Linux and Ansible Automation Engineer

Overview

We're looking for a Linux engineer and automation specialist to help design, deploy, and grow automated solutions for an enterprise environment that is actively modernizing. The role includes building automation frameworks, establishing best practices, and laying the foundation for scalable infrastructure in a mission-critical environment.

You will provide the customer with insight into their Linux environments through automated monitoring, system hardening, configuration management, and performance optimization. You will work closely with mission partners and stakeholders to understand their pain points and translate them into automation solutions that reduce manual effort and operational risk.

Your technical expertise will be vital in identifying where automation can make the biggest immediate impact while maintaining a focus on long-term architecture. You will help the team turn early wins into repeatable methodologies and communicate their value to leadership.

We focus on growing as a team, so you will share expertise through leadership and mentoring as you help others embrace a culture of automation. As a technical leader, you will influence how this capability evolves, identify new opportunities to expand coverage, and mature the program as customers’ needs grow. The position is located in Reston, Virginia.

• 5+ years of experience administering Linux-based environments such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
• Experience managing configuration at scale using Ansible, including enforcing consistent system state across large inventories, detecting and correcting configuration drift, and writing idempotent playbooks
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies such as Ansible, Terraform, Salt, Puppet, or Chef
• Experience with Bash, Python, or Power Shell
• Experience managing systems within U.S. federal government or DoD enterprise IT environments, including security compliance and vulnerability management frameworks such as STIG, RMF, or NIST
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
• Education and experience:
  
  Associate’s degree and 5+ years of experience, Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience, or Master’s degree and 1+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level III Certification such as SecurityX, formerly CASP+, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, GCIH, or CCSP within 30 days of start date
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 Cybersecurity Service Provider - Infrastructure Support Certification (CSSP-IS), including CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND within 30 days of start date

• Experience with VMware vSphere administration and managing virtual machines
• Experience in Kubernetes, container platform operations, cluster lifecycle management, workload orchestration
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Experience with Net App storage solutions and designing or maintaining enterprise backup and recovery solutions
• Knowledge of version control concepts and Git

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by factors including location, education, skills, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $ annualized USD. The posted salary range is one component of the total compensation package.

Benefits include health, life, disability, financial, retirement, paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work‑life programs, and dependent care. Full-time and part‑time employees working at least 20 hours a week are eligible for benefit programs. For more information, visit the Resource page on our Careers site and review the Employee Benefits page.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.