Full Description

The SMX Space and Intelligence (S&I) Business Unit (BU) is on the ground floor across the future remote sensing ecosystem for all orbital regimes (LEO, MEO, HEO, and GEO). We build, integrate, and operationally support our customer's emerging space-ground systems to include real-time data processing frameworks, sensor data processing, and data visualization. We are teamed with the most passionate companies in industry, dedicated to bringing best-of-breed capabilities to address our customers most pressing needs. We have an immediate opportunity for an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Automation Engineer who is excited to apply their talents to our customer's challenging project and one who will thrive in a collaborative environment. The ideal candidate is a recognized professional with hands-on expertise and an excellent understanding of engineering processes supporting large, National Defense, Agile software development programs. Work will be performed in Colorado. Please apply to this role if you have interest in relocating to Colorado. Essential Duties & Responsibilities Design, implement, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions for IaaS environments Automate provisioning and configuration of compute, storage, networking, and virtualization resources Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and modules for infrastructure automation Support IaC workflows using tools such as Terraform or similar Integrate IaC automation into CI/CD pipelines to enable versioned, tested infrastructure changes Collaborate with network, systems, platform, and security teams to translate infrastructure requirements into code Enforce infrastructure standards, consistency, and best practices through automation Support infrastructure lifecycle activities including builds, upgrades, patches, and decommissioning Troubleshoot and remediate automation failures and infrastructure drift Develop and maintain documentation, runbooks, and automation standards Support security and compliance requirements in a regulated environment Participate in Agile planning, reviews, and retrospectives Perform other duties as assigned Required Skills & Experience Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience) 4+ years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering, automation, or DevOps roles Hands-on experience developing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code Strong experience with automation tools such as Ansible Experience working with Linux systems Experience scripting in Bash, Python, or similar languages Demonstrated ability to automate complex, multi-step infrastructure workflows Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills Strong verbal and written communication skills Detail-oriented and able to own work through completion Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance Ability to work on-site at the customer location Desired Skills & Experience Experience with Terraform or similar declarative IaC tools Experience automating virtualization platforms (VMware vSphere) Experience automating network and storage infrastructure Experience with cloud or hybrid environments (AWS, Azure, GovCloud) Familiarity with configuration drift detection and remediation Experience integrating IaC with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins) Experience working in government or secure environments Familiarity with Git-based workflows and infrastructure version control Experience writing reusable, modular automation code