Systems Automation Engineer

A recognized services company in Washington, D.C., is looking to fill an immediate need with the addition of a new Systems Automation Engineer to their team. In this role, the Systems Automation Engineer will be responsible for managing the installation, configuration, monitoring, and patching of applications in a Windows environment.

About the Opportunity:

Able to work onsite 1-2X per week at the client site in Washington, DC, and as needed to support critical events which may take place over the weekend

U.S. Citizenship required

Must pass a background investigation to obtain Public Trust

Responsibilities:

Ensure that all application software packages are sufficiently patched to remove any vulnerabilities to the environment

Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts for automation and system management

Ensure compliance with security policies and best practices for application patching and configuration

Install, configure, and maintain enterprise applications in a Windows-based environment

Monitor application health, troubleshoot issues, and apply patches/upgrades as needed

Implement and support Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions using ADFS and other authentication mechanisms

Work closely with Windows Administrators and Active Directory teams to ensure seamless application integration

Collaborate with DevOps and IT teams to monitor application performance and uptime

Deploy and manage applications in Azure cloud environments

Support containerized application deployments using Docker and Kubernetes

Qualifications:

Intermediate PowerShell skills and base level of backend development experience

Experience in the technical aspects of DevOps techniques, continuous integration, continuous testing, and continuous deployment

Experience managing Windows Server and Active Directory

Experience (2 years min) with Azure cloud services and container orchestration using either or both of the following tools: Docker Compose or Kubernetes (K8s)

Experience with SSO (Single Sign-On), ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services), PowerShell scripting, and MS SQL Server

Familiarity with Open-Source tools for test automation, such as Selenium

Desired Skills:

5+ years of hands-on experience supporting DevOps to reengineer and automate the software development process (CI/CD)

Experience working in a large Software Development program using Agile development methodology

Basic Python skills and base level of Backend Development experience

Experience implementing DevOps for a Cloud-based system on a modernization program

Experience with Container Management Platforms such as OpenShift

Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Ansible, Puppet and Terraform

Experience with Continuous Monitoring tools such as E L/F K Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash/Fluentd, Kibana)