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# Automation Engineer (Linux)

- **Company:** Inc. (dci)
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $175,000.0 - $280,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Backup Devices, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Computer Programming, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Transformation, Software Debugging, Linux, DevOps, Web Servers, Python (Programming Language), Log Analysis, Ansible, Scripting, Data Storage Technologies, Indexer, Containerization, Kubernetes, Hardware Infrastructure, Terraform, Operating System Security, Docker
- **Published:** July 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=969253d96b7ab4cc

## About the Role

5+ years of experience with the following:

 * Platform, Automation, and/or Infrastructure engineering
 * Linux engineering
 * Cloud administration

Proficient using the following languages for automation, scripting, and/or programming:

 * Python
 * Ansible
 * Bash/go (preferred)

Ability to troubleshoot server hardware failures

Applied knowledge in operating system security and hardening

Experience in patch/configuration management in enterprise production environments

Exposure to operation and configuration of database and web server technologies

Experience with automation frameworks

 * Specifically Ansible, to write scripts and automate security processes

Experience with Kubernetes (preferred)

Experience with Docker / Containerization / Container Orchestration (preferred)

DevOps and/or CI/CD pipeline experience (preferred), * Platform and/or infrastructure engineering: 5 years (Preferred)

 * Linux engineering: 5 years (Preferred)
 * cloud administration: 5 years (Preferred)
 * Python: 3 years (Preferred)
 * Ansible: 3 years (Preferred)
 * automation engineering: 3 years (Preferred)
 * Configuration management: 3 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

 * Full-Scope Polygraph Security Clearance (Preferred)

## Description

Serve as a Platform and Automation engineer for Linux system environments

Provide end-to-end ownership of complex Linux system environments

Work with teams to keep systems running smoothly and securely

Serve as the team's expert and owner for all things systems administration

 * You are the first line of defense against a variety of server threats

Monitor alerts, triage outages, and come up with plans to solve issues

Automate processes such as:

 * System provisioning
 * Log Parsing
 * Data Transformations
 * Operational workflows

Administer enterprise Linux servers including:

 * Operating system patching
 * Security hardening, monitoring, and troubleshooting

Administer AWS cloud accounts with Terraform

 * Troubleshoot and debug via the AWS Console and CLI

Handle data storage and indexing systems operations, including:

 * Monitoring, backup management, and upgrades

Configure and maintain web servers, including:

 * Monitoring and configuration management

Design, build, deploy, maintain, and secure platform infrastructure


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