Site Reliability Automation and Orchestration Engineer – Junior – (w/ active Secret)

Critical Solutions•Norfolk, VA

3d•$69,000 - $89,000•Onsite

About The Position

Critical Solutions is seeking a Jr. Site Reliability Automation and Orchestration Engineer to support our federal customer. The Jr. Site Reliability Automation and Orchestration Engineer should be a seasoned, self-motivated, professional with hands-on engineering and testing experience in virtualized or on-prem environments. A skilled technician knowledgeable and experienced in infrastructure such as code environments, automating patches and system configurations, orchestrating network operations and DevOps pipelines, automating and orchestrating operations, scaling releases, and day-to-day system operations in commercial cloud and on-prem environments.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen and possess an active DoD Secret Security Clearance or higher.
Must possess and maintain a DoD 8570.01-M/8140 IAT Level II certification (e.g. CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, SSCP)
Must possess Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3
Bachelor's degree and hands-on site engineering automation
Ansible knowledge and experience with windows necessary
Must be able to support program execution in classified environments and access SIPRNet from an NMCI location on short notice (local travel).
Experience with automated script design, coding, debugging, and maintenance skills
Experience in CI/CD toolsets (e.g. Jenkins, GitLab, etc.)
Familiarity with agile development methodologies
Skilled and disciplined to work with a distributed team
Ability to work in a highly collaborative, forward thinking, and innovation-driven environment
Basic understanding Azure DevOps workflows, projects, custom configurations
Experience in automating tasks with scripting languages like PowerShell, or Python

Nice To Haves

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation for automating test environments.
ITILv4, Scrum Master, or Agile SAFe certification(s) or applicable experience

Responsibilities

Provide continuous development and continuous integration to include site reliability engineering and integration, release management, implementation & migration, and training & knowledge transfer
Automate routine tasks and software updates, document, and maintain functional, integration, security, and load/stress testing procedure
Document and deliver an approach for automated acceptance testing, integration/regression testing, all new applications, and all new capabilities
Develop Ansible playbook design, role development, and testing, in non-production environments, as well as migration to production networks
Participate in the development of the release management process, procedures, and policies
Establish, manage, update, and maintain the overall Release Management Plan and Release Schedule
Conduct site surveys, as necessary, to assess existing equipment and software being used to validate release package requirements and dependencies
Develop, document, and maintain work instruction materials for related Automation and Orchestration processes
Provide training when substantive technological changes are introduced