Lead Automation Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the target-state architecture for automation.

• Create and document design decisions that bring the target-state architecture to life.

• Facilitate architecture reviews throughout the portfolio.

• Conduct process analysis to discover and prioritize automation opportunities.

• Ensure that automation solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and in line with business strategy.

• Provide mentorship to architects and engineers.

• Lead design sessions that involve cross-functional teams.

• Articulate architectural direction to both technical and executive audiences.

• Establish and uphold automation architecture standards, patterns, and technology roadmaps that align with business and mission goals.

• Oversee the architecture, design, and implementation of secure automation solutions in Federal Financial settings, including air-gapped infrastructure and AWS GovCloud.

• Develop and implement Infrastructure as Code strategies utilizing Ansible, Ansible Tower/AWX, and relevant automation technologies.

• Design and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.

• Record essential decisions, trade-offs, dependencies, and implementation standards.

• Evaluate infrastructure and operational processes to pinpoint, prioritize, and create a roadmap for automation opportunities.

• Design automation processes for server provisioning, configuration, patching, lifecycle management, and decommissioning across RHEL and Windows Server environments.

⛳️ Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is mandatory.

• Capability to obtain and maintain the necessary Public Trust level clearance.

• Bachelor’s Degree with 12 years of experience, or a High School diploma or equivalent with 16 years of experience.

• Over 12 years of experience in building and automating secure infrastructure for Federal Financial programs.

• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Ansible.

• Experience in CI/CD pipeline engineering using Jenkins.

• Familiarity with continuous monitoring utilizing Splunk for RHEL and Windows Server systems in air-gapped and AWS GovCloud environments.

• Proficiency with Ansible, Ansible Tower, or AWX.

• Documented experience in Linux and Windows server administration.

• Experience in automating decommissioning and provisioning workflows.

• Must be willing to undergo a pre-employment credit check as required by the customer.

• Experience with ServiceNow and ARIA is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Discretionary bonuses may be available in addition to base salary.

• Overtime opportunities may be available depending on the position.

• Shift differentials may be applicable depending on the position.