Infrastructure Engineer - ENG02/ENG04

Associates Systems LLC; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Associates Systems LLC seeks Platform Infrastructure as Code Engineers (ENG02/ENG04) to design, deploy, and sustain modern IaC solutions in a secure enterprise hybrid-cloud environment. The role covers hands-on engineering, automation, documentation, and support for secure platforms in a large-scale national asset program.

Responsibilities include automation development with Ansible, container orchestration with Kubernetes/Docker, CI/CD integration, and performance optimization across on-prem

Qualifications

• 2+ years of related infrastructure, platform, cloud, Linux, or DevOps engineering experience for ENG02.
• 5+ years of related infrastructure, platform, cloud, Linux, or DevOps engineering experience for ENG04.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, platform automation, integration, cloud, containerization, Infrastructure/Platform as a Service, Linux development, or microservices.
• Experience supporting secure enterprise environments with infrastructure automation and configuration management.
• Experience with Ansible automation frameworks required for ENG02; strongly preferred/expected for ENG04.
• Agile development methodology experience, such as Scrum or SAFe, required for ENG04; preferred for ENG02.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly required on day one.

Responsibilities

• Support deployment, implementation, modernization, and sustainment of Infrastructure as Code solutions.
• Develop and maintain automation using Ansible Playbooks, templates, dashboards, scripts, and related tooling.
• Support integration of container platforms and orchestration technologies, including Kubernetes and Docker.
• Assist with platform architecture, build/test pipeline support, and CI/CD integration.
• Optimize infrastructure solutions for performance, scalability, and reliability across on-prem, virtualized, and cloud-based environments.
• Support engineers with specialized tool usage, troubleshooting, and best‑practice implementation.
• Maintain and support COTS/FOSS products within secure enterprise environments.
• Assist with documentation, configuration baselines, implementation planning, and upgrade activities.
• Support occasional travel to customer sites for upgrades, deployments, and implementation activities.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code

Ansible

CI/CD

Linux

Cloud

DevOps

Agile

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Ansible

Jira/Confluence/Bitbucket/Jenkins/Artifactory

Git

Job description

All Qualified candidates will be responded to in 24 hours or less
Clearance : Active TS/SCI with CI Poly required day one
This effort is on-Site
Employment type: Full Time w-2 or Contract
Rate: open to Negotiation
Benefits: including Health, Dental Vision, PTO, Holiday etc...

Role Summary

We are seeking Platform Infrastructure as Code Engineers at the ENG02 and ENG04 levels to support the development, deployment, and maintenance of modern IaC solutions within a secure enterprise hybrid-cloud environment.
These roles support a large-scale program tied to a critical national asset. The environment includes servers, workstations, storage, networks, virtualized/cloud platforms, and custom hardware used for product development and testing. The work includes hands‑on engineering, automation, documentation, baseline control, and support of secure infrastructure platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Support deployment, implementation, modernization, and sustainment of Infrastructure as Code solutions.
• Develop and maintain automation using Ansible Playbooks, templates, dashboards, scripts, and related tooling.
• Support integration of container platforms and orchestration technologies, including Kubernetes and Docker.
• Assist with platform architecture, build/test pipeline support, and CI/CD integration.
• Optimize infrastructure solutions for performance, scalability, and reliability across on-prem, virtualized, and cloud-based environments.
• Support engineers with specialized tool usage, troubleshooting, and best‑practice implementation.
• Maintain and support COTS/FOSS products within secure enterprise environments.
• Assist with documentation, configuration baselines, implementation planning, and upgrade activities.
• Support occasional travel to customer sites for upgrades, deployments, and implementation activities.

Required Qualifications

• ENG02: 2+ years of related infrastructure, platform, cloud, Linux, or DevOps engineering experience.
• ENG04: 5+ years of related infrastructure, platform, cloud, Linux, or DevOps engineering experience.
• BS/BA in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Physics, or related technical field.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, platform automation, integration, cloud, containerization, Infrastructure/Platform as a Service, Linux development, or microservices.
• Experience supporting secure enterprise environments with infrastructure automation and configuration management.
• Experience with Ansible automation frameworks required for ENG02; strongly preferred/expected for ENG04.
• Agile development methodology experience, such as Scrum or SAFe, required for ENG04; preferred for ENG02.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly required on day one.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience deploying applications to Kubernetes.
• Experience with Docker or other container technologies.
• Experience with Terraform, Consul, LDAP, Tenable, or related infrastructure/security tooling.
• Experience deploying, configuring, or supporting CI/CD pipeline tools, including Jira / Jira Service Management, Confluence, Bitbucket, Jenkins, and Artifactory.
• Experience with Atlassian tool suite, Cucumber, Eclipse, or Git.
• Experience with programming or scripting languages, including Python, Java, Ruby, Bash, C++, C#, or Go.
• Experience with Postgres or SonarQube.
• General working knowledge of networks, storage, and virtualization.
• Background installing, configuring, and integrating COTS/FOSS products.
• Experience implementing scaled Agile frameworks.
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering, especially for senior-level ENG04 candidates.
• Current CompTIA Security+ certification or ability to obtain, especially for senior-level ENG04 candidates.