Linux and Ansible Automation Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p>GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk. By taking a three-tiered, holistic approach for evaluating security posture and ecosystems, GuidePoint enables some of the nation’s top organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, to identify threats, optimize resources and integrate best-fit solutions that mitigate risk.</p></div><p><strong><u>About GuidePoint Security</u></strong></p> <p>GuidePoint Security is a leading cybersecurity solutions and services firm enabling federal government organizations to make smarter security decisions that minimize risk. With more than 800 vetted technology vendor partnerships and deep practitioner expertise across every major cybersecurity domain, GuidePoint serves more than half of the U.S. Government’s cabinet-level agencies across Civilian, DoD, and Intelligence Community segments, as well as Federal System Integrators and major defense prime contractors. We are growing our federal presales engineering team and looking for technically exceptional engineers who thrive at the intersection of federal mission and cybersecurity technology.</p> <p>As a Linux and Ansible Automation Engineer on our project, you’ll be on the ground floor of building something meaningful by developing automation frameworks, establishing best practices, and laying the foundation for scalable infrastructure in a mission-critical environment. You’ll provide the customer with insight into their Linux environments through automated monitoring, system hardening, configuration management, and performance optimization. You’ll work closely with mission partners and various stakeholders to understand their&nbsp;current&nbsp;pain points and translate them into automation solutions that reduce manual effort and operational risk. Your technical expertise will be vital as you identify where automation can make the biggest immediate impact while keeping an eye on long-term architecture. You’ll help your team better understand what&amp;#39;s possible by turning early wins into repeatable&nbsp;methodologies and communicating their value to leadership.</p> <p><strong>Requirements</strong></p> <ul> <li>MUST have TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a counter-intelligence polygraph.</li> <li>10+ years of&nbsp;experience&nbsp;administering Linux-based environments such as RedHat Enterprise Linux&nbsp;(RHEL)</li> <li>Experience&nbsp;managing configuration at scale using Ansible, including enforcing consistent system state across large inventories, detecting and correcting configuration drift, and writing idempotent playbooks</li> <li>Experience&nbsp;using Infrastructure as Code&nbsp;(IaC