Platform DevOps Engineer: Security-Driven Automation

a1FED; West Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

a1FED seeks a Platform DevOps Administrator in Falls Church, VA to secure, automate, maintain, and support enterprise Linux and COTS environments. You will lead vulnerability remediation, patching, and platform automation using Ansible and AAP while ensuring 24x7 production stability.

The role emphasizes security, ITIL-aligned operations, incident response, and collaboration with cybersecurity teams. Strong RHEL, Ansible, and middleware experience are required; federal background clearance is

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Linux administration, DevOps, platform administration, middleware administration, or infrastructure operations.
• Active Public Trust clearance or higher (or prior federal background investigation).
• Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• Experience with Ansible and Ansible Automation Platform (AAP).
• Experience implementing and remediating DISA STIG requirements.
• Experience analyzing and remediating CVEs and security vulnerabilities.
• Knowledge of the CISA KEV Catalog and vulnerability prioritization.
• Familiarity with NIST security standards and controls.
• Experience managing PKI and SSL/TLS certificates.
• Experience administering Apache HTTP Server.
• Experience supporting JBoss, RabbitMQ, Node.js, or similar middleware platforms.
• Experience patching operating systems, middleware, and applications.
• Understanding of virtualization and container technologies.
• Experience supporting production environments, including monitoring, backup, incident response, and ticket management.
• Understanding of ITIL principles.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and customer-service skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Maintain secure Linux, middleware, web server, and COTS environments.
• Implement and remediate systems against DISA STIG baselines.
• Review vulnerability scan results and remediate CVEs and KEVs.
• Coordinate patching activities based on severity and impact.
• Investigate security incidents and perform root cause analysis.
• Support compliance with NIST security standards and controls.
• Maintain secure platform configurations and remediation evidence.
• Manage PKI and SSL/TLS certificates including installation and renewal.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to address findings and corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks for system administration and remediation.
• Automate Linux patching and security baseline enforcement.
• Troubleshoot failed automation jobs and deployments.
• Maintain version-controlled automation code and documentation.
• Install, configure, secure, patch, upgrade, and troubleshoot RHEL environments.
• Administer Apache, JBoss, RabbitMQ, Node.js, and COTS environments.

Skills

Linux Admin

Ansible

RHEL

STIGs

CVE Remediation

PKI/SSL

Middleware Admin

Automation

Tools

AAP

VMware

Docker

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Apache

JBoss

RabbitMQ

Node.js

Job description

a1FED seeks a Platform DevOps Administrator in Falls Church, VA to secure, automate, maintain, and support enterprise Linux and COTS environments. You will lead vulnerability remediation, patching, and platform automation using Ansible and AAP while ensuring 24x7 production stability.

The role emphasizes security, ITIL-aligned operations, incident response, and collaboration with cybersecurity teams. Strong RHEL, Ansible, and middleware experience are required; federal background clearance is