Automation Engineer

$113,000 - $190,000/Yr

Frontier Technology - Colorado Springs, CO

Full-time - Mid Level

Colorado Springs, CO

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Automation Engineer at Frontier Technology Inc. is responsible for supporting the development, testing, and deployment of an advanced Enterprise Ground Services (EGS) program under the U.S. Space Force. This role requires a DoD Top Secret clearance and involves working collaboratively with a diverse program team to enhance software automation processes and improve operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Support the full lifecycle of software systems including development, testing, and deployment.
• Work directly with team members and Senior DevOps manager to test system integrity.
• Design, develop, test, and debug new features or enhancements to existing services.
• Design and implement build, deployment, and configuration management.
• Build and test automation tools for infrastructure as a service (IaaS) & Platform as a Service (PaaS).
• Provide technical guidance and educate team members and coworkers on development and operations.
• Brainstorm for new ideas and ways to improve development delivery.
• Document and design various processes; update existing processes.
• Consult with peers for feedback during testing stages.
• Manage CI and CD tools with the team.
• Automate software deployment processes by releasing incremental updates and developing automation tools.
• Improve communication and collaboration to enable rapid product development by serving as the liaison between the development and operations teams.
• Increase customer responsiveness and monitor application performance by anticipating and correcting operational issues before their occurrence.
• Create more stable operating environments by continuously improving the infrastructure to be easily deployable and scalable.
• Maintain advanced knowledge of agile methodology, development processes, and programming languages.
• Employ best industry practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Sciences, Engineering or related field required (Master's degree preferred).
• 5+ years of experience with Automation (DevOps Experience is a plus).
• Experience with Platform as a Service (PaaS).
• Experience with Windows, Linux, database SQL (MS SQL), CI/CD tools, scripting such as Python, Perl, Ruby, Scrum/Kanban/SAFe, Agile workflow methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with building and managing release systems, code merging and promotion, and CI/CD workflows and tools.
• Experience with CloudFormation, Chef, Puppet, Salt, or Ansible in production environments.
• Experience with revision control source code repositories (Git, SVN, Mercurial, Perforce).
• Experience working with and delivering using Agile practices.
• Monitoring experience with Splunk, Elk, Kibana, Grafana, etc.
• Previous experience with infrastructure development, or development and operations.
• Experience with development and automated testing.
• Good interpersonal skills and communication with all levels of management.
• Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently.
• Ability to work independently with a geographically dispersed team.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and possess an active Top Secret clearance.

Benefits

• Location-based compensation structure with a range of $113K- $190K based on qualifications and experience.