Senior Automation Engineer - DoD Infrastructure

gdit; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

GDIT is seeking an Automation Developer to support automation, event management, and systems integration within a DoD infrastructure environment. The role emphasizes Linux, scripting, and enterprise automation across monitoring and IT operations.

You will develop Python and shell scripts, maintain Ansible playbooks, and manage automation code in GitLab. Collaboration with engineers will expand expertise in NetCool and API-driven integrations across multiple platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional IT infrastructure experience.
• Experience with Linux, scripting, automation, or systems integration.
• Knowledge of enterprise monitoring and event management.
• DoD experience or government environment a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop Python, Bash, or other approved scripts to automate recurring infrastructure and application activities.
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks for infrastructure and application administration.
• Use GitLab or other source control tools to manage automation code, documentation, and version history.
• Identify manual processes to standardize, simplify, or automate.
• Develop automated system and application health checks and validation processes.
• Learn administration of the IBM NetCool event management environment.
• Support event ingestion, filtering, enrichment, correlation, prioritization, and escalation.
• Support NetCool configuration, maintenance, upgrades, and event management improvements.
• Support integration among infrastructure platforms using APIs, SNMP, syslog, structured data, and other approved interfaces.
• Troubleshoot data flows and integrations between monitoring, event management, infrastructure management, and IT service management technologies.
• Work with network monitoring and Linux admins to automate recurring operational activities.
• Support application upgrades, maintenance, configuration changes, vulnerability remediation, and troubleshooting.
• Participate in root cause analysis involving multiple systems or technical interfaces.
• Maintain architecture documentation, interface documentation, automation repositories, operating procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
• Participate in cross training, business hours operational support, and scheduled on call support.

Skills

Ansible

Bash Scripts

GitLab

IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus

Python Automation

Tools

IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus

Job description

GDIT is seeking an Automation Developer to support automation, event management, and systems integration within a DoD infrastructure environment. The role emphasizes Linux, scripting, and enterprise automation across monitoring and IT operations.

You will develop Python and shell scripts, maintain Ansible playbooks, and manage automation code in GitLab. Collaboration with engineers will expand expertise in NetCool and API-driven integrations across multiple platforms.