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 junior Site Reliability Automation and Orchestration Engineer to support a federal customer. The position involves hands-on engineering and testing in virtualized or on-premises environments, including infrastructure as code, patch and system-configuration automation, network-operations and DevOps-pipeline orchestration, release scaling, and day-to-day system operations in commercial cloud and on-premises environments. The role is full-time and 100% onsite in Norfolk, Virginia, and requires an active DoD Secret clearance. The engineer will support continuous development and integration, site reliability engineering and integration, release management, implementation and migration, and training and knowledge transfer. The role includes automating routine tasks and updates, maintaining testing procedures, developing Ansible playbooks, maintaining release plans and schedules, assessing equipment and software dependencies, and creating work instructions and training materials. Candidates must be U.S. citizens, hold an active DoD Secret clearance or higher, and possess and maintain a DoD 8570.01-M/8140 IAT Level II certification and ITIL v3. A bachelor's degree and hands-on site engineering automation experience are required. The position also requires the ability to support classified environments and access SIPRNet from an NMCI location on short notice, including local travel. The stated salary range is $69,000–$89,000. Compensation depends on factors including job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, and certifications. Benefits include 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, vision, and life insurance; supplemental insurance; 401(k) matching; flexible time off and holidays; and higher education and training reimbursement.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must possess an active DoD Secret Security Clearance or higher and maintain it.
Must possess and maintain a DoD 8570.01-M/8140 IAT Level II certification, such as CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, or SSCP.
Must possess Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3.
Bachelor's degree and hands-on site engineering automation experience.
Ansible knowledge and experience with Windows.
Ability to support program execution in classified environments and access SIPRNet from an NMCI location on short notice, including local travel.
Experience designing, coding, debugging, and maintaining automated scripts.
Experience with CI/CD toolsets such as Jenkins or GitLab.
Familiarity with agile development methodologies.
Ability to work with a distributed team in a highly collaborative, forward-thinking, innovation-driven environment.
Basic understanding of Azure DevOps workflows, projects, and custom configurations.
Experience automating tasks with scripting languages such as PowerShell or Python.
Must successfully pass the federal agency's background investigation and fingerprinting requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation for automating test environments.
ITIL v4, Scrum Master, or Agile SAFe certifications, or applicable experience.

Responsibilities

Provide continuous development and continuous integration, including site reliability engineering and integration, release management, implementation and migration, and training and knowledge transfer.
Automate routine tasks and software updates; document and maintain functional, integration, security, and load/stress testing procedures.
Document and deliver an approach for automated acceptance testing, integration and regression testing, new applications, and new capabilities.
Develop Ansible playbook designs, roles, and tests in non-production environments, and support migration to production networks.
Participate in developing release-management processes, procedures, and policies.
Establish, manage, update, and maintain the overall Release Management Plan and Release Schedule.
Conduct site surveys as needed to assess existing equipment and software and validate release-package requirements and dependencies.
Develop, document, and maintain work-instruction materials for Automation and Orchestration processes.
Provide training when substantive technological changes are introduced.