Jr Automation Engineer

About the Role

Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a Jr Automation Engineer to support a major national laboratory. The successful candidate will have experience with automation and orchestration tools, operating systems, programming languages, and network communication protocols.

Responsibilities

• Manage and administer server infrastructure supporting development and production environments.
• Develop, deploy, and maintain containerized applications using OpenShift and Kubernetes.
• Collaborate with backend and frontend developers to build robust APIs and user interfaces.
• Design and optimize databases to support application needs.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
• Drive DevOps best practices to improve software delivery speed and reliability.
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues in development and production environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree along with 1 year or more of relevant experience. In lieu of degree, must have at minimum 7 years of work-related experience.
• Active DOE Q level security clearance.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must live in the Albuquerque area as some onsite work is required.

Skills

• Experience with automation and orchestration tools such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef.
• Experience in UNIX, Linux, and/or Windows Operating System (OS), including file management, scripting, editing, and security.
• Experience with a variety of programming languages, software, or tools to develop regular or ad-hoc queries from large datasets.
• Familiarity with network communication protocols and other related protocols.
• Ability to implement solutions integrating REST API-based web services.
• Server administration and infrastructure management.
• Container technologies: Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes.
• Ability to follow standard change-management and release processes consistently.
• Strong commitment to team collaboration, communication, and transparency.

About Us

Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services, and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2025.