IaC Automation Engineer — Terraform, AWS, CI/CD (Onsite Chantilly)

Peraton; Chantilly, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking Infrastructure Automation / Infrastructure-as-Code Engineers to design, develop, and maintain reusable automation that provisions and manages infrastructure across a hybrid environment. The role focuses on transforming patterns into source-controlled, repeatable automation enabling consistent provisioning in cloud and on-premises environments.

You will work with cloud, Kubernetes, platform, and operations engineers to turn patterns into production-ready automation, reducing

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.
• 5–8 years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, DevOps, automation engineering, or related field.
• 5 years with BS/BA; additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Strong experience developing and maintaining Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Demonstrated experience with AWS and Linux environments.
• Experience with Git-based development workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong scripting skills using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or comparable languages.
• Experience troubleshooting automated provisioning, configuration, state, and dependency issues.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure automation, repeatability, version control, and controlled change practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain reusable Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or comparable Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions.
• Create standardized environment and tenant templates based on approved deployment patterns.
• Maintain infrastructure definitions in source control using peer review and controlled change processes.
• Implement versioning, testing, rollback, and lifecycle-management practices for infrastructure automation.
• Develop reusable modules and automation patterns that support consistent infrastructure deployment across environments.
• Integrate infrastructure automation with CI/CD pipelines and service-request workflows.
• Support ServiceNow-driven provisioning where approved, including execution patterns for highly secure environments.
• Automate repeatable configuration activities across networking, compute, storage, identity, logging, and security.
• Develop validation and compliance checks to confirm provisioned resources meet approved configuration requirements.
• Identify opportunities to replace manual infrastructure activities with reliable, repeatable automation.
• Troubleshoot provisioning failures and improve automation based on recurring issues and operational feedback.
• Develop automation patterns, dependencies, and operational procedures to support maintainability and knowledge transfer.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph

Infrastructure as Code

AWS

Linux

Git-based CI/CD

Python / Bash / PowerShell

Education

BS/BA in a related field

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Ansible

GitLab CI/CD

Kubernetes

Helm

Job description

Peraton is seeking Infrastructure Automation / Infrastructure-as-Code Engineers to design, develop, and maintain reusable automation that provisions and manages infrastructure across a hybrid environment. The role focuses on transforming patterns into source-controlled, repeatable automation enabling consistent provisioning in cloud and on-premises environments.

You will work with cloud, Kubernetes, platform, and operations engineers to turn patterns into production-ready automation, reducing