it safely into production. You’ll break down manual infrastructure or security processes and replace them with idempotent, reusable automation that can be re‑run without risk. You’ll collaborate with compliance specialists to understand new or updated security requirements and translate those requirements into automated checks and remediation. You’ll troubleshoot failed automation runs, improve performance and reliability, and update documentation so others can operate and maintain what you’ve built. You’ll also contribute to CI/CD pipelines, review code in Git, and track automation metrics such as success rates and time saved.
This is a hands‑on engineering role that combines coding, infrastructure knowledge, and security awareness.
Compensation: $55-70/HR Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education. Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401K retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.
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Required Skills & Experience
- 4+ years of Ansible experience (playbooks, roles, collections, vault)
- 6+ years of Linux administration (RHEL/CentOS preferred) and Windows Server administration (2019/2022)
-3+ years python development (working configuration files YAML, JSON, INI)
-2+ years of powershell scripting
- Strong understanding of idempotent, repeatable automation
- Experience creating reusable automation artifacts
- Python (REST APIs, automation extensions, data formats)
or PowerShell for Windows automation (DSC, AD, Group Policy
- Experience writing custom Ansible modules and plugins using Python
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to test and deploy automation
OS security hardening and compliance concepts
- VMware vSphere / vCenter automation (Network and storage configuration)
- Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP)
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.