Automation Engineer; Top Secret Clearance

AMO, an Akima company, is looking add for a Automation Engineer (with a TS clearance) to the team in Summerville, SC. This full‑time position will support the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic (NIWC Atlantic) Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) network by designing and implementing advanced automation, security orchestration, and system integration solutions across classified and unclassified environments.

The Automation Engineer serves as a senior technical leader responsible for automating cybersecurity compliance, enterprise monitoring, virtualization management, and infrastructure operations. This role focuses heavily on scripting, API integration, STIG automation, and enterprise observability in complex DoD environments.

• Develop advanced scripts using Power Shell and/or Python to integrate enterprise systems, collect operational data, and increase visibility into issues and errors.
• Send structured data to enterprise logging platforms (e.g., Splunk, Syslog).
• Use Power Shell, Python, Chef InSpec, and Ansible to automate security, auditing, health checks, reporting, and system compliance functions.
• Demonstrate expert‑level scripting capabilities to automate operational and cybersecurity deliverables.

• Use Power Shell, Python, Chef InSpec, and Ansible to audit and remediate STIG findings.
• Create answer files to automate responses to "Manual" STIG checks and populate STIG Viewer checklists.
• Use Evaluate-STIG with answer files to automate auditing and checklist generation for Windows and Linux hosts.
• Maintain all qualifications required under the Cybersecurity Workforce (CSWF) framework for Privileged Access Administrator (PAA).

• Interface with APIs of enterprise systems such as:
  • ACAS / Tenable Security Center.
  • Splunk.
  • VMware NSX.
• Develop integrations using REST APIs, JSON, XML, YAML, and related markup languages.
• Utilize regular expressions to parse, manipulate, and transform data across Splunk, Python, and Power Shell environments.
• Leverage XPath and JSONPath to query structured data sources.

• Use VMware Power
  
  CLI to query, troubleshoot, and automate VMware infrastructure tasks.
• Use Ansible to automate Linux administrative tasks.
• Use Power Shell to automate Windows administrative tasks.
• Demonstrate working knowledge of containers and container platforms (e.g., Docker).

• Demonstrate understanding of:
  • SSL/TLS certificates
  • Mutual authentication
  • Public/private key architecture
  • PKI concepts
• Apply object‑oriented programming principles in Power Shell and Python‑based automation.
• Support continuous monitoring and enterprise visibility through custom Splunk dashboards and query development.

• Active Top Secret Clearance.
• Master’s level degree in an Engineering discipline.
• 10+ years of professional experience in systems engineering, automation, or cybersecurity engineering.
• Expert‑level experience with Power Shell and/or Python scripting.
• Experience automating STIG auditing and remediation.
• Experience integrating enterprise APIs and security platforms.
• Experience supporting Windows and Linux environments in a DoD setting.
• Maintain all qualifications required under CSWF PAA standards.

• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA).