Linux Automation Engineer — RHEL, Python & Ansible

Booz Allen Hamilton; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in the United States is seeking an Automation Engineer to support national defense missions by engineering, deploying, and improving infrastructure across Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) platforms.

You will design enterprise-scale monitoring, automation, and hardening, collaborating with architects and engineers and driving modernization in cloud, virtualization, and data center operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with RHEL administration, including patching, updates, system hardening, and offline system maintenance
• 3+ years of experience leveraging Python for automation and custom tooling
• Experience with security compliance, implementing STIGs such as RHEL, SQL, and VM, performing security scanning, and driving remediation
• Experience with virtualization technologies, including hypervisors such as KVM, QEMU, or Proxmox
• Experience with configuration management using tools such as Ansible
• Experience with Git version control for managing infrastructure code and scripts
• Ability to support on-site delivery and collaborate with government stakeholders
• HS diploma or GED
• CSWF compliant IAT Level II Certification such as Security+ CE, RedHat OS, or CCNA Certification

Responsibilities

• Maintain, secure, and optimize RHEL-based systems, including patching, STIG implementation, and hardening.
• Design and develop Python scripts and tooling for automation, monitoring, and compliance reporting.
• Manage and support virtualized environments such as KVM, QEMU, or Proxmox, and containerized workloads for development and testing.
• Implement and maintain security compliance measures such as STIGs, vulnerability scanning, and remediation pipelines.
• Support and improve network monitoring and testing infrastructure.
• Apply configuration management best practices using Ansible for automated provisioning and configuration.
• Author and maintain technical documentation such as system descriptions, implementation guides, and user guides.
• Advance the team’s adoption of automated testing, including unit, integration, and performance.

Skills

RHEL administration

Python automation

STIGs security

Virtualization (KVM/QEMU/Proxmox)

Ansible configuration management

Git version control

On-site delivery

HS diploma or GED

IAT Level II Certification

Education

HS diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, CS, or related field

Tools

KVM

QEMU

Proxmox

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton in the United States is seeking an Automation Engineer to support national defense missions by engineering, deploying, and improving infrastructure across Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) platforms.

You will design enterprise-scale monitoring, automation, and hardening, collaborating with architects and engineers and driving modernization in cloud, virtualization, and data center operations.