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Automation Engineer

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We are seeking an Automation Engineer to work together across our DevOps teams, building broad expertise in infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and platform support. You’ll 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.

This role requires 2 day each week onsite in Rosslyn, VA.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop, maintain, and support CI/CD pipelines and automation in both cloud (GitLab, AWS, EKS, Terraform, Docker) and on-prem (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-prem 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.

Required Education & Experience:

  • Bachelors and 5+ years or more experience; Masters and 3+ years; may accept additional experience in lieu of degree.
  • Experience developing, maintaining, and supporting CI/CD pipelines and automation in both cloud (GitLab, AWS, EKS, Terraform, Docker) and on-prem (Jenkins, OpenShift, Ansible) contexts.

Required Clearance:

  • US Citizenship.
  • Active secret clearance.

Skills

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