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SRE Automation Analyst – (w/ active Secret)
CRI*** · Norfolk, VA, United States
Norfolk, VA, United StatesFull time87,000-112,000 USD/yearlyOnsite
Remuneration
$87,000–$112,000; medical, dental, vision, and life insurance premium coverage; supplemental insurance; 401(k) matching; flexible time off and holidays; higher education and training reimbursement
Location
Norfolk, VA, United States
Visa sponsorship
Sponsors visa
Job summary
The SRE Automation Analyst identifies, designs, and supports automation solutions that improve operational efficiency, data quality, and service delivery in enterprise environments. The role translates stakeholder requirements into workflows, develops and maintains automations using PowerShell, Python, Power Automate, UiPath, and REST APIs, and supports CI/CD and configuration management. It also monitors performance, maintains dashboards and technical documentation, and applies approved AI capabilities while meeting cybersecurity and compliance requirements.
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance premium coverageSupplemental insurance401(k) matchingFlexible time off and holidaysHigher education and training reimbursement
Qualifications
- U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Secret Security Clearance or higher.
- Active IAT Level II-compliant certification, such as CompTIA Security+ CE or an accepted equivalent.
- Bachelor's degree in a related discipline or equivalent relevant professional experience.
- Experience in automation, process improvement, systems analysis, scripting, application support, IT operations, data analysis, or a related technical role.
- Working knowledge of PowerShell and/or Python and workflow automation concepts.
- Experience gathering requirements, analyzing manual processes, documenting business rules, defining acceptance criteria, and communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of REST APIs, JSON, authentication methods, Git-based source control, and basic CI/CD practices.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
- Familiarity with AI and LLM concepts, prompt design, output validation, and responsible use of AI-enabled tools.
Responsibilities
- Analyze business and technical processes to identify, document, and prioritize automation opportunities.
- Translate stakeholder requirements into use cases, functional requirements, acceptance criteria, process maps, and implementation plans.
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain automation workflows and scripts.
- Integrate automations with enterprise systems, data sources, ticketing platforms, cloud services, and APIs.
- Support configuration management, version control, automated testing, deployment, and change traceability.
- Use approved AI and LLM capabilities for classification, summarization, information extraction, workflow assistance, and decision support.
- Monitor automation performance and benefits, troubleshoot defects, perform root-cause analysis, and improve reliability.
- Develop metrics and dashboards and maintain SOPs, diagrams, test evidence, runbooks, and automation inventories.
- Coordinate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, application, data, and operations teams throughout the solution lifecycle.
Skills
AnsibleAzureAzure DevOpsBitbucketGitJenkinsPowerShellPythonRESTServiceNowSOPSSplunkSecrets Manager
Certifications
IAT Level II-compliant certification, such as CompTIA Security+ CE or an accepteMicrosoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104), preferred
Degrees
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Syste
Industry
Federal governmentDepartment of Defense
Security clearance
Active DoD Secret Security Clearance or higher
Relocation
No