Jr Automation & Orchestration Engineer

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking Jr. Automation & Orchestration Engineers to support a long-term DOD program focused on automation, orchestration, site reliability, release management, and infrastructure engineering. This position is 100% onsite in Norfolk, VA
, with multiple openings supporting a large-scale enterprise environment. The Jr. Automation & Orchestration Engineer will support the automation and reliability of virtualized, on-premises, and commercial cloud infrastructure. This role will focus on automating routine operations, software updates, system configurations, testing, deployments, and release processes while leveraging Ansible, Power Shell, Python, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and Dev Ops toolsets.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with automation in enterprise environments and an interest in growing within a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Dev Ops, or infrastructure automation discipline. This position is Monday-Friday, day shift, with a start time between 6:00 AM and 8:00 AM.

• Support site reliability engineering, infrastructure automation, orchestration, release management, implementation, migration, and integration activities across enterprise environments
• Automate routine infrastructure tasks, software updates, system configurations, patching, deployments, and operational processes
• Develop, test, troubleshoot, and maintain automation scripts and workflows
• Develop Ansible playbooks, roles, and automation workflows for infrastructure configuration, deployment, testing, and operational management
• Perform Ansible development and testing in non-production environments before migrating automation capabilities into production networks
• Automate Windows infrastructure and endpoint administration using Ansible, Power Shell, Python, and related scripting technologies
• Develop automated solutions for system configuration, patching, software deployment, and infrastructure maintenance
• Support continuous development and continuous integration activities across enterprise infrastructure
• Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Git Lab, and related Dev Ops platforms
• Support automated functional, integration, security, regression, acceptance, load, and stress testing
• Develop and document automated acceptance-testing approaches for new applications, capabilities, releases, and infrastructure changes
• Develop automated integration and regression testing procedures to improve release quality and operational reliability
• Support the design, implementation, testing, and deployment of infrastructure automation capabilities
• Participate in release management activities including release planning, scheduling, implementation, migration, and validation
• Establish, maintain, and update release management documentation, schedules, procedures, and implementation plans
• Assess release packages, infrastructure dependencies, software requirements, and existing equipment to identify potential deployment issues
• Support implementation and migration activities across production and non-production environments
• Troubleshoot automation failures, deployment issues, configuration problems, and infrastructure defects
• Analyze system and application behavior to identify opportunities for additional automation and operational improvements
• Support day-to-day infrastructure operations across virtualized, on-premises, cloud, and classified environments
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, work instructions, automation procedures, testing procedures, operational runbooks, and knowledge-transfer materials
• Document automation and orchestration processes to support repeatable and…