Automation Engineer (Ansible)

Looking for a career where hard work is valued and your ideas and feedback are part of the way we operate daily Want to bring your skills to a company that encourages teamwork and champions continued education and process improvement

Atlas Tech a veteran-owned IT company serving multiple DoD customers in support of Americas warfighters is seeking a highly skilled Ansible Automation Engineer with strong networking expertise to assist our Navy customer in defining developing implementing maintaining supporting tuning and troubleshooting software and hardware infrastructure relating to Linux servers. The ideal candidate will bring deep hands-on experience with Cisco networking technologies and have exposure to SD-WAN architectures. This role focuses on designing implementing and maintaining automated network solutions that improve reliability consistency and operational efficiency across enterprise environments.

This position allows for telework up to 2 days per week. However Atlas reserves the right to adjust the schedule if required to meet the needs of our customer.

Travel Up To - 10%

You Will:

• Design develop and maintain Ansible playbooks roles and automation frameworks for network operations
• Serve as the technical authority for Ansible automation strategy within the network domain
• Utilize Ansible to manage SD-WAN environments and Cisco network infrastructure including routers switches firewalls WAN-Os and management nodes
• Develop reusable automation patterns standards and best practices for network teams
• Collaborate with network engineering operations project managers and architecture teams
• Maintain documentation on automation processes network topology impacts and operational guides
• Ensure automation solutions align with security policies (DISA STIGs Risk Management Framework - RMF) compliance requirements and change management processes
• Provide knowledge transfer training and mentorship to junior engineers and cross-functional teams

You Have:

• Must be a US Citizen
• Must currently possess and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Level Security Clearance
• Extensive hands-on experience with Ansible including playbooks modules Jinja2 templates and dynamic inventories
• Bash and shell script development experience
• Background in enterprise networking fundamentals (routing switching firewalls VLANs BGP OSPF etc.)
• Background in IPV4 and IPV6 networking including subnetting supernetting and CIDR configurations
• Experience with Cisco network devices
• Familiarity with Cisco SD-WAN technologies (Cisco Catalyst 8000V)
• Understanding of Linux networking
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7/8/9/10 or similar Linux distributions
• Proficiency with YAML file structure
• Experience with GitLab and JIRA
• Ability to troubleshoot complex network and automation issues
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly

Wed be Impressed if You Had:

• Cisco certifications (CCNA/CCNP) or equivalent experience
• Experience with network API integrations (REST NETCONF YANG)
• Experience with Python for network automation use cases
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker/Podman Kubernetes)

Education/Experience

• BS Degree in relevant technical field or combination of education and experience
• Ability to obtain the following certs within 3 months of start date:
  • CompTIA Security CE
  • Professional Scrum Developer certification or Certified Scrum Developer certification
• 5 years Linux system administration experience
• 5 years experience working with a wide range of IT products

In addition to a great culture at Atlas Tech we pride ourselves on our Core Values of Learning; Teaching; Passion; and Flexibility. We have been recognized in the top 25 in both South Carolina and Virginia as one of the Best Places to Work for three straight years. We have also been honored with the US DOL Hire Vets Gold Award since 2020.

Want to hear more Read on to see what our Team Members say about their experience:

From day 1 I knew Atlas Tech was where I wanted to be. Atlas culture embraces creativeness community involvement and taking care of their employees. If youre looking for a great place to work come join us! - Blane

I could not have asked for a better company to transition from Active-Duty military to civilian life. Atlas not only provides opportunities for professional growth but its also highly encouraged. The passion and appreciation for what we do that is displayed every day makes it exciting for me to come to work each day. - Laurence

Atlas Tech is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex age sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability genetic information or protected veteran status. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives are valued and respected.

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Atlas Tech offers a competitive salary generous benefits package and an opportunity to make a positive impact in your own community.