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# Senior Automation Platform Engineer / DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** Spectraforce
- **Location:** Reston, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Software Vulnerability Management, Microsoft Power Automate, GitHub Copilot, Office365, Appian, Generative AI, Gitlab, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform, Blue Prism, Jenkins, Servicenow, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** August 7, 2026
- **Apply:** http://leoforce.us/Careers/Spectraforce/JobDetails.html?jobid=1a526d21-1a1b-4787-8f12-ab7c62cac836&OrgId=1&UserId=6236

## About the Role

Experience supporting critical production platforms required.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills preferred.
Experience with AI-assisted engineering, automation, compliance processes, and vulnerability management preferred.
Ability to support federated teams and multiple technology platforms.

## Description

* Blue Prism RPA platform administration and support.
 * AWS infrastructure operations including EC2, EFS, FSx, Lambda and associated services.
 * GitLab, Jenkins, Terraform, and UCD CI/CD platform support.
 * Incident, problem, and production support.
 * Release and change management activities.
 * Vulnerability assessment, remediation coordination, and compliance support.
 * AI-driven engineering initiatives using GitHub Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot.
 * Collaboration with federated teams across the organization.
 * Automation of operational and compliance processes.
 * Documentation, monitoring, governance, and platform reliability improvements.
 * Lead CI/CD modernization initiatives, including migration from Jenkins and UCD to GitLab and Terraform.
 * Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
 * Provide L2/L3 production support, incident management, problem management, and root cause analysis.
 * Manage releases, deployments, change requests, and ServiceNow workflows.
 * Drive AI-powered engineering initiatives using GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, and Generative AI.
 * Develop automation solutions for operational processes, compliance, governance, and operational excellence.
 * Support multiple federated application teams by providing platform services, standards, and best practices.
 * Collaborate with business, security, infrastructure, and development teams to deliver scalable solutions.

What are the top 3 skills required for this role?

 1. Appian Administration & Blue Prism RPA
 2. AWS Infrastructure Engineering
 3. GitLab / Jenkins / Terraform / UCD DevOps Engineering

Certifications Required: Appian or Blue Prism Certifications AWS Certifications


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