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# Platform Automation Engineer

- **Company:** Science Applications International Corporation
- **Location:** St. Louis, MO, United States (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Continuous Integration, Linux, DevOps, Github, Python (Programming Language), Scrum Methodology, Ansible, YAML, Esri GIS (Software), AWS Cdk, Scripting, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform, Devsecops, Docker, Jenkins, Static Application Security Testing, Dynamic Application Security Testing
- **Published:** August 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/d7c40c4c-f124-4532-8654-fbcd2703ca1e

## About the Role

* Active TS/SCI is required. Anyone without this clearance cannot considered for this role.
 * Willing and able to pass a polygraph.
 * 1+ years of DevOps/CI/CD or platform automation experience.
 * Hands-on experience with YAML pipelines.
 * Experience with Python or JavaScript scripting.
 * Experience with Ansible, AWS CDK, Terraform, or similar IaC tools.
 * Docker expertise; Linux familiarity.
 * Understanding of dependency management, artifact signing, and SBOM tools.
 * Exposure to AWS/Azure compute and storage services.
 * Bachelor's in CS, Engineering, DevOps, or equivalent experience.
 * Active or Current TS/SCI.

Desired Qualifications

 * Master's degree.
 * Experience with ESRI products
 * Release-engineering or automated operations experience.
 * Experience in SAST/DAST or container security scanning.
 * Kubernetes experience.
 * DevSecOps exposure.
 * Security+ certification.
 * Experience in Agile/Scrum.

## Description

SAIC is hiring a DevOps or CI/CD Engineer to support automated, secure, high-performance CI/CD pipelines for Esri technologies. You will design next-generation build and release infrastructure for cloud and on-prem environments., * Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, and Jenkins.

 * Architect Docker-based build and test environments.
 * Manage Python packaging workflows and complex Conda environments.
 * Administer build infrastructure: runners, nodes, registries.
 * Implement automated security scanning, SBOMs, and artifact compliance.
 * Develop monitoring frameworks for build performance and reliability.
 * Modernize legacy workflows into fully automated processes.
 * Oversee secure software supply chain practices.


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