Site Reliability Engineering – Automation and Orchestration Engineer

Role Overview

• Provide Continuous Development and Continuous Integration Including site reliability engineering and integration, release management, implementation and migration, and training and knowledge transfer.
• Automate routine tasks and software updates; document and maintain functional, integration, security, and load/stress testing procedures.
• Document and deliver an approach for automated acceptance testing and integration/regression testing for all new applications and capabilities.
• Develop Ansible playbook design, role development, and testing in non-production environments, as well as migration to production networks.
• Participate in the development of release management processes, procedures, and policies.
• Establish, manage, update, and maintain the overall Release Management Plan and Release Schedule.
• Conduct site surveys, as necessary, to assess existing equipment and software used to validate release package requirements and dependencies.
• Develop, document, and maintain work instruction materials for Automation and Orchestration processes.
• Provide training when substantive technological changes are introduced.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 4–8 years of hands-on site reliability engineering automation experience, ideally supporting the federal government.
• IAT Level II Baseline Certification (e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, or SSCP).
• Experience working in DevOps, Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), and Agile environments using code delivery mechanisms, continuous build systems, code repositories, and continuous delivery solutions.
• Active Secret Clearance.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Experience with automated script design, coding, debugging, and maintenance using Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages preferred.
• Experience with CI/CD toolsets such as Jenkins and GitLab.
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Experience with chaos engineering practices and tools such as Chaos Monkey, Gremlin, or similar frameworks.
• Strong Linux/Unix and command-line knowledge.
• Experience in application administration, configuration, and integration.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Ability to work effectively with distributed teams.
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative, forward-thinking, and innovation-driven environment.
• Knowledge of Agile and DevSecOps/SRE concepts and best practices, with a desire to continue growing that knowledge.
• Hands-on experience with Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, etc.).
• Experience creating Jira and/or Azure DevOps workflows, projects, and custom configurations.
• Experience administering and maintaining SRE platforms via Ansible playbooks (e.g., upgrading Jenkins).
• Experience automating tasks with scripting languages such as PowerShell or Python.
• Experience integrating and maintaining third-party CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and GitLab.
• Experience with PaaS environments using Red Hat OpenShift/Kubernetes and Docker containers.
• Experience with commercial cloud infrastructure deployment environments such as AWS and Azure.
• Experience with automated provisioning and configuration tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, or similar technologies.
• Working knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and DISA STIGs.

Tech Stack

• Ansible
• AWS
• Azure
• Chef
• Cloud
• Docker
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• OpenShift
• Puppet
• Python
• Terraform
• Unix

Benefits

• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave
• Retirement