Linux and Ansible Automation Engineer

Linux and Ansible Automation EngineerAs 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.

Your technical expertise will be vital as you identify where automation can make the biggest immediate impact while keeping an eye on long-term architecture. You'll help your team better understand what's possible by turning early wins into repeatable methodologies and communicating their value to leadership.Requires an existing/active TS/SCI with CI polygraph - no remote work, must work on site.Basic Qualifications:10+ years of experience administering Linux-based environments such as RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)Experience managing configuration at scale using Ansible, including enforcing consistent system state across large inventories, detecting and correcting configuration drift, and writing idempotent playbooksExperience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies such as Ansible, Terraform, Salt, Puppet, or ChefExperience with Bash, Python, or PowerShellExperience managing systems within U.S. federal government or DoD enterprise IT environments, including security compliance and vulnerability management frameworks such as STIG, RMF, or NISTAssociate'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 activitiesAbility to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level III Certification such as SecurityX (formerly CASP+), CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), GCED, GCIH, CCSP certification within 30 days of start dateAbility to obtain a DoD 8570 Cybersecurity Service Provider - Infrastructure Support Certification (CSSP-IS), including CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND Certification, within 30 days of start dateAdditional Qualifications:Experience with VMware vSphere administration and managing virtual machineExperience in Kubernetes, container platform operations, cluster lifecycle management, workload orchestrationExperience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCPExperience with NetApp storage solutions and designing or maintaining enterprise backup and recovery solutionsKnowledge of version control concepts and Git