Overview:

Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking to hire an experienced Automation Engineer that is ready for a career where you know your work makes a difference. We want someone passionate about working on a team and using their knowledge, experience, and expertise to tackle the most complicated problems. You will work with a team which provides computing capabilities and in-depth support for Linux Systems. The team builds and maintains user environments and delivers subject matter expert support to the scientific and engineering communities. To accomplish this, you will need experience with automation and orchestration tools such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef. Experience in UNIX, Linux including file management, scripting, editing, and security and experience with a variety of programming languages, software, or tools to develop regular or ad-hoc queries from large datasets. You should be familiar with network communication protocols, and other related protocols. You should have the ability to implement solutions integrating Rest application program interface (API) based web services and knowledge and understanding of best practices and IT operations.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement automation solutions that address business requirements.
• Build and review automation workflows for consistency and with a focus on improving resilience and performance.
• Perform installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of customer managed automation and orchestration tools and platforms.
• Monitor performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed.
• Conduct research on automation products, services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the industry.

Qualifications:

• US Citizenship.
• Associate degree with a minimum four years of documented relevant experience.
• Proven track record of problem solving using strong critical thinking, analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong technical aptitude and ability to research and solve complex issues independently.
• Minimum four years’ experience with Linux (RedHat or Ubuntu) including file management, scripting, editing, and security.
• Experience in large and complex automation engagements.
• Experience with implementation and operation of one or more automation and orchestration tools and platforms (Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Puppet).
• Experience with bash shell scripting and other languages (Python, Perl, Ruby).
• Ability to work seamlessly within a team as an active contributor.
• Strong verbal and written customer service and communications skills.
• Knowledge of, and desire to follow IT Operations best practices and procedures such as issue management and incident response.
• Familiar with information security best practices.

Additional Qualifications:

Experience writing documentation for internal processes and customer facing products and services.

About us:

Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2022.

It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other status protected by applicable law.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Albuquerque, NM: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: One location

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