Ansible Engineer (Hybrid Remote)

Columbia, IN - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 125000 - 145000

Posted on: 23 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

This position is 3 days per week remote / work from home.

Salary: $125000 - 145000/year

We are seeking a highly skilled Ansible Engineer to design develop and maintain automated infrastructure and configuration management solutions in support of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) programs. This role will focus on building secure scalable and compliant automation using Ansible playbooks to manage complex enterprise environments across classified and unclassified networks. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with infrastructure automation strong knowledge of DoD security requirements and a deep understanding of DevSecOps principles in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

Design develop test and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles to automate system configuration patching deployment and compliance enforcement.
Develop reusable automation frameworks aligned with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices.
Automate provisioning and configuration of Linux and Windows systems in enterprise DoD environments.
Integrate automation workflows with CI/CD pipelines.
Support automation across hybrid environments (on-premises private cloud and DoD cloud environments such as AWS GovCloud or Azure Government).
Collaborate with infrastructure cybersecurity and DevOps teams to implement automated solutions.
Implement automation in compliance with DoD cybersecurity requirements including:
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) STIGs
Risk Management Framework (RMF) controls
Develop playbooks that enforce system hardening baselines and configuration drift remediation.
Support Authority to Operate (ATO) documentation and technical validation efforts.
Ensure secure credential management and integration with enterprise identity solutions.
Integrate Ansible automation with CI/CD tools (e.g. GitLab Jenkins Azure DevOps).
Support containerized environments and orchestration platforms (e.g. Kubernetes/OpenShift).
Maintain version control and automated testing of playbooks.
Document automation architecture workflows and standard operating procedures.
Participate in design reviews and technical planning sessions.
Provide technical mentorship to junior engineers.
Support incident response and troubleshooting related to automation systems.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).
5 years of experience in systems engineering DevOps or infrastructure automation.
3 years of hands-on experience developing Ansible playbooks and roles.
Experience supporting DoD or federal government environments.
Strong understanding of Linux system administration.
Experience implementing automation in secure STIG-hardened environments.
Active DoD Secret clearance (or ability to obtain).

$125000 - $145000 a year

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This position is 3 days per week remote / work from home. Salary: $125000 - 145000/yearWe are seeking a highly skilled Ansible Engineer to design develop and maintain automated infrastructure and configuration management solutions in support of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) programs. This role wi...