SRE Automation Analyst (Active Secret)

Requirements:

• U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance or higher are required; the selected candidate must also complete the federal agencys background investigation and fingerprinting requirements.
• An active IAT Level II-compliant certification is required, such as CompTIA Security+ CE or an equivalent certification accepted for the position or contract.
• A bachelors degree in IT, computer science, information systems, engineering, data or business analytics, or a related field, 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; ability to read, modify, test, and troubleshoot scripts or automated workflows. Familiarity with Power Automate, UiPath, or similar platforms is beneficial.
• Experience gathering requirements, analyzing manual processes, documenting business rules and automation opportunities, defining acceptance criteria, and communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of systems integration and software delivery, including REST APIs, JSON, authentication, Git-based source control, and basic CI/CD practices.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and problem-solving abilities, including the capacity to manage competing priorities in a mission-critical environment.
• Familiarity with AI and large language models in technical or business workflows, including prompt design, output validation, and human review.
• Preferred: business intelligence or analytics experience, including dashboards, operational metrics, or reporting with Power BI and/or Splunk.
• Preferred: Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) certification and practical experience with Azure services, identity, monitoring, automation, or hybrid cloud environments.
• Preferred: experience with enterprise automation or RPA platforms, configuration-management, orchestration, CI/CD, and collaboration tools such as Power Automate, UiPath, Automation Anywhere, ServiceNow, Ansible, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Git, or Azure DevOps.
• Preferred: experience building reusable automation components, API integrations, scheduled or event-driven workflows, logging, alerting, exception handling, and automated recovery.
• Preferred: experience using enterprise-approved AI/LLM services and integrating AI into workflows through APIs, prompt templates, structured outputs, retrieval or grounding, and human review; familiarity with responsible AI, data handling, access controls, privacy, and output validation.
• Preferred: familiarity with STIGs, RMF, vulnerability management, cybersecurity controls, and compliance frameworks in DoD or regulated environments; experience in government settings with formal change, configuration, release, and audit requirements.
• Preferred: experience with SQL, data transformation, ETL/ELT, Agile/DevOps, or relevant automation, cloud, analytics, or platform certifications.

Responsibilities:

• Assess business and technical processes, document current and future workflows, and rank automation opportunities by value, feasibility, risk, and repeatability.
• Gather stakeholder needs and turn them into automation use cases, functional requirements, acceptance criteria, process maps, and implementation plans.
• Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain automation using scripting languages, workflow or orchestration platforms, APIs, and comparable technologies.
• Connect automation to enterprise systems, data sources, ticketing platforms, cloud services, and APIs using secure authentication, reusable components, structured data, and suitable exception handling.
• Support configuration-management and CI/CD practices for version control, automated testing, deployment, and change traceability.
• Apply approved AI and LLM capabilities to classification, summarization, information extraction, workflow assistance, and decision support, with appropriate human review and security controls.
• Track automation performance, failures, usage, and benefits; troubleshoot defects, identify root causes, and improve reliability, efficiency, and adoption.
• Create metrics and dashboards, maintain technical documentation and automation inventories, and coordinate across cybersecurity, infrastructure, application, data, and operations teams throughout the solution lifecycle.

Technologies:

• AI
• API
• Ansible
• Azure
• BitBucket
• Business Intelligence
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• ETL
• Git
• Support
• JSON
• Jenkins
• LLM
• Power BI
• PowerShell
• Python
• REST
• RPA
• SQL
• Security
• ServiceNow
• Splunk
• UiPath
• Copilot
• Flow
• Microsoft Power Platform

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We are Critical Solutions, and we are seeking an SRE Automation Analyst to support our federal customer. This is a full-time, 100% onsite position in Norfolk, Virginia. The stated salary range is $87,000–$112,000; actual compensation depends on factors including responsibilities, education, experience, skills, and certifications. Our benefits include full premium coverage for medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, supplemental insurance, 401(k) matching, flexible time off and holidays, higher education and training reimbursement, and additional benefits.

last updated 44 week of 2026