Job Description
As a Linux and Ansible Automation Engineer on our project, you'll be on the ground floor of building something meaningful by developing automation frameworks, establishing best practices, and laying the foundation for scalable infrastructure in a mission-critical environment. You'll provide the customer with insight into their Linux environments through automated monitoring, system hardening, configuration management, and performance optimization. You'll work closely with mission partners and various stakeholders to understand their current pain points and translate them into automation solutions that reduce manual effort and operational risk.
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Required Skills & Experience
- Active TS/SCI with active CI Polygraph clearance
- DoD IAT Level II
- Associate's degree and 5+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, or Master's degree and 1+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities
- Experience managing configuration at scale using Ansible, including enforcing consistent system state across large inventories, detecting and correcting configuration drift, and writing idempotent playbooks
- Experience administering Linux-based environments such as RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- Experience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies such as Ansible, Terraform, Salt, Puppet, or Chef
- Experience with Bash, Python, or PowerShell
- Experience managing systems within U.S. federal government or DoD enterprise IT environments, including security compliance and vulnerability management frameworks such as STIG, RMF, or NIST
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
- Experience with VMware vSphere administration and managing virtual machine
- Experience in Kubernetes, container platform operations, cluster lifecycle management, workload orchestration
- Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with NetApp storage solutions and designing or maintaining enterprise backup and recovery solutions
- Knowledge of version control concepts and Git
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.