Senior Automation Engineer – Ansible & Cyber Defense

SealingTech; Columbia (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement contributions

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible schedules

Generous vacation policies

Snacks, monthly catered lunches, and…

Job summary

Sealing Technologies, a Parsons company, seeks a talented Software Engineer to design and implement an automation framework using Ansible and Python that deploys Defensive Cyber Operations hunt kits to physical hardware.

You will build custom Ansible modules, integrate with CI/CD Pipelines, and ensure secure-by-default deployments while mentoring other engineers and collaborating across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in engineering or related field.
• 8+ years as Software/Automation Engineer.
• Expert proficiency in Ansible including playbooks, roles, collections, and custom modules.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, testing, and maintenance of Ansible playbooks, roles, and collections to automate DCO kit deployment.
• Design and develop custom Ansible modules and plugins in Python.
• Collaborate with software teams to create highly parameterized Ansible that aligns the software stack.
• Configure and automate hardware and network appliances using Ansible.
• Implement security controls (STIG, SELinux) within the automation pipeline.
• Build and maintain CI/CD GitHub Actions pipelines with linting, unit, and integration tests.
• Establish coding standards, code reviews, and testing strategies and mentor engineers.

Skills

Ansible expertise

Python

Bash scripting

Strong communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS/IT

Tools

Ansible

GitHub

Docker/Podman

Kubernetes

VMware

Job description

Sealing Technologies, a Parsons company, seeks a talented Software Engineer to design and implement an automation framework using Ansible and Python that deploys Defensive Cyber Operations hunt kits to physical hardware.

You will build custom Ansible modules, integrate with CI/CD Pipelines, and ensure secure-by-default deployments while mentoring other engineers and collaborating across teams.