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# Senior DevOps Automation Engineer

- **Company:** CYNET SYSTEMS INC.
- **Location:** Durham, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $156,000.0 - $166,400.0
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Bash Shell, Databases, System Configuration, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Linux, DevOps, IT Management, Python (Programming Language), Ansible, Service Pack, Software Engineering, YAML, Enterprise Software Applications, Git, Build Management, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation, Bitbucket, Teamcity, Terraform, Ansible Tower, Software Version Control, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** October 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/c4192126-4cd3-4940-ae2a-4f5b64ee3926

## About the Role

* 7+ years of experience with automating Linux OS and software patches and upgrades across multiple environments using automation tools like Ansible.
 * 3+ years of hands-on experience (including branching, merging, configuring, and administering) with BitBucket or GIT Source Code Management tools.
 * 7+ years of hands-on experience in automating build and deployment processes, including changes to databases, using tools like Ansible.
 * 7+ years of experience developing automation scripts, operational utilities, and workflow scripts using Python, Bash, or Shell.
 * 2+ years of experience building and packaging applications with Docker, as well as managing and scaling containerized workloads using Kubernetes.
 * 4+ years of experience in infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and environment management using Terraform and Ansible.
 * 2+ years of hands-on experience developing and managing CI/CD (DevOps) pipelines using tools like TeamCity, Jenkins, and Ansible.
 * 2+ years of strong knowledge and understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and infrastructure.

## Description

The organization requires the assistance of a Senior Automation Engineer to help automate and improve the build, deployment, and operation of enterprise applications. The primary role is to lead automation efforts for infrastructure provisioning, build, and deployment activities, requiring a solid understanding of AWS infrastructure and the software release lifecycle.

The primary role is to lead automation efforts for infrastructure provisioning, build, and deployment activities. The successful candidate must demonstrate a solid understanding of AWS infrastructure and the software release lifecycle.

The role involves creating and maintaining Ansible playbooks, troubleshooting automation issues, ensuring consistent and reliable deployments across environments, and collaborating with DevOps and application teams to enhance CI/CD workflows. Strong knowledge of Linux, Ansible Tower/AWX, YAML, automation best practices, and infrastructure-as-code principles is required. Experience with debugging deployments, validating configurations, and improving release reliability is preferred.

The position will work with IT management to improve the software engineering processes and practices associated with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) of application changes. The successful candidate will interact with architects, developers, the deployment team, and database administrators to ensure the automation of various tasks.

This position is required to be on call for evenings and weekends as required to meet business needs.