ENM Ansible Automation Engineer (Secret Clearance Required) Hybrid (Springfield, VA)

Introduction

Elluminates Software’s focus is on creating amazing capabilities for Developers, System Administrators and IT and Cyber Engineers and, ultimately, their users. Our mission is to have a positive impact on society through the use of technology.Elluminates Software has three core business units:● Platform Engineering for Developer Teams
● Cloud and On Prem Data Center Engineering
● Software Automation Development and ToolingWe offer Products and Professional Services that solve real world problems at scale for our customers. Our Professional Services have successfully supported Federal Agencies, State and Local Governments and commercial enterprises for over 20 years.

Job Description

Elluminates Software Corporation is looking to fill a full time ENM Automation Engineer. This position is in support of the Department of State (DOS) as a part of the Vanguard 2.2.1 contract.  A current secret security clearance is required for consideration with ability to get a Top Secret. The candidate will be responsible for the development of automation solutions utilizing Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) and Gitlab for Source Control. The candidate will work as part of a team automating Enterprise Network Management’s Active Directory and Network Infrastructure devices.

Duties and Responsibilities:

● Execute the duties and responsibilities as a member of Elluminates DOS Automation Team
● Develop Ansible playbooks and modules.
● Experience automating Windows related components with Ansible, such as PowerShell, MDT and VMware
● Ability to act independently as a lead automation engineer for the network automation
● Administer Ansible infrastructure, perform maintenance and configuration and provide SME level support.
● Troubleshoot and resolve issues in our dev, test, and production environments.
● Utilize Git for source control
● Update system and process documentation and user guides as needed diagrams and SOPs as needed.

Desired Qualifications

● Strong Communication skills
● Ability to comprehend technical documents and translate to the task
● Ansible galaxy collection, how to find collections and take one from scratch and build it
● Python virtual environment and how it is import in Ansible
● Ansible tower knowledge
● Understand coding best practices, configuration management
● Git workflow
● VMware and Windows knowledge
● Cloud technologies with an emphasis on Azure for later efforts

Years of Experience and Education Requirements

Education/Experience: Bachelor Degree and 18 months Ansible experience Type: Full-TimeClearance: Secret with ability to get TSLocation: Remote/Hybrid Springfield, VA.  Available to be on-site 1-2 days per week and remote the other 3-4 days.Shift: Normal Business HoursType of Travel: Local