What are the responsibilities and job description for the Automation Engineer position at SAIC?
Job ID 2613237
Location Arlington, VA, US
Date Posted 2026-06-03
Category Software
Subcategory DevSecOps
Schedule Full-Time
Shift Day Job
Travel No
Minimum Clearance Required Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain None
Potential for Remote Work ORA_HYBRID
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.
This role requires 1 day each week onsite in Rosslyn, VA.
Key Responsibilities
Required Education & Experience
Location Arlington, VA, US
Date Posted 2026-06-03
Category Software
Subcategory DevSecOps
Schedule Full-Time
Shift Day Job
Travel No
Minimum Clearance Required Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain None
Potential for Remote Work ORA_HYBRID
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.
This role requires 1 day each week onsite in Rosslyn, VA.
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.
Required Education & Experience
- Bachelors and 5 years or more experience; Masters and 3 years; may accept additional experience in lieu of degree.
- Experience developing, maintaining, and supporting CI/CD pipelines and automation in both cloud (GitLab, AWS, EKS, Terraform, Docker) and on-prem (Jenkins, OpenShift, Ansible) contexts.
- US Citizenship.
- Active secret clearance.