3 months ago
Egg Harbor, NJ, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$70k - $126k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop Ansible playbooks, roles, plugins, callbacks, and inventory systems for system automation.
- Build Python tools and Bash or shell scripts for automation, orchestration, and deployment.
- Administer Linux systems across their full lifecycle from bare-metal provisioning through operational deployment.
- Build and manage containers and coordinate deployments across development, test, production, and lab environments.
- Manage infrastructure as code, configuration at scale, CI/CD, build automation, releases, and versioning.
- Configure networks, provision physical hardware, and manage VMware and KVM virtual machine lifecycles.
- Coordinate TFDM deployments at FAA airport locations and collaborate directly with FAA customers and field teams.
- Debug issues across multiple system layers, processor types, configurations, and deployment environments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
- At least 4 years of proven software engineering experience.
- Deep Ansible experience including playbooks, roles, custom plugins, callbacks, and inventory systems.
- Strong Python scripting, automation, and tool-development skills.
- Experience with complex Bash or shell scripting and Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration.
- Experience with container technology, infrastructure as code, configuration management, CI/CD, Git workflows, networking, hardware provisioning, virtualization, and package ecosystem management.
- Ability to work in mission-critical, multi-environment, multi-site, air-gapped, or classified infrastructures.
- Must meet government security investigation and classified-information access eligibility requirements.
- Highly desirable experience includes YAML templating, Ansible Vault, secrets management, custom Ansible plugin development, multi-site infrastructure coordination, and AI-assisted development.
Benefits
- Hybrid schedule requiring 3 days per week in the Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey office and 2 days remotely.
- Up to 50% travel to FAA airport locations across the United States, typically in 1–2 week trips.
- Opportunity to support deployment of the TFDM system across 89 airports and work directly with FAA customers and field teams.
About Leidos
Leidos builds and operates technology and engineering solutions for defense, intelligence, civil, and health agencies, including systems integration, cyber, enterprise IT, sensors, and healthcare IT. It primarily sells through government contracts and long-term programs, plus managed services and mission software. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos is a Fortune 500 public company on the NYSE; customers include U.S. defense and intelligence agencies and civil bodies such as the FAA.