MUST BE A US CITIZEN WITH ABILITY TO OBTAIN DOD DOD SECRET CLEARANCE OR ABOVE
Position is 75% remote with 25%
Located in Maryland/DC Metro area
The Sr Automation Engineer will be part of a small team delivering “Platform” as a capability supporting the commercial C3.ai Platform for our partners and internal projects. Members of this team work independently on large-scale, distributed, fault-tolerant cloud-based systems in primarily Linux based environments. They provide Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to deploy Platform technologies such as Kubernetes and AWS EKS.
This role will include, but is not limited to tasks like the following:
• Create, implement, and manage Platform deployments
• Set up and maintain AWS environments.
• Work closely with C3.ai developers to ensure Platform meets their needs
• Provide expertise for operational management of monitoring and platform management
• Manage virtualized Linux and/or Windows (2013 and above) systems
• Develop and deliver configuration and deployment automation utilizing tools such as Terraform and Ansible for continuously improving the functionality, availability, and manageability of the Platform and associated services.
• Set up administrator and service accounts, maintain system documentation
• Works closely with developers in troubleshooting issues.
Required Skills:
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with a current DoD Secret Security clearance (or higher)
• 8+ years of experience in related fields or technologies to this job description
• Subject Matter Expertise in AWS and System Administration of Linux/Unix Operating System
• Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform and/or Ansible
• Experience developing automation solutions with competence in scripting languages for automating frequently executed activities.
• Strong experience working as part of a team collaborating on problem resolution.
• DoD 8570.01 IAT Level 2 (or higher) - Level 2 requires one or more of the following Professional Certifications: CCNA Security, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, SSCP
Desired Skills:
• Current DoD Top Secret clearance
• Experience in an Agile/DevOps/DevSecOps environment
• Experience with the installation and maintenance of multiple Kubernetes technologies such as Rancher, Tanzu, OpenShift and EKS
• Working knowledge cloud and on-premises networking and experience with relevant technologies such as Load Balancers/DNS/SSL/Firewalls/NAT/NTP