Automation Engineer

Zenius; Leesburg (VA); Remote; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical insurance

401K matching

Flexible schedules

Training plans

Job summary

Zenius Corporation in Leesburg, VA is seeking an Automation Engineer Cloud Analyst Solution II to support cloud automation, developer enablement, and operational efficiency. This role will design, implement, and optimize automation for secure, reliable cloud operations.

You will collaborate with cloud, infrastructure, application, and security teams to automate provisioning, CI/CD, and observability, while gathering requirements and documenting workflows to support DevSecOps and cloud

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience supporting automation in a cloud/DevOps IT environment.
• Experience designing or supporting automated technical processes and workflows.
• Experience supporting cloud infrastructure, cloud services, or cloud-based solutions.
• Understanding of infrastructure automation and DevSecOps concepts.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, monitoring, alerting, and automated resource provisioning concepts.
• Ability to gather, analyze, and document technical requirements.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain automation in a cloud environment.
• Automate infrastructure for cloud accounts, VPCs, compute, storage, networking, and related resources.
• Identify opportunities to automate processes to improve efficiency.
• Support developer enablement through self-service platform services, CI/CD pipelines, and shared tooling.
• Support automation that enables development teams to provision and manage cloud resources securely and efficiently.
• Support DevSecOps practices, including observability, monitoring, and alerting capabilities.
• Work with cloud and security teams to support identity and access management and security boundaries.
• Support security and compliance activities in cloud environments, including continuous monitoring and vulnerability management.
• Assist with cloud migration and consolidation activities, including discovery, assessment, migration planning, execution, and optimization.
• Gather, analyze, and document technical requirements for automation initiatives.
• Test, troubleshoot, and optimize automated processes and workflows.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for automation solutions, configurations, and procedures.
• Conduct cloud research and analysis and provide recommendations supporting cloud solutions and process improvements.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to drive automation initiatives through implementation.

Skills

Automation

Cloud infrastructure

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Requirements gathering

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Automation Engineer Cloud Analyst Solution II

PosiLocation: Remote
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Experience: 3+ years
Work Authorization: U.S. Citizen

Position Summary

• We are seeking an Automation Engineer to support cloud infrastructure automation, developer enablement, and operational efficiency within a cloud environment. This position will support the design, implementation, maintenance, and optimization of automation solutions that enable secure, efficient, and reliable cloud operations.
• The Automation Engineer will work with cloud, infrastructure, application, and security teams to automate processes, improve resource provisioning, and support DevSecOps and cloud modernization initiatives.
• Key Responsibilities
• Support the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of automation solutions within a cloud environment.
• Support infrastructure automation for cloud accounts, Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), compute, storage, networking, and related cloud resources.
• Identify opportunities to automate technical and operational processes to improve efficiency, consistency, and reliability.
• Support developer enablement through self-service platform services, CI/CD pipelines, and shared tooling.
• Support automation that enables development teams to provision and manage cloud resources securely and efficiently.
• Support DevSecOps practices, including observability, monitoring, and alerting capabilities.
• Work with cloud and security teams to support identity and access management and appropriate security boundaries.
• Support security and compliance activities associated with cloud environments, including continuous monitoring and vulnerability management.
• Support automation related to incident response, monitoring, alerting, and operational processes.
• Assist with cloud migration and consolidation activities, including discovery, assessment, migration planning, execution, and optimization.
• Gather, analyze, and document technical requirements for automation initiatives.
• Test, troubleshoot, maintain, and optimize automated processes and workflows.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for automation solutions, processes, configurations, and procedures.
• Conduct cloud research and analysis and provide recommendations supporting cloud solutions and process improvements.
• Coordinate with technical stakeholders and subject matter experts to drive automation initiatives through implementation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
• Experience supporting automation within a cloud, infrastructure, DevOps, or related IT environment.
• Experience designing, implementing, or supporting automated technical processes and workflows.
• Experience supporting cloud infrastructure, cloud services, or cloud-based solutions.
• Understanding of infrastructure automation and DevSecOps concepts.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, monitoring, alerting, and automated resource provisioning concepts.
• Ability to gather, analyze, and document technical requirements.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia, Zenius Corporation is a HUBZone-certified small business. Zenius specializes in providing Grants Management, IT Modernization, Acquisition Management, and Financial Management services to Federal agencies. Zenius is selected by Inc 5000 as one of the fastest-growing companies in the DC Metro Area, awarded in 2025, 2024, 2021, and 2020. Zenius is also listed by Financial Times as one of the fastest-growing companies in the Americas in 2021. Zenius is an awardee of 2019 Best of Leesburg winner (Business Management Consultant category).

BENEFITS

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes paid holidays and paid time off, medical insurance including health, vision, dental insurance, 401K matching, Flexible Spending Account and flexible schedules, as per business needs. We also work with our employees on training and professional certification plans that benefit the employee.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:

Zenius Corporation provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Zenius complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Zenius Corporation expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.