Patch & Systems Engineer — AWX/Ansible Specialist

Credence Management Solutions, LLC; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care plan

401k retirement plan

Life insurance

Paid time off

Family leave

Disability

Training & development

Job summary

Credence Management Solutions, LLC is seeking an Operations Support Engineer / Systems Administrator to support systems engineering and hosting operations for federal customers. The role emphasizes recurring nightly patching via AWX/Ansible, validation, troubleshooting, and coordination across Linux and Windows environments.

The position also covers system administration, configuration management, vulnerability remediation, monitoring, and documentation to maintain secure hosting environments.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in systems administration, systems engineering, or infrastructure operations.
• CompTIA Security+ certification or ability to obtain within 60 days.
• AWS certification or ability to obtain within 90 days.
• Experience patching, configuration management, and vulnerability remediation using AWX/Ansible or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Execute and monitor scheduled patching jobs through AWX/Ansible.
• Support nightly patching outside business hours, including preparation and validation.
• Review patch results, troubleshoot failures, and coordinate re-execution.
• Review patching requirements, maintenance schedules, and change requests before execution.
• Validate system health, services, connectivity, and application availability after patching.
• Troubleshoot patching failures, repository issues, and dependencies.
• Monitor patching progress and provide status updates and reports.
• Identify systems that cannot be patched and document remediation.

Skills

AWX/Ansible

Linux administration

Windows administration

Scripting

Tools

AWX/Ansible

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

Credence Management Solutions, LLC is seeking an Operations Support Engineer / Systems Administrator to support systems engineering and hosting operations for federal customers. The role emphasizes recurring nightly patching via AWX/Ansible, validation, troubleshooting, and coordination across Linux and Windows environments.

The position also covers system administration, configuration management, vulnerability remediation, monitoring, and documentation to maintain secure hosting environments.