Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a COTS Automation Engineer to support a major national laboratory. 

You will be design, develop, and implement automated systems and processes to improve efficiency, reliability, and performance for various Custom-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) applications. You will also support the IT Support and Application Administration duties of the team and help to customize COTS applications for users and programs.

• Bring COTS automation expertise to the team
• Participate as a developer on this Agile Scrum team
• Work collaboratively and efficiently with the team to deliver high-quality products
• Participate in Scrum events such as daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospective
• Write code and scripts for automation and customization of COTS applications
• Provide IT Support and Application Administration of COTS applications
• Create and maintain documentation

• Bachelor’s degree along with 1 year or more of relevant experience
• The ability to acquire and maintain a DOE Q level security clearance
• Must be US Citizen
• Willing to be on-site 3 days a week to meet mission deliverables and service level agreement requirements

Required Skills:

• Linux system administration experience
• Knowledge in Ansible configuration management
• Experience with Javascript
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Active DOE L or Q clearance
• Experience with Git source code management
• Familiar with DevSecOps and CI/CD practices
• Experience with COTS applications and their administration and deployment across various environmentso DOORS Next or Cameo/MagicDraw experienceo Custom report development experience
• Knowledge of OpenShift Deployment or Cloud technologies
• Prior knowledge of Agile project management tools, such as Jira