Automation Engineer
About The Position
RogueThink is a forward-thinking IT services provider supporting mission-critical federal and Intelligence Community programs. We deliver secure, high-impact technology solutions in classified and sensitive environments while fostering a culture of integrity, accountability, and technical excellence. We are seeking an Automation Engineer to work together across our DevOps teams, building broad expertise in infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and platform support. You will have a designated team home but will routinely participate in cross-team projects, training, and knowledge sharing, gaining hands-on exposure to a diverse set of tooling and environments.
Requirements
- Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
- Hands-on experience with cloud tooling (GitLab, AWS, EKS, Terraform, Docker) and/or on-prem tooling (Jenkins, OpenShift, Ansible).
- Experience with infrastructure provisioning and application deployment automation.
- Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and collaboration skills.
- Active U.S. Government Secret clearance or above.
- Must reside in the Washington, DC metropolitan (DMV) area and be able to work on-site in Crystal City or Rosslyn, VA as required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience operating across both cloud and on-prem environments.
- Experience with monitoring and security automation.
- Experience supporting secure or U.S. Government environments.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and support CI/CD pipelines and automation in both cloud (GitLab, AWS, EKS, Terraform, Docker) and on-prem (Jenkins, OpenShift, Ansible) contexts.
- Participate in infrastructure provisioning and application deployment automation across both environments.
- Troubleshoot, document, and continuously improve deployment, monitoring, and security automation for all platforms.
- Engage with both the cloud and on-prem teams, proactively learning primary and secondary stacks through onboarding, peer programming, and joint solutioning.
- Share learnings and best practices across the DevOps organization to reduce silos and accelerate overall capability.
Benefits
- Performance bonuses
- Supported technical training and certifications
- 401(k) program through Vanguard with dollar-for-dollar matching on the first 6% of employee contributions
- Traditional and Roth 401(k) options
- Annual discretionary profit-sharing contributions to employee 401(k) accounts
- Employee Referral Bonuses ($8,000 for TS/SCI-cleared candidates, $5,000 for others)
- Competitive PTO package (equivalent of four to five weeks annually)
- 11 paid federal holidays
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Accident and Critical Illness Insurance
- Life Insurance
- $1,500 Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) for employees enrolled in the PPO medical plan
- Clearance support (keeping clearance active and current, including reinvestigations and maintenance)
- Family Leave: Five paid days following birth or adoption of a child
- Bereavement Leave: Three paid days for loss of an immediate family member
- Tuition assistance for eligible programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
