Jr. Site Reliability Engineer (Automation & Orchestration) with Security Clearance

Jr. Site Reliability Engineer (Automation & Orchestration)
Norfolk, VA 23511 Secret Cleared Navy Contract Job Description:
The U.S. Navy’s Service Management, Integration, and Transport (SMIT) program has an opening for a Jr. Site Reliability Automation and Orchestration Engineer on a high-visibility DoD program that provides engineering support to the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), the largest information technology (IT) network in the world. This position will provide many opportunities to challenge and grow your skills.

Position Summary

This person should be a seasoned, self-motivated, professional with hands-on engineering and testing experience in virtualized or on-prem environments. A skilled technician knowledgeable and experienced in infrastructure such as code environments, automating patches and system configurations, orchestrating network operations and DevOps pipelines, automating and orchestrating operations, scaling releases, and day-to-day system operations in commercial cloud and on-prem environments.

Key Responsibilities

Provide continuous development and continuous integration to include site reliability engineering and integration, release management, implementation & migration, and training & knowledge transfer
SRE Engineering and Integration: • Automate routine tasks and software updates, document, and maintain functional, integration, security, and load/stress testing procedure • Document and deliver an approach for automated acceptance testing, integration/regression testing, all new applications, and all new capabilities • Develop Ansible playbook design, role development, and testing, in non-production environments, as well as migration to production networks
Release Management: • Participate in the development of the release management process, procedures, and policies • Establish, manage, update, and maintain the overall Release Management Plan and Release Schedule • Conduct site surveys, as necessary, to assess existing equipment and software being used to validate release package requirements and dependencies
Training & Knowledge Transfer • Develop, document, and maintain work instruction materials for related Automation and Orchestration processes • Provide training when substantive technological changes are introduced Certifications: None
Must obtain IAT II compliant certification within 90 days
Skillset:
Ansible, CI/CD, Jenkins
Windows experience
Python (Preferred) or PowerShell Scripting Required Qualifications: • BS and 1-2 years of hands-on site engineering automation • Ability to get a IAT Level II Baseline Certification (e.g.

CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC,
Security+ CE, CND, SSCP) in the first 3 months of employment • Able to qualify for a Secret Clearance • Must be a US Citizen • Ansible knowledge and experience with windows necessary • Must be able to support program execution in classified environments and access SIPRNet from an NMCI location on short notice (local travel). • Experience with automated script design, coding, debugging, and maintenance skills • Experience in CI/CD toolsets (e.g.

Jenkins, GitLab, etc.)Familiarity with agile development methodologies • Skilled and disciplined to work with a distributed team • Ability to work in a highly collaborative, forward thinking, and innovation-driven environment • Basic understanding Azure DevOps workflows, projects, custom configurations Experience in automating tasks with scripting languages like PowerShell, or Python Preferred Qualifications:
A highly qualified candidate will also have: • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation for automating test environments.

ITILv4, Scrum Master, or Agile SAFe certification(s) or applicable experience