Automation Engineer (Active)

- Oversee the entire systems infrastructure, including engineering, implementation, integration, and technical support services - Design, install, maintain, and administer systems comprising hardware, software, and various configurations - Proactively monitor overall system performance, identifying potential issues and optimizing configurations - Conduct root cause analysis for system failures and implement corrective actions - Collaborate with team members to establish and enhance processes and protocols - Develop sophisticated scripts in PowerShell and/or Python for enterprise system integration and operational data gathering - Transmit structured data to enterprise logging frameworks such as Splunk or Syslog - Leverage tools like Chef InSpec and Ansible for automating security, auditing, health checks, reporting, and compliance functions - Audit and rectify STIG findings using PowerShell, Python, Chef InSpec, and Ansible - Create answer files to automate responses to manual STIG checks and generate STIG Viewer checklists - Utilize Evaluate-STIG with answer files for automating audits and checklist creation for Windows and Linux hosts - Maintain required qualifications under the Cybersecurity Workforce framework for Privileged Access Administrator - Interface with APIs from enterprise systems including ACAS, Tenable Security Center, Splunk, and VMware NSX - Develop integrations that utilize REST APIs, JSON, XML, YAML, and other markup languages - Manipulate and transform data across Splunk, Python, and PowerShell using regular expressions - Apply XPath and JSONPath for querying structured data sources - Automate VMware tasks using VMware PowerCLI - Facilitate Linux administrative tasks automation through Ansible - Implement Windows administrative tasks automation via PowerShell - Demonstrate knowledge of containerization and container platforms like Docker - Exhibit an understanding of SSL/TLS certificates, mutual authentication, public/private key architecture, and PKI concepts - Utilize object-oriented programming principles in PowerShell and Python for automation - Contribute to continuous monitoring and enterprise visibility through custom dashboards and queries in Splunk