Controls Engineer designing and building automation systems at Tidal Vision. Collaborating on data - driven manufacturing with Ignition SCADA and PLC expertise.
About the role
- Seeking a Systems Engineer for Ansible Automation in Government/Defense operations. Architect and maintain enterprise-scale automation frameworks with a focus on compliance and security.
Responsibilities
- Architect and own enterprise-wide Ansible automation frameworks
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable playbooks and reusable role structures
- Establish best practices for configuration management, inventory structuring, and secrets handling
- Build modular, version-controlled automation aligned with infrastructure lifecycle management
- Integrate Ansible with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains
- Automate system provisioning, patching, hardening, and compliance validation
- Develop standardized automation for Linux and/or Windows environments
- Collaborate with Security, Infrastructure, and DevOps teams to ensure automation aligns with compliance frameworks (e.g., STIG, NIST, RMF)
- Troubleshoot and optimize automation workflows for performance and scalability
- Provide technical mentorship and governance around automation standards
- Maintain documentation, testing frameworks, and change control for automation assets
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of systems engineering or infrastructure automation experience
- Demonstrated experience architecting and owning Ansible automation frameworks
- Deep expertise in:
- Ansible playbook development
- Role-based architecture and modular design
- Inventory and variable structuring at scale
- Ansible Tower / AWX (or similar orchestration platforms)
- Strong understanding of:
- Linux system administration
- Infrastructure as Code principles
- Configuration management best practices
- Experience integrating Ansible into CI/CD pipelines
- Strong scripting experience (Python, Bash, or similar)
- Experience managing automation in large, multi-environment infrastructures (Dev/Test/Prod)
- Experience in security-focused or DoD-adjacent environments
- Familiarity with STIG hardening
- NIST 800-53 / RMF controls
- FedRAMP or IL-level environments
- Experience in containerized or cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GovCloud)
- Active or prior security clearance
- Experience automating patch management and vulnerability remediation workflows
- Familiarity with GitOps methodologies
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