Systems Automation Engineer

Mount Indie; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top Secret clearance

Job summary

Mount Indie is seeking a systems automation engineer to design, automate, and sustain a hybrid physical, virtual, and cloud environment across development, test, and operational enclaves, both classified and unclassified. You will own planning, design, V&V, and fielding, delivering engineering analyses and documentation.

The role emphasizes PowerShell automation, WSUS deployments, cloud and on‑prem architectures, and collaboration with system administrators to accelerate issue resolution.

Qualifications

• 10 years of progressive IT systems engineering and administration.
• Active Top Secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in an IT discipline, or 4 additional years of related experience.
• Onsite in North Charleston, SC.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy automated task sequences in PowerShell and WSUS for Windows migrations and configuration management.
• Deploy third‑party software through best‑practice methods or repositories tied into WSUS.
• Bring enterprise tools into WSUS‑managed environments, including data at rest encryption, Windows Deployment Services (WDS), ManageEngine and Dell Command.
• Automate deployments and configuration with Infrastructure as Code, such as Ansible or Azure ARM templates, inside change and configuration management.
• Design, install and configure SAN/NAS storage, network architecture and server platforms for hybrid‑virtual environments.
• Stand up and run Azure virtual machines, session hosts, virtual networks and storage for Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD).
• Work across VMware vSphere and Hyper‑V, plus provisioning and analytics tools such as VMware vRealize.
• Harden, maintain and patch systems on classified and unclassified networks, keeping STIGs and cybersecurity controls current for Navy accreditation and ATO.
• Own technical planning, design, integration, verification and fielding.
• Write engineering analyses, reports, change proposals and technical documentation.
• Help system administrators and the help desk solve recurring issues and speed up ticket resolution.

Skills

PowerShell

Bash

Microsoft Server Admin

Group Policy

WSUS

Automation scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in an IT discipline

4 years related experience

Tools

Ansible

Azure ARM templates

VMware vSphere

Hyper-V

WDS

ManageEngine

Dell Command

Job description

Join our senior engineering team supporting a Navy research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) network as its systems automation engineer. You will design, automate and sustain a hybrid physical, virtual and cloud environment that spans development, test and operational enclaves on both classified and unclassified networks.

What You Will Do

• Build and deploy automated task sequences in PowerShell and WSUS for Windows migrations, custom images and configuration management
• Deploy third-party software through best-practice methods or repositories tied into WSUS
• Bring enterprise tools into WSUS-managed environments, including data at rest (DAR) encryption, Windows Deployment Services (WDS), ManageEngine and Dell Command
• Automate deployments and configuration with Infrastructure as Code, such as Ansible or Azure ARM templates, inside change and configuration management
• Design, install and configure SAN/NAS storage, network architecture and server platforms for resilient hybrid-virtual environments
• Stand up and run Azure virtual machines, session hosts, virtual networks and storage for Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
• Work across VMware vSphere and Hyper‑V, plus provisioning and analytics tools such as VMware vRealize
• Harden, maintain and patch systems on classified and unclassified networks, keeping STIGs and cybersecurity controls current for Navy accreditation and ATO
• Own technical planning, design, integration, verification and validation (V&V) and fielding
• Write engineering analyses, reports, change proposals and technical documentation
• Help system administrators and the help desk solve recurring issues and speed up ticket resolution

Required Qualifications

• 10 years of progressive IT systems engineering and administration
• Custom automation scripts (PowerShell, BASH) for software installs, controls and hardening
• Administering, securing and troubleshooting Microsoft enterprise servers, physical and virtual
• Secure Microsoft environments with Group Policy, WSUS, scripting and automation
• Windows enterprise support on classified and unclassified networks
• Strong written and verbal communication; works independently
• Bachelor’s degree in an IT discipline, or 4 additional years of related experience
• Active Top Secret clearance
• Onsite in North Charleston, SC