Job Description:
Job Summary
An organization is seeking an Automation / Cloud Services Specialist to support a tactical systems support program. This role focuses on implementing automation, managing cloud infrastructure, and supporting DevOps practices across complex IT environments, including both cloud and on-premises platforms.
What You Can Expect to Do:
- Implement automation across infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, deployment, testing, and operations
- Enhance infrastructure to support agile frameworks and automated management systems
- Assess compliance with IT policies, standards, and procedures, and recommend improvements
- Build automation for applications, networks, and services across development, testing, and production environments
- Collaborate with infrastructure teams to automate processes, reduce technical debt, and optimize CI/CD pipelines
- Support integration throughout the testing lifecycle with development and QA teams
- Maintain automation scripts and configurations using version control tools (Git/GitLab)
- Train operations teams on automation tools and processes
- Configure and manage cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Administer cloud services in on-premises environments (e.g., Azure Stack, Amazon Snow)
Required Qualifications:
- Proven experience in network and system administration
- Experience with virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, Linux, Windows)
- Experience using source control tools such as Git and GitLab/GitHub
- Experience leading medium to large-scale IT or infrastructure projects
- 7+ years of experience in Infrastructure IT Operations
- 5+ years of experience in software automation and development
- 2+ years of scripting experience
- Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level I certification
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation
- Cloud certifications (e.g., AWS, Azure)
- Experience with on-premises cloud technologies
- Active Secret security clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
- Experience in IT operations related to systems and network architecture, including AI/ML environments
- Experience in DevOps or CI/CD environments
- Knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, containers, and Kubernetes
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Experience with Ansible (CLI and Automation Platform tools)
- Python scripting experience, including API integrations (e.g., AWS, ServiceNow)
- Experience with Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools
- Strong focus on quality assurance, debugging, and issue resolution
- Excellent communication skills