Senior Automation Engineer - CI/CD & Cloud Infra Lead

Creative Information Technology, Inc.; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Information Technology, Inc. (CITI) seeks a Senior Automation Engineer for the NC DHHS NC FAST project. The role is onsite in Falls Church, with responsibilities spanning automation of build, deploy, and operations.

You will drive infrastructure provisioning, CI/CD improvements, and reliable deployments across environments. Strong expertise in Linux, Ansible (Tower/AWX), YAML, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and Python/Bash scripting is required, along with 7+ years in automation and 2+

Qualifications

• 7 years experience with automating Linux OS and software patches and upgrades across multiple environments using automation tools such as Ansible.
• 3 years hands-on experience with BitBucket or GIT Source Code Management tool.
• 7 years hands-on experience in automating build/deploy process including changes to database using Ansible.
• 7 years experience with developing automation scripts, operational utilities, and workflow scripts using Python/Bash/Shell.
• 2 years experience building and packaging applications with Docker and managing and scaling containerized workloads using Kubernetes.
• 4 years experience in infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and environment management using Terraform and Ansible.
• 2 years of hands-on experience developing and managing CI/CD (DevOps) pipelines using TeamCity, Jenkins, and Ansible.
• 2 years of strong knowledge and understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and infrastructure is highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Lead automation efforts for infrastructure provisioning, build and deploy activities for NC FAST applications.
• Improve CI/CD workflows and ensure reliable deployments across environments.
• Collaborate with DevOps and application teams to enhance release reliability.
• Troubleshoot automation issues and maintain Ansible playbooks and related tooling.
• Interact with IT management, architects, developers, deployment teams, and DBAs to automate tasks.

Skills

Ansible

Linux

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Bash/Shell

YAML

CI/CD

Git/Bitbucket

Jenkins

TeamCity

Tools

Ansible Tower/AWX

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Jenkins

TeamCity

Job description

Creative Information Technology, Inc. (CITI) seeks a Senior Automation Engineer for the NC DHHS NC FAST project. The role is onsite in Falls Church, with responsibilities spanning automation of build, deploy, and operations.

You will drive infrastructure provisioning, CI/CD improvements, and reliable deployments across environments. Strong expertise in Linux, Ansible (Tower/AWX), YAML, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and Python/Bash scripting is required, along with 7+ years in automation and 2+