Infrastructure Automation Engineer (Kubernetes/Ansible)

RISA•St. Louis, MO

7d•Onsite

About The Position

RISA is hiring an Infrastructure Automation Engineer to build and operate the platform supporting its customer’s mission. The role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining virtualized and containerized infrastructure, with substantial work in Kubernetes, Ansible, Linux, and automation. The engineer will improve automation across the server lifecycle, including onboarding, patching, and sunsetting; maintain Kubernetes infrastructure and onboard development teams; administer Ansible and Salt; and develop related documentation and training. The position also involves keeping CI/CD performant and current, conducting root cause analysis of escalated issues, and working directly with customers from planning through maintenance. The role is based onsite in St. Louis, Missouri. It requires an active TS/SCI clearance and U.S. citizenship. The employee must be able to obtain and maintain a Government polygraph after hire, and must be willing to participate in an on-call rotation that includes nights and weekends. Travel is less than 10% and local. The position is full-time and exempt.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Government polygraph after hire.
Bachelor’s degree in a field applicable to the position and 6 years of relevant experience, or equivalent: Master’s degree plus 4 years, Associate’s degree plus 8 years, or High School diploma/GED plus 10 years.
IAT Level II.
Ability to obtain CSSP Infrastructure Support within 120 days of hire.
Advanced Linux skills.
At least 4 years of experience in one or more of Kubernetes; Salt or Ansible; YAML, Python, Bash, or Ruby; or Git.
Willingness to work an on-call rotation including nights and weekends.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, build, and maintenance of virtualized and containerized infrastructure.
Mature automation across the server lifecycle, including onboarding, patching, and sunsetting.
Build and maintain Kubernetes infrastructure and onboard development teams onto it.
Administer Ansible and Salt, and write documentation and training materials for them.
Keep CI/CD performant and current.
Conduct root cause analysis on escalated issues.
Work directly with customers from planning through maintenance.
Participate in an on-call rotation that includes nights and weekends.