DevOps Engineer (Ansible)

Veteran-Owned Firm Seeking a DevOps Engineer (Ansible & S-NET) with TS/SCI for a role in Annapolis Junction, MD

My name is Stephen Hrutka. I lead a Veteran-Owned management consulting firm in Washington, DC. We specialize in Technical and Cleared Recruiting for the Department of Defense (DoD), the Intelligence Community (IC), and other advanced defense agencies.

At HRUCKUS, we support fellow Veteran-Owned businesses by helping them recruit for positions across organizations such as the VA, SBA, HHS, DARPA, and other leading-edge R&D-focused defense agencies.

We seek to fill a DevOps Engineer (Ansible & S-NET) position in Annapolis Junction, MD.

The ideal candidate must hold an active TS/SCI clearance and have 5-8 years of experience with a BS/BA, 3-5 years with an MS/MA, or 0-2 years with a PhD. Experience in software engineering and integration of Commercial Off-the-Shelf software products is required, as is a current DoD 8570.1-M IAT Level III certification.

If you’re interested, I'll gladly provide more details about the role and discuss your qualifications further.

Thanks,

Stephen M Hrutka

Principal Consultant

HRUCKUS LLC

Executive Summary: HRUCKUS seeks a DevOps Engineer (Ansible & S-NET) for a role supporting the Department of the Navy in Annapolis Junction, MD.

Position Description: The DevOps Engineer, with a strong specialization in Ansible, will automate infrastructure and application management, leveraging Ansible to streamline configuration management, deployment, and orchestration processes. Work closely with cross-functional teams to enhance the infrastructure's scalability, security, and performance.

Position Job Duties:

• While your primary focus will be on Ansible, we also expect a solid understanding of Terraform to assist in provisioning and managing cloud resources. Your expertise in both automation tools will help drive infrastructure-as-code practices, enabling seamless, reliable, and scalable operations across our systems
• Develop and manage Ansible playbooks, modules, and configurations for both Unix and Windows environments
• Utilize Ansible's agentless configuration management approach to automate infrastructure provisioning and software deployment
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across development, testing, and production environments
• Administer and maintain Ansible infrastructure, providing SME-level support and ensuring best practices are followed
• Collaborate with the GITM engineering team to design and implement Ansible-based solutions for a distributed data center environment
• Automate business processes and software deployments using various frameworks and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, JavaScript)
• Implement and perform security testing and code reviews, and provide engineering solutions to mitigate vulnerabilities
• Use Ansible to handle post-Terraform provisioning tasks, such as configuring operating systems, installing software packages, and setting up application services after infrastructure resources are created
• Automate the configuration management of Terraform-provisioned infrastructure by integrating Ansible playbooks to enforce desired state configurations across cloud and on-prem environments
• Leverage Ansible for continuous configuration and compliance management, ensuring that Terraform-provisioned infrastructure stays aligned with security and operational policies over time

Position Qualifications:

• TS/SCI level clearance is required
• Requires 5-8 years with BS/BA, 3-5 years with a MS/MA, or 0-2 years with a PhD.
• Experience in software engineering and integration of Commercial Off-the-Shelf software products

Certification Requirement:

• Must have a current DoD 8570.1-M IAT Level III certification

Details:

• Job Title: DevOps Engineer (Ansible & S-NET)
• 3 Site Locations:
• Annapolis Junction, MD (Primary)
• JBAB (Depends on Responsibilities)
• Landover, MD (Future)
• Security Clearance Requirement: TS/SCI
• Assignment Type: Full-time
• Salary: Maximum annual salary of $140,000.