Linux & Ansible Automation Engineer - Active TS/SCI

About the role

You'll be on the ground floor of building something meaningful by developing automation frameworks, establishing best practices, and laying the foundation for scalable infrastructure in a mission-critical environment. You'll provide the customer with insight into their Linux environments through automated monitoring, system hardening, configuration management, and performance optimization. You'll work closely with mission partners and various stakeholders to understand their current pain points and translate them into automation solutions that reduce manual effort and operational risk.

Responsibilities

• Develop automation frameworks and establish best practices for Linux environments.
• Manage configuration at scale using Ansible, including enforcing consistent system state across large inventories, detecting and correcting configuration drift, and writing idempotent playbooks.
• Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies such as Ansible, Terraform, Salt, Puppet, or Chef to manage systems.
• Manage systems within U.S. federal government or DoD enterprise IT environments, including security compliance and vulnerability management frameworks such as STIG, RMF, or NIST.
• Translate early wins into repeatable methodologies and communicate their value to leadership.
• Work closely with mission partners and various stakeholders to understand their current pain points and translate them into automation solutions.
• Identify where automation can make the biggest immediate impact while keeping an eye on long-term architecture.

Requirements

• Basic Qualifications:
• 10+ years of experience administering Linux-based environments such as RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• Experience managing configuration at scale using Ansible, including 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.
• Associate's degree and 5+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, or Master's degree and 1+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities.
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level III Certification such as SecurityX (formerly CASP+), CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), GCED, GCIH, CCSP certification within 30 days of start date.
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 Cybersecurity Service Provider - Infrastructure Support Certification (CSSP-IS), including CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND Certification, within 30 days of start date.
• TSC/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a counter-intelligence polygraph.
• Additional Qualifications:
• Experience with VMware vSphere administration and managing virtual machine.
• Experience in Kubernetes, container platform operations, cluster lifecycle management, workload orchestration.
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with NetApp storage solutions and designing or maintaining enterprise backup and recovery solutions.
• Knowledge of version control concepts and Git.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications:
• 10+ years of experience administering Linux-based environments such as RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• Experience managing configuration at scale using Ansible, including 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.
• Associate's degree and 5+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, or Master's degree and 1+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities.
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level III Certification such as SecurityX (formerly CASP+), CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), GCED, GCIH, CCSP certification within 30 days of start date.
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 Cybersecurity Service Provider - Infrastructure Support Certification (CSSP-IS), including CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND Certification, within 30 days of start date.
• TSC/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a counter-intelligence polygraph.
• Additional Qualifications:
• Experience with VMware vSphere administration and managing virtual machine.
• Experience in Kubernetes, container platform operations, cluster lifecycle management, workload orchestration.
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with NetApp storage solutions and designing or maintaining enterprise backup and recovery solutions.
• Knowledge of version control concepts and Git.

Skills

• Linux administration.
• Ansible automation.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies.
• Bash, Python, or PowerShell scripting.
• VMware vSphere administration.
• Kubernetes, container platform operations.
• Cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• NetApp storage solutions.
• Version control concepts and Git.

Benefits

• Essential Network Security (ENS) Solutions, LLC is a service-disabled veteran owned, highly regarded IT consulting and management firm.
• Free Platinum-Level Medical/Dental/Vision coverage, 100% paid for by ENS.
• 401k Contribution from Day 1.
• PTO + 11 Paid Federal Holidays.
• Long & Short Term Disability Insurance.
• Group Term Life Insurance.
• Tuition, Certification & Professional Development Assistance.
• Relocation Assistance.

Pay

Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time position.