IT Systems Analyst: Automation, CI/CD & Kubernetes

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Pullman (WA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Superior benefits

Employee ownership

Job summary

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. is seeking an IT Analyst in Pullman, WA.

The role focuses on designing, implementing, securing and supporting enterprise systems while advancing automation, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized workloads. You will monitor performance, troubleshoot complex requests, participate in on-call rotations, and collaborate with engineering and operations teams to automate provisioning, patching, and lifecycle management.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of related experience in a technical environment.
• Knowledge of IT methods, practices, procedures, and policies.
• Desire for life-long learning to maintain a comprehensive understanding of evolving technologies.
• Experience teaching and mentoring IT interns and associates.
• Embraces dynamic, fast-paced environments; adapts well to rapid change.
• Ability to participate in after hours on call rotation.
• Practices absolute confidentiality and unquestionable ethics.
• Excellent customer service commitment.
• Strong automation mindset with a passion for eliminating repetitive tasks and improving operational processes.
• Familiarity with modern infrastructure practices including Infrastructure as Code, Git-based workflows, and automated testing.
• Working knowledge of containerization technologies and container orchestration platforms.
• Ability to analyze complex problems and develop scalable, maintainable technical solutions.
• Technical background and knowledge of manufacturing and/or engineering processes.
• Experience with programming and scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, SQL, or similar technologies.
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using modern source control and automation platforms.
• Experience with container technologies and container orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with automation, configuration management, and Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Familiarity with version control systems and collaborative software development practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, research, secure and support enterprise systems.
• Identify and mitigate risks inherent in IT systems.
• Monitor, improve, troubleshoot and perform capacity planning for systems.
• Support and troubleshoot complex user requests.
• Plan and manage projects.
• Create and maintain concise and thorough IT documentation.
• Develop and maintain automation solutions to improve operational efficiency, reduce manual effort, and increase system reliability.
• Design, implement, and support CI/CD pipelines to automate application, infrastructure, and configuration deployment processes.
• Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to automate system provisioning, monitoring, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized workloads and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.

Skills

Automation mindset

CI/CD pipelines

Containerization

PowerShell

Python

SQL

Git workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Job description

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. is seeking an IT Analyst in Pullman, WA.

The role focuses on designing, implementing, securing and supporting enterprise systems while advancing automation, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized workloads. You will monitor performance, troubleshoot complex requests, participate in on-call rotations, and collaborate with engineering and operations teams to automate provisioning, patching, and lifecycle management.