Automation Platform Engineer – Linux, IaC & CI/CD

Akkodis; Leesburg (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Akkodis seeks an Automation Services Engineer in Leesburg, Virginia, to join a high-visibility infrastructure and platform engineering team responsible for building and supporting the core platform powering engineering across the organization.

The role emphasizes automation, scalable IaC, and integration of open-source tech across Linux systems, CI/CD pipelines, and configuration management, enabling internal teams to work more effectively.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience administering Linux systems in production environments.
• Experience with configuration management and automation tools, including Ansible; Puppet; Chef; Salt.
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, preferably using GitLab.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure automation and infrastructure-as-code methodologies.
• Experience working within Git-based workflows and version control best practices.
• Ability to troubleshoot issues across multiple layers, including Operating Systems, Networking Services and Applications.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain infrastructure automation frameworks using Ansible and related tools.
• Develop, manage, and optimize CI/CD pipelines utilizing GitLab for validation, testing, and deployment activities.
• Design and implement repeatable, reliable system configurations using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) principles.
• Automate system and service installation, configuration, patching, and validation processes.
• Build and maintain nightly and continuous validation pipelines to identify configuration drift and ensure platform health.
• Integrate and operationalize open-source tools and platforms into cohesive infrastructure solutions.
• Deliver platform services and automation tooling that support internal engineering teams.

Skills

Linux administration

Automation

GitLab

CI/CD

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Salt

Job description

Akkodis seeks an Automation Services Engineer in Leesburg, Virginia, to join a high-visibility infrastructure and platform engineering team responsible for building and supporting the core platform powering engineering across the organization.

The role emphasizes automation, scalable IaC, and integration of open-source tech across Linux systems, CI/CD pipelines, and configuration management, enabling internal teams to work more effectively.