Platform & Automation Engineer (Linux/Ansible) - Remote

OmniVista Consulting; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

OmniVista Consulting is seeking a Platform and Automation Engineer (Linux and Ansible) to manage a 40-server Linux estate across multiple environments. The role focuses on turn-key automation, Ansible Tower, and infrastructure as code in a federal AWS GovCloud setting.

The position is remote-first with occasional on-site presence in Washington, DC, requiring DC-area residency. A Public Trust Tier 2 clearance is preferred and U.S. Citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5 to 7 years administering Linux servers in enterprise or federal environments with production responsibility.
• Experience with configuration management at scale.
• Experience in a federal environment with security hardening and vulnerability remediation.
• Experience documenting operational procedures.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain approximately 40 Linux servers across five environments, including build, configuration, and lifecycle management.
• Troubleshoot platform, network, and application-layer issues in coordination with product teams.
• Support middleware, web server, and application server configuration and upgrades.
• Build and maintain Ansible Tower playbooks and manage scripts; ensure configuration consistency.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code so rebuilds are routine and well-versioned.
• Bring undocumented manual configuration under version control; support container platform operations.

Skills

Linux administration

Scripting

Python

PowerShell

AWS GovCloud

Security hardening

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Ansible Tower

Automation Platform

Docker

Kubernetes

Splunk

Job description

OmniVista Consulting is seeking a Platform and Automation Engineer (Linux and Ansible) to manage a 40-server Linux estate across multiple environments. The role focuses on turn-key automation, Ansible Tower, and infrastructure as code in a federal AWS GovCloud setting.

The position is remote-first with occasional on-site presence in Washington, DC, requiring DC-area residency. A Public Trust Tier 2 clearance is preferred and U.S. Citizenship is required.