Linux Software Automation Engineer

3 days ago

Reston, Virginia, United States Leidos Full time
Job Summary:

Leidos CIO Services is seeking a highly skilled Linux Software Engineer with expertise in developing, deploying, and maintaining automated solutions across on-premises and cloud-hosted environments. This role focuses on automation development, leveraging scripting to standardize and streamline IT operations.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop, deploy, and maintain automation solutions to streamline and standardize IT operations, focusing on scripting and tool-based automation.
  • Assist in leading and managing technical projects or processes related to automation and system performance within the team, ensuring timely execution and success.
  • Work independently on moderately complex assignments and projects, while collaborating with other technical staff to resolve issues or assist with tasks.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve errors, performance problems, and connectivity issues across servers, networks, and databases.
  • Develop and implement automation activities to monitor and maintain the health and performance of operating systems.
  • Automate the Provision, operation, and maintenance of Linux servers with a focus on reliability and security.
  • Use Ansible and Git to script and automate recurring technical tasks to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
  • Maintain and operate web server technologies, ensuring optimal performance and stability.
  • Collaborate with the DBA team to resolve database connectivity issues and troubleshoot web services with application development teams.
  • Coordinate with VMware and storage teams on resource allocation, including disk space, CPU, and memory requests.
  • Participate in agile team environments, working with Epics, features, and stories, while maintaining software applications and systems.
  • Document processes and solutions to support knowledge sharing within the team.
  • Provide on-call availability and support for mission-critical tasks, as needed.
  • Perform additional tasks as required to support team and business objectives.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of experience in administering, optimizing, and maintaining Linux OS Servers (RHEL, Ubuntu, etc.) with a focus on automation and scripting.
  • At least 1 year of experience in developing end-to-end coded/scripted solutions using modern programming languages such as Bash or Python for automation, configuration, orchestration, and maintenance of enterprise-level systems, applications, and services in multi-platform environments.
  • 1 year of experience working with Git and Ansible Tower for version control and automation.
  • Hands-on experience in software engineering, including code/script design, writing, testing, troubleshooting, optimizing, deploying, and documenting solutions.
  • Proficiency in applying software engineering best practices to scripting and automation, such as code generation, error handling, logging, remote execution, multi-threading, and reporting.
  • Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining automation solutions in secure processing environments, adhering to U.S. government information assurance and security standards (e.g., DISA Secure Technical Implementation Guidelines, or STIGs).
  • Ability to capture, analyze, and decompose stakeholder or product requirements to develop technically sound, compliant, and cost-effective solutions for production environments.
  • US citizenship is required and able to obtain security clearance as needed.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Strong understanding of the SDLC, including planning, designing, developing, testing, and maintaining software systems.
  • Knowledge of design patterns, system architecture, and principles like SOLID, DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself)
  • Experience with automated testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, PyTest, Selenium) for unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
  • Strong debugging skills to identify and resolve code issues.
  • Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Packer, and CI/CD pipelines to streamline software development and deployment processes.
  • Proficiency in using data-oriented and markup languages such as XML, JSON, and YAML for system configuration and data handling.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud for deploying, managing, and automating infrastructure in cloud environments.
  • Hands-on experience with source and version control systems such as Git or GitHub, ensuring efficient collaboration and code management.
  • Knowledge of containerization technologies and container management tools like Docker and Kubernetes to support scalable and portable software solutions.
  • Scripting experience using languages such as PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ruby, or Perl to automate administrative tasks and workflows.

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