DevOps Engineer (Ansible)

Abile Headquarters • Annapolis Junction, MD

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About The Position

Abile Group has an exciting and challenging opportunity for a DevOps Engineer (Ansible) supporting a DoD Customer's Classified Network Services. The mission will include Operations, Compliance, Cyber Security, Customer Service, and Engineering. The right DevOps Engineer (Ansible) candidate will possess the below skills and qualifications and be ready to handle all responsibilities independently and professionally.

Requirements

• Clearance Required: TS/SCI.
• Degree and Years of Experience: 5 to 8 years with BS/BA or 3 to 5 years with MS/MA or 0 to 2 years with PhD.
• Required Certifications: Must have a current DoD 8570.1-M IAT Level III certification.
• Required Skills: Cloud, Automation, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) certificates/training may be required within 6 months of starting.
• Mastery of DevSecOps principles, demonstrated through expertise in securing and managing code repositories (e.g., Bitbucket, GitHub) and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps).
• Proven experience designing and deploying cloud infrastructure and containerized workloads using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and best practices (Terraform, Bicep).
• Proficiency in the HashiCorp ecosystem, including leveraging Nomad for container orchestration and Consul for service discovery and mesh networking.
• Proven track record of deploying Configuration as Code (Ansible, Chef, Puppet) to extend CI/CD (e.g., Azure DevOps) functionality, ensuring standardized server configurations and essential security hardening following infrastructure creation.

Nice To Haves

• Desired Certifications: Professional-level Microsoft, Linux, VMware, Network, Storage, or Cloud certifications.
• ITIL Foundations certification
• Previous experience in regulated environments (e.g., financial, healthcare, or government).
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
• Familiarity with Agile Methodologies for iterative network project management.
• Proven experience in virtualized environments (e.g., Azure, VMware NSX).

Responsibilities

• Fosters the design, engineering, automation, provisioning, implementation, management and scaling of Microsoft server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux – powered cloud operating environments and infrastructure using Ansible Playbooks and Cloud Modules.
• Implements and enforces best practices for cloud security, risk management, and compliance.
• Conducts continuous security testing and code reviews to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Contributes to architectural designs, technical documentation, and provides engineering solutions aimed at enhancing security and user accessibility while keeping abreast of industry changes to cloud-based security technologies, tools, and industry best practices to inform managerial decisions and advise functional teams on updated secure coding practices.
• Collaborates with engineering teams to design end-to-end automation workflows that combine Ansible’s configuration management with Terraform’ s infrastructure provisioning to facilitate scalable, repeatable, and secure deployments and provide assistance, training, and mentoring to other engineers as the Automation SME.

Benefits

• Salary is just one component of Abile Group's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards.
• Abile Group provides a comprehensive package of benefits including employer subsidized Medical and Dental, generous PTO, and 401(k) with Employer match after 90 days of employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees