Jr Automation Engineer

Edgewater Federal Solutions; Juan Tabo Hills (NM); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a Jr Automation Engineer to support a major national laboratory. The role requires experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef, and familiarity with UNIX/Linux/Windows OS, scripting, and querying large datasets.

The candidate must have an active DOE Q clearance and US citizenship. The engineer will work on server infrastructure, containerized apps with OpenShift/Kubernetes, APIs, databases, and CI/CD pipelines, collaborating with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 1+ year relevant experience.
• In lieu of degree, at least 7 years related work experience.
• Active DOE Q level security clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Manage and administer server infrastructure for development and production.
• Develop, deploy, and maintain containerized applications using OpenShift and Kubernetes.
• Collaborate with backend and frontend developers to build robust APIs and user interfaces.
• Design and optimize databases to support application needs.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
• Drive DevOps best practices to improve software delivery speed and reliability.
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues in development and production environments.

Skills

Server administration

OpenShift

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

APIs/Web interfaces

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree +1 year experience

7+ years experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Docker

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Locations

US-NM-Albuquerque

Overview

Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a Jr Automation Engineer to support a major national laboratory. The successful candidate shall have experience with automation and orchestration tools such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef. Experience in UNIX, Linux, and/or Windows Operating System (OS), including file management, scripting, editing, and security. Experience with a variety of programming languages, software, or tools to develop regular or ad-hoc queries from large datasets. Familiar with network communication protocols, and other related protocols. Ability to implement solutions integrating Rest application program interface (API) based web services.

Responsibilities

• Manage and administer server infrastructure supporting development and production environments.
• Develop, deploy, and maintain containerized applications using OpenShift and Kubernetes.
• Collaborate with backend and frontend developers to build robust APIs and user interfaces.
• Design and optimize databases to support application needs.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
• Drive DevOps best practices to improve software delivery speed and reliability.
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues in development and production environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree along with 1 year or more of relevant experience
• In lieu of degree must have at minimum 7 years of work related experience
• Must have an Active DOE Q level security clearance
• Must be US Citizen
• Must live in the Albuquerque as some onsite work is required.

Required Skills:

• Server administration and infrastructure management.
• Container technologies: Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes.
• Ability to follow standard change-management and release processes consistently.
• Strong commitment to team collaboration, communication, and transparency.

About Us

Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2025.

It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law.