Senior Red Hat Satellite & Ansible Engineer

Are you interested in using your skills to help shape the Cyber, Security, & Intel space?  If so, look no further. Amentum is seeking a Senior Red Hat Satellite & Ansible Engineer to join our team of passionate individuals in Warrenton, VA. In this role you will support challenging, mission-critical projects that make a direct impact on the Nation’s security and intelligence mission.

Your Impact:
 
The mission of the Lone Wolf program is to support, operate, and maintain the Distributed Continuity Integrated Network – Top Secret Enterprise Services (DCIN-TS ES) which is a DoD-provided, TS/SCI, integrated voice, video, and data, global communications network that facilitates collaboration among senior leaders and key staff. The Lone Wolf program boasts a professional workforce comprised of specialists throughout the Information Technology lifecycle and who contribute to a positive work environment.  

The Lone Wolf Team is Mission Focused, Customer Oriented, Process Guided, and Solutions Driven. Candidates interested in joining the team must be critical thinkers, have a strong work ethic, and be able to work independently or as a member of a team in a dynamic environment that supports a critical and rewarding mission. We value candidates who are detail-oriented while also being able to think and react quickly to emerging and unique problem sets. To be successful, you must be able to rapidly adapt and learn how to operate the front and back end of new products and processes. The Team is expected to grow and is looking for people who can apply disciplined processes and provide imaginative solutions that enable the adoption of innovation and emerging technologies that create opportunities for transformative change. 

Responsibilities:

The duties and responsibilities of the Senior Red Hat Satellite & Ansible Engineer include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Install and configure Red Hat Satellite services to support efficient system management, centralized patching, provisioning, and lifecycle maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments
• Integrate Red Hat Satellite with VMware and Nutanix platforms to streamline management of virtualized environments, enhance provisioning workflows, and ensure consistent configuration and compliance across hybrid infrastructure
• Deliver comprehensive baseline configurations of the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform by conducting detailed assessments of existing server configurations and performing necessary scaling adjustments
• Develop, configure, and tailor foundational playbooks, projects, and templates within the Ansible Automation Platform to support standardized automation practices, promote reusability, and align organizational requirements for infrastructure and application management
• Deploy fully provisioned environments—including complex SAP/HANA application landscapes—by leveraging automated workflows within the Ansible Automation Platform to ensure consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency across enterprise infrastructure
• Implement and manage Red Hat Ansible Tower to centralize and streamline automation workflows, providing role-based access, job scheduling, and enhanced reporting for Ansible automation activities
• Create and maintain Ansible Tower templates and workflows to improve team collaboration and support automated provisioning, configuration management, and compliance tasks
• Monitor and troubleshoot Ansible Tower environments, ensuring high availability and performance for critical automation processes

Requirements:

• Comprehensive understanding and practical knowledge of Red Hat patch management using Satellite Server, as well as ex