Senior Linux & Ansible Automation Engineer

Phase2 Technology; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 86,800 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in Reston, VA is seeking a Linux and Ansible Automation Engineer to design, deploy, and scale automated solutions for a mission-critical enterprise environment. You will build automation frameworks, implement configuration management with Ansible, and drive best practices to reduce manual effort and risk across large Linux estates.

Collaboration with stakeholders is essential to translate pain points into repeatable automation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience administering Linux-based environments such as RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• Experience managing configuration at scale using Ansible, enforcing consistent system state across large inventories, detecting and correcting configuration drift, and writing idempotent playbooks.
• Experience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies such as Ansible, Terraform, Salt, Puppet, or Chef.
• Experience with Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
• Experience managing systems within U.S. federal government or DoD enterprise IT environments, including security compliance and vulnerability management frameworks such as STIG, RMF, or NIST.
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam.
• Associate's degree and 5+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, or Bachelor's degree and 3+ years, or Master's degree and 1+ years.
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level III Certification such as Security+, CASP+, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, GCIH, or CCSP within 30 days of start date.
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 Cybersecurity Service Provider - Infrastructure Support (CSSP-IS) Certification, including CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND, within 30 days of start date

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and grow automated solutions for an enterprise environment.
• Develop automation frameworks and establish best practices for scalable infrastructure.
• Mentor and share expertise to foster a culture of automation.
• Translate stakeholder pain points into repeatable automation solutions.
• Lead discussions on expanding coverage and maturing the automation program.

Skills

Linux admin

Ansible automation

IaC

Scripting

DoD security

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

VMware vSphere

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure/GCP

NetApp

Git

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton in Reston, VA is seeking a Linux and Ansible Automation Engineer to design, deploy, and scale automated solutions for a mission-critical enterprise environment. You will build automation frameworks, implement configuration management with Ansible, and drive best practices to reduce manual effort and risk across large Linux estates.

Collaboration with stakeholders is essential to translate pain points into repeatable automation.