Software Engineer (Infrastructure Automation)

Sealing Technologies, a Parsons Company•Columbia, MD

5d•$72,000 - $120,000•Onsite

About The Position

Sealing Technologies, a Parsons company, is hiring a Software Engineer to join a team delivering software development, hardware integration, cybersecurity engineering, and mission support, primarily in unclassified spaces. The engineer will help develop an automation framework, written primarily in Ansible and Python, that deploys Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) hunt kits to physical hardware. The work includes building custom Ansible modules, roles, and collections to automate networking, server hardware, operating systems, containers, and software for an integrated cyber-defender environment.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered.
At least 2 years of professional experience in software development, automation engineering, or a related role.
Experience writing Python and Bash, with exposure to software or hardware automation.
Understanding of the software development lifecycle and version control, such as Git.
Experience configuring physical hardware, including routers, switches, and servers.
Experience with RHEL-based Linux distributions such as RHEL, Rocky, or Oracle, and the Linux command-line interface.
Familiarity with virtualization and container platforms such as VMware, Kubernetes, and Docker or Podman.
Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to learn in a fast-paced environment.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to document and maintain engineering processes and procedures.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of Ansible playbooks and roles.
Professional experience developing custom Ansible modules, plugins, or collections.
Experience supporting Defensive Cyber Operations within Service Cyber Command elements or other U.S. Government organizations.
Experience with defensive cyber tools such as Security Onion, Splunk, Elastic, Zeek, and pfSense.
Ansible certification, such as Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation.
CompTIA Linux+.
Secret security clearance or ability to obtain one.

Responsibilities

Support the design, development, testing, and maintenance of Ansible playbooks, roles, and collections for deploying DCO hunt kits.
Write custom Ansible modules and Python plugins to extend automation where existing modules do not meet requirements.
Automate setup and configuration of physical hardware and network appliances, including servers, switches, routers, and firewalls.
Automate software deployment and configuration on Linux systems, and troubleshoot and fix automation-code issues.
Write unit, functional, and integration tests for automation code and participate in code reviews.
Collaborate with software development teams across the company to create highly parameterized Ansible aligned with the software product stack.