General Dynamics Information Technology
Posted 1d ago

Automation Developer

General Dynamics Information Technology
Arlington, Virginia, United States
$111k-$150k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Responsibilities
  • developing automation
  • maintaining playbooks
  • troubleshooting integrations
Requirements
  • Requires 5+ years of related professional experience
  • 2+ years with Linux
  • Scripting
  • Automation, or systems integration
  • Active DoD Secret clearance
  • Security+ CE or equivalent, and current technical certification
Technical tools mentioned
AnsibleBashGitLabIBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbusPythonLinuxREST APIsSNMPsyslogJSONYAMLTCP/IPVMware

Job description

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Secret

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Ansible (Software), Bash Scripts, GitLab, IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus, Python Automation

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Automation Developer

GDIT is seeking a motivated Automation Developer to support automation, event management, systems integration, and modernization within a mission critical Department of Defense infrastructure environment.

This position is ideal for a systems or infrastructure developer with a strong foundation in Linux, scripting, automation, or systems integration who wants to expand their expertise across enterprise monitoring, event management, network management, and infrastructure automation technologies.

The selected candidate will work alongside experienced engineers and develop expertise in IBM NetCool, Ansible, GitLab, systems integration, scripting, and automation across a broad portfolio of enterprise infrastructure applications.

How You Will Make an Impact

  • Develop Python, Bash, or other approved scripts to automate recurring infrastructure and application activities.
  • Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks supporting approved infrastructure and application administration.
  • Use GitLab or other approved source control tools to maintain automation code, configuration, documentation, and version history.
  • Identify manual processes that can be standardized, simplified, or automated.
  • Develop automated system and application health checks and validation processes.
  • Learn administration and operation of the IBM NetCool event management environment.
  • Support event ingestion, filtering, enrichment, correlation, prioritization, and escalation.
  • Support NetCool configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, upgrades, and event management improvements.
  • Support integration among infrastructure platforms using APIs, scripts, SNMP, syslog, structured data, and other approved interfaces.
  • Troubleshoot data flows and integrations between monitoring, event management, infrastructure management, and IT service management technologies.
  • Work with network monitoring and Linux administrators to automate recurring operational activities.
  • Support application upgrades, maintenance, configuration changes, vulnerability remediation, and troubleshooting.
  • Participate in root cause analysis involving multiple systems or technical interfaces.
  • Maintain architecture documentation, interface documentation, automation repositories, operating procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
  • Participate in cross training, business hours operational support, and scheduled on call support.

What you’ll need to succeed: (Required)

Experience 5+ years of professional experience in one or more of the following:

  • Systems administration
  • Infrastructure engineering
  • Infrastructure automation
  • DevOps
  • Systems integration
  • Enterprise application support
  • Network management
  • Monitoring or event management

At least 2 years of hands on experience with Linux, scripting, automation, or systems integration. Experience supporting production enterprise IT environments.

Technical Requirements:

Hands on experience with at least two of the following:

  • Python
  • Bash or Shell scripting
  • Ansible
  • Git or GitLab
  • Linux administration
  • REST APIs
  • Configuration management
  • Enterprise monitoring
  • Network management

Clearance

• Active DoD Secret clearance or higher at time of hire.

Cybersecurity Certification

• Current CompTIA Security+ CE or equivalent certification meeting applicable DoD cybersecurity workforce requirements.

Technical Certification

Current certification in automation, Linux, networking, DevOps, or enterprise infrastructure, such as:

  • RHCSA or RHCE
  • Red Hat Ansible certification
  • CCNA
  • GitLab certification
  • Linux Foundation certification
  • Equivalent infrastructure automation, Linux, networking, or systems engineering certification

Preferred Qualifications

  • IBM NetCool or another event management platform.
  • Ansible and GitLab.
  • Python development or scripting.
  • REST API integration.
  • SNMP, syslog, JSON, YAML, TCP/IP, and Linux.
  • Network monitoring or infrastructure management platforms.
  • VMware.
  • Classified, disconnected, or air gapped environments.
  • Infrastructure as code and configuration management concepts.

What Will Make You Successful

  • Strong interest in solving operational problems through automation.
  • Ability to understand relationships between applications, infrastructure, interfaces, and data flows.
  • Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
  • Ability to learn unfamiliar technologies.
  • Initiative to identify and implement improvements.
  • Ability to work across systems, networks, cybersecurity, monitoring, and application teams.
  • Willingness to document solutions and share knowledge.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

  • Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities.

  • Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals.

  • Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off.

  • Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace.

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

The likely salary range for this position is $110,500 - $149,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA Arlington

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

 

 


Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

 

 

About Our Work:

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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About General Dynamics Information Technology

Provider of enterprise IT services and defense solutions.

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