Operations Engineer (Dept of VA)

TalentRemedy; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

TalentRemedy is seeking a mid-level Operations Engineer to support the VA iFAMS (Momentum) Operations & Maintenance program. This remote role requires residing in the Washington, DC metropolitan area or Austin, TX to attend in-person meetings as needed. Public Trust clearance is required; U.S.

citizenship required. Salary range is $110,000–$115,000 per year. The engineer will manage nightly batch operations, system maintenance, troubleshooting, and automation using approved tools.

Qualifications

• Strong SQL, Perl, Shell scripting, and Linux experience in a production operations environment.
• Experience with enterprise job schedulers (Control-M, Autosys, Tidal, Tivoli) for building, monitoring, and troubleshooting batch streams.
• Knowledge of payment disbursements, data validation, and file processing (inbound/outbound interface files, reconciliation, error handling).
• Perform preventive, corrective, and adaptive maintenance and provide Tier 2/3 support for escalated incidents.
• Familiarity with GitHub, Jira, Agile methods, and automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Support batch operations, system maintenance, troubleshooting, and automation for the VA iFAMS (Momentum) Operations & Maintenance program.
• Keep nightly and cyclical processing running, including payment disbursement and file processing.
• Resolve escalated operational issues and automate repetitive work with government-approved tools.
• Provide Tier 2/3 support for incidents and problems.
• Collaborate using GitHub, Jira and Agile processes to improve reliability and automation.

Skills

SQL

Perl

Shell scripting

Linux

Agile methods

Automation tools

GitHub

Jira

OpenShift

APIs

RPA

Tools

Control-M

Autosys

Tidal

Tivoli

Momentum

Oracle

SAP

Job description

Job Title: Operations Engineer, Department of Veterans
Affairs

Location: Remote. The candidate must live in the
Washington, DC metropolitan area (the SOW also permits Austin, TX) to attend
in-person meetings as needed. Local travel to those meetings is not
reimbursed.

Clearance Required: Public Trust (VA background
investigation, Tier 2 or Tier 4 per position risk designation). U.S.
citizenship required per the SOW.

Salary Range: $110,000-$115,000

Employment Type: Full-time

Travel: Less than 5% (local meetings only; no TDY
expected or funded)

Position Overview:

Our client seeks a mid-level
Operations Engineer to support batch operations, system maintenance,
troubleshooting, and automation for the VA iFAMS (Momentum) Operations &
Maintenance program.

This hands-on technical role keeps nightly and cyclical
processing running, including payment disbursement and file processing. The
engineer resolves escalated operational issues and automates repetitive work
with Government-approved tools.

Key qualifications and responsibilities include:

• - Strong SQL, Perl, Shell scripting, and Linux experience in a production
  operations environment.
• - Experience
  with Control-M or similar enterprise job schedulers (Autosys,
  Tidal, Tivoli): building, monitoring, and troubleshooting batch job
  streams.
• - Knowledge
  of payment disbursements, data validation, and file processing (inbound and outbound interface files, reconciliation, error handling).
• - Perform
  preventive, corrective, and adaptive maintenance and provide Tier 2/3
  support for escalated incidents and problems.
• - Familiarity
  with GitHub, Jira, Agile methods, and automation tools.
• - Preferred:
  Java, Selenium, OpenShift, APIs, and RPA experience.
• - Preferred:
  experience supporting a federal financial or ERP system (Momentum, Oracle,
  SAP).