Automation Services Engineer

Our client is seeking a talented Automation Services Engineer in Leesburg, VA to join a growing team focused on building the automation, tooling, and platform services that empower engineering organizations to move faster, operate more efficiently, and deliver reliable outcomes.

Salary range: $130-160k; salary may be negotiable based on education, experience, geographic location and other factors.

This team functions as a platform engineering and enablement organization, creating the infrastructure automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, validation systems, and shared services that other engineering teams depend on every day.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on infrastructure engineer who enjoys solving complex problems,

Role:

• Design, develop, and maintain infrastructure automation frameworks using Ansible and related technologies.
• Build scalable, repeatable deployment workflows using infrastructure-as-code and configuration management practices.
• Automate system provisioning, configuration, patching, validation, and lifecycle management activities.
• Develop and enhance internal platform services that support engineering teams across the organization.
• Drive automation-first approaches that reduce manual effort and improve operational consistency.
• Design and maintain GitLab-based CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure testing, validation, and deployment.
• Build automated validation frameworks that continuously verify system health, configuration compliance, and operational readiness.
• Create nightly and continuous validation processes to detect configuration drift and infrastructure issues before they impact production.
• Improve deployment quality through automated testing and repeatable delivery workflows.

Systems Integration & Infrastructure Services

• Integrate open-source technologies and infrastructure tools into cohesive, scalable platform solutions.
• Build and maintain standardized operating system images using tools such as Packer and related image-building technologies.
• Support engineering teams by delivering reliable self-service automation and platform capabilities.
• Contribute to emerging initiatives involving locally hosted AI platforms and internal tooling.
• Partner with engineering teams to improve platform reliability, observability, and operational efficiency.
• Participate in code reviews and collaborate within Git-based development workflows and engineering best practices.

Requirements

• Strong Linux systems administration experience supporting production environments.
• Hands-on experience with configuration management and automation technologies such as:
• Ansible (strongly preferred), Puppet, Chef, Salt
• Experience designing and implementing infrastructure-as-code and automation-first solutions.
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, preferably using GitLab.
• Proficiency with Git-based workflows, including branching strategies, merge requests, and code reviews.
• Ability to troubleshoot issues across multiple infrastructure layers, including operating systems, networking, services, and applications.
• Proven track record of automating manual operational processes and creating repeatable workflows.
• Comfortable working across a broad technical stack rather than within a narrow specialty.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a systems-oriented mindset.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefits offerings include but are not limited to:

• Medical
• Dental/Vision
• 401k

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• · Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• · Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
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