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Automation Engineer

Advait

Washington, UShybrid$155k-$165k/yrPosted May 30, 2026

At a glance

Highlights

  • Hybrid remote in Washington DC
  • Active Secret clearance required
  • Cross‑team DevOps projects

Heads up

  • Active Secret clearance required

Why this role might suit you

The role offers a blend of cloud and on‑premise automation work, allowing an engineer to deepen expertise across CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure provisioning, and DevOps best practices while collaborating across multiple teams.

Skills

gitlabawseksterraformdockerjenkinsopenshiftansibleci-cd

About the role

Clearance Required: Active Secret or above

Job Description:We are seeking an Automation Engineer to work together across our DevOps teams, building broad expertise in infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and platform support. You’ll have a designated team home but will routinely participate in cross-team projects, training, and knowledge sharing, gaining hands-on exposure to a diverse set of tooling and environments.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and support CI/CD pipelines and automation in both cloud (GitLab, AWS, EKS, Terraform, Docker) and on-prem (Jenkins, OpenShift, Ansible) contexts.

Participate in infrastructure provisioning and application deployment automation across both environments.

Troubleshoot, document, and continuously improve deployment, monitoring, and security automation for all platforms.

Engage with both the cloud and on-prem teams, proactively learning primary and secondary stacks through onboarding, peer programming, and joint solutioning.

Share learnings and best practices across the DevOps organization to reduce silos and accelerate overall capability.

Pay: $155,000.00 - $165,000.00 per year

Security clearance:

Secret (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Washington, DC 20001

Compensation

This Test Automation Engineer role pays $155k-$165k/yr. Within typical range for test automation engineer roles in United States.

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