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(RMC) delivers innovative management and technology solutions to government and commercial clients. We are seeking a Senior Ansible & Linux Automation Engineer to support Navy clients in the Carderock area of Bethesda, Maryland.\nThis is a 100% on-site position for an automation-focused engineer with strong Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) experience. The selected candidate will build, secure, and sustain automation capabilities supporting enterprise Linux operations, patching, configuration management, compliance, and vulnerability remediation.\nKey Responsibilities\nDeploy, upgrade, administer, and optimize Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.x, including Automation Controller, Private Automation Hub, Execution Environments, inventories, projects, credentials, job templates, workflows, and RBAC.\nDevelop, test, and maintain reusable Ansible playbooks, roles, collections, templates, and workflows for Linux provisioning, configuration management, patching, compliance, and operations.\nBuild and manage custom Execution Environments using ansible-builder.\nCreate and maintain custom Ansible Collections and standardized automation content.\nMigrate and modernize legacy Ansible Tower and AWX workflows to containerized AAP environments.\nIntegrate AAP with enterprise tools such as ServiceNow, Git/GitLab, Red Hat Satellite, Splunk, Dynatrace, vulnerability-management platforms, and monitoring tools.\nEstablish automation standards, governance, documentation, testing, and Git-based content-management practices.\nProvide Tier 3 engineering support for RHEL 8/9 systems across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.\nAutomate DISA STIG implementation, ACAS vulnerability remediation, patch management, system hardening, and configuration compliance.\nTroubleshoot complex Linux performance, configuration, service, security, networking, storage, and operating-system issues.\nDevelop Python and Bash scripts supporting systems automation, integrations, diagnostics, and reporting.\nRequirements\nActive Department of Defense Top Secret security clearance.\nMinimum 10 years of hands-on Linux system administration experience, including RHEL, CentOS, or comparable enterprise Linux platforms.\nMinimum 3 years of hands-on Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform experience.\nDemonstrated experience managing AAP Automation Controller, Private Automation Hub, Execution Environments, workflows, inventories, templates, projects, credentials, and RBAC.\nExperience developing complex Ansible playbooks, roles, custom Collections, and reusable automation content.\nExperience creating Execution Environments using ansible-builder.\nStrong Python and Bash scripting skills.\nExperience automating DISA STIG compliance, Linux hardening, ACAS remediation, and vulnerability-management activities.\nExperience supporting environments aligned to NIST SP 800-53 requirements.\nAssociate degree or higher in a technical or related field.\nRequired Certifications\nMust possess an active DoD IAT Level III baseline certification. Acceptable certifications include CASP+ CE, CISA, CISSP, Associate of CISSP, GCED, GCIH, or CCSP.\nMust possess a Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, or other container technologies.\nExperience automating AWS, Azure, AWS GovCloud, or similar cloud environments.\nStrong Git/GitLab knowledge, including version control, merge requests, code reviews, and CI/CD workflows.\nExperience with Red Hat Satellite and enterprise Linux patching or content-lifecycle management.\nExperience integrating AAP with ITSM, CMDB, monitoring, vulnerability-management, and security platforms.\nExperience supporting Navy, DoD, federal, or other highly regulated environments.\nBenefits\nAt RMC, we're committed to your career growth! RMC differentiates itself from other firms through its investment in our employees. We invest our resources to train, certify, educate, and build our employees. RMC can offer you a great place to work with a small company feel and give you the experience, tuition assistance, and certifications that will take your career to the next level. This includes a competitive paid vacation package with 11 paid federal holidays. We also offer high-quality, low-deductible healthcare plans, pet insurance, and a competitive 401K package.\nSalary at RMC is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, a candidate's specific combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific requirements. 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