Automation Engineer
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- Pet Insurance
- HSA & FSA Plans
- 401(k)
- Employee discounts
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- 401(k) matching
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Tuition assistance
- Vision insurance
- Wellness resources
We are seeking an Automation Engineer to work across our DevOps teams, building broad expertise in infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and platform support. You will have a designated team home but will routinely participate in cross-team projects, training, and knowledge sharing, gaining hands-on exposure to a diverse set of tooling and environments spanning both cloud (GitLab, AWS, Kubernetes/EKS, Terraform, Docker) and on-premises (Jenkins, OpenShift, Ansible) contexts.
Details:
Location: Hybrid - Onsite, Arlington, VA ,1-2 day/week and as needed
Job Type: Full Time
Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or Equivalent
Experience: Minimum 4 years of relevant experience
Clearance: Must hold Active DoD/D Secret Clearance or higher
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and support CI/CD pipelines and automation in both cloud (GitLab, AWS, Kubernetes/EKS, Terraform, Docker) and on-premises (Jenkins, OpenShift, Ansible) contexts
- Participate in infrastructure provisioning and application deployment automation across both environments
- Troubleshoot, document, and continuously improve deployment, monitoring, and security automation for all platforms
- Engage with both the cloud and on-premises teams, proactively learning primary and secondary stacks through onboarding, peer programming, and joint solutioning
- Share learnings and best practices across the DevOps organization to reduce silos and accelerate overall capability
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience
- Must be able to attain a DoD Secret Clearance
- Minimum 4+ years of experience in a DevOps, automation, or infrastructure engineering role
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipeline development and maintenance using GitLab CI and/or Jenkins
- Experience with infrastructure provisioning and automation using Terraform and/or Ansible
- Experience with containerization and container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes/EKS
- Experience with AWS cloud services for application deployment and infrastructure automation
- Familiarity with OpenShift for on-premises container platform support
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and/or Bash for automation and infrastructure tooling
- Experience with Git / GitLab version control workflows in an agile development environment
- Experience with monitoring and observability tooling in cloud and on-premises environments (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, AWS CloudWatch, or equivalent)
- Experience with agile project tracking tools such as Jira
- Strong troubleshooting skills across deployment, monitoring, and security automation
- Ability to work effectively across multiple teams, proactively share knowledge, and operate in a fast-paced cross-functional environment
- Must be able to work in the Washington, DC area and work in person at least once per week
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or equivalent cloud certification
- Red Hat OpenShift certification or equivalent
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