Jr. Site Reliability Engineer (Automation & Orchestration)

The Amatriot Group; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The Amatriot Group is seeking an engineer to support the NMCI program. You will perform hands-on site engineering and automation in virtualized/on-prem environments, design Ansible playbooks, and help scale releases. The role emphasizes CI/CD, testing, and collaboration across distributed teams.

Required BS degree, 1–2 years of automation experience, scripting in PowerShell or Python, and ability to obtain an IAT Level II baseline certification. U.S.

Qualifications

• BS degree required.
• 1-2 years hands-on site engineering automation experience.
• Experience in virtualized or on-prem environments.
• CI/CD tooling experience (Jenkins or GitLab).
• Scripting in PowerShell or Python.
• Ansible and Windows experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide CI/CD and site reliability engineering across NMCI SMIT.
• Automate routine tasks and software updates.
• Document testing procedures for integration and performance.
• Develop Ansible playbooks and perform pre-prod testing.
• Contribute to release management planning and schedules.
• Create work instructions and provide training on automation.

Skills

CI/CD

PowerShell scripting

Python scripting

Agile methodologies

Self-motivation

Distributed teamwork

Education

BS degree

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Job description

Location: Norfolk, VA Security Clearance: Active Secret or higher [Required] Job Type: Full-Time Target Salary Range*: $80,000 - $125,000

• This represents the potential salary range for this position depending on education level, years of experience and/or certifications in addition to other position specific requirements which may impact salary

Position Overview

Support the U.S. Navy's Service Management, Integration, and Transport (SMIT) program by providing engineering support to the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI). This role performs hands-on engineering and testing in virtualized and on-premises environments, automates patches and system configurations, orchestrates network operations and DevOps pipelines, scales releases, and supports day-to-day operations in commercial cloud and on-premises environments.

Key Responsibilities

Site Reliability Engineering, Automation, and Integration

• Provide continuous development and continuous integration, including site reliability engineering, integration, release management, implementation, migration, training, and knowledge transfer.
• Automate routine tasks and software updates.
• Document and maintain functional, integration, security, and load/stress testing procedures.
• Document and deliver an approach for automated acceptance and integration/regression testing of all new applications and capabilities.
• Design Ansible playbooks, develop roles, and conduct testing in non-production environments before migration to production networks.

Release Management

• Participate in developing release management processes, procedures, and policies.
• Establish, manage, update, and maintain the overall Release Management Plan and Release Schedule.
• Conduct site surveys as necessary to assess existing equipment and software and validate release package requirements and dependencies.

Training and Knowledge Transfer

• Develop, document, and maintain work instructions for automation and orchestration processes.
• Provide training when substantive technological changes are introduced.

Qualifications

Education

• BS degree. [Required]

Experience

• 1-2 years of hands-on site engineering automation experience. [Required]
• Hands-on engineering and testing experience in virtualized or on-premises environments. [Required]
• Experience designing, coding, debugging, and maintaining automated scripts. [Required]
• Experience with CI/CD toolsets, such as Jenkins or GitLab. [Required]
• Experience automating tasks using scripting languages such as PowerShell or Python. [Required]

Skills

• Ansible knowledge and experience with Windows. [Required]
• Knowledge and experience with infrastructure as code environments, patch and system configuration automation, network operations and DevOps pipeline orchestration, release scaling, and daily commercial cloud and on-premises operations. [Required]
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies. [Required]
• Basic understanding of Azure DevOps workflows, projects, and custom configurations. [Required]
• Self-motivation and the discipline to work with a distributed team. [Required]
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative, forward-thinking, innovation-driven environment. [Required]

Certifications

• Ability to obtain an IAT Level II baseline certification within the first 3 months of employment, such as CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, or SSCP. [Required]

Clearance

• Ability to qualify for a Secret clearance. [Required]

Other Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen. [Required]
• Must be able to support program execution in classified environments and access SIPRNet from an NMCI location on short notice (local travel). [Required]

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation, to automate test environments.
• ITIL v4, Scrum Master, or Agile SAFe certification(s), or applicable experience.