Senior Tools & Automation Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TS/SCI POLYGRAPH LEVEL IS REQUIRED

The Software Integration Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining custom tools, plugins, and integration services supporting the ecosystem—an enterprise deployment of the Atlassian product suite (including Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Bamboo). In this role, you will act as a core technical bridge, working closely with cross-functional stakeholders—including software developers, system administrators, project managers, and mission customers—to deliver seamless, reliable integrations that enhance developer productivity, automate governance, and streamline mission-critical workflows.

The annual base salary range for this role is $199,000-$235,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

, Required Skills

1. Atlassian Suite Administration Customization: Direct experience configuring, integrating, and tailoring Atlassian Data Center/Server tools (Jira Software/Service Management, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Bamboo) using custom fields, complex permission schemes, webhooks, and REST APIs.

2. Linux Systems Proficiency: Hands-on operational experience navigating the Linux command-line interface (CLI) to manage services, inspect process execution, monitor resource consumption, and inspect system/application logs.

3. Automation Scripting: Demonstrated proficiency writing, debugging, and maintaining automation scripts using Bash, Python, or Groovy (including ScriptRunner for Jira/Confluence).

4. Integration Diagnostics Troubleshooting: Proven capability isolating and resolving complex failures across software integrations, third-party plugins, REST endpoints, database connections, and application-tier performance bottlenecks.

5. System Validation Integration Testing: Experience designing and executing end-to-end integration test plans to verify functional reliability, data consistency, and system throughput under peak operational workloads.

Education:  Bachelor’s Degree in Data Analytics, Intelligence Studies, Computer Science, Finance/Economics, or a related discipline, PLUS 8+ years of specialized data analytics or financial intelligence experience OR  High School Diploma / GED , PLUS 13+ years of hands-on intelligence analysis, financial tracking, and data discovery experience in lieu of a degree.

, Desired Skills

1. Unix/Linux Application Sustainment: Practical experience providing tier-3 operational sustainment, patch management, and daemon management for enterprise mission applications hosted in Unix/Linux environments.

2. Customer Enablement Technical Training: Proven track record interacting with external stakeholders, authoring technical administration guides, and delivering training or onboarding sessions to operational user cadres.

3. CI/CD DevOps Pipeline Engineering: Familiarity designing and maintaining automated build, test, and release pipelines using Bamboo or Bitbucket Pipelines alongside artifact managers (e.g., Sonatype Nexus, JFrog Artifactory).

4. Database Query Performance Tuning: Working knowledge of relational databases supporting Atlassian platforms (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle), including query inspection and database health verification.

5. Infrastructure as Code Configuration Management: Experience with automated provisioning and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, or Puppet) to manage Atlassian instances at scale.

, About Nyla Technology Solutions

Nyla Technology Solutions delivers exceptional Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, and Software Engineering services for the U.S. Government. Nyla embraces a forward-thinking and bold approach at every turn,  earning us a solid reputation of technical trendsetters within the industry. We have a passion for developing solutions that have a quick and immediate impact on mission. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, our customers love how we tackle their most challenging problems and get things done.

If you have the unique experience and expertise we are seeking, along with the desire and determination to invest your time and energy as a part of Nyla’s team, 

Taking Care of All of You

Nyla provides a top-of-market compensation and benefits package. And through our unique Nyla FLEX program, we custom tailor these benefits to best fit your lifestyle. 

The Nyla FLEX benefit program is designed to offer you flexibility in the 3 biggest areas of your life: your pay, your leave, and your schedule. 

PAY - Nyla starts with 4 weeks of Annual Leave plus 11 holidays and an additional day of Annual Leave for each year you’re at the company. You have the flexibility to cash out your annual leave hours, opt out of other Nyla benefits, and/or arrange for additional hours on contract* (over 40 hrs/week). There’s even an option to earn 1.3 times your hourly rate once you work over 1880 hours on contract!

LEAVE - Want to spend more time with the family? Want more time to travel the world? You can BUY additional annual leave for a total of 6 weeks of annual leave. That’s up to 240 hours of leave plus 11 holidays! That’s not even including paid anniversary leave!

SCHEDULE - Does the traditional 40-hour workweek no longer fit your lifestyle? With Nyla FLEX, you have the freedom to scale down to 30-32 hours while still enjoying the top-notch Nyla benefits you know and love. It's flexibility that works for you without compromising the perks!

WHAT ABOUT OTHER BENEFITS?  Nyla’s health care (medical, dental, and vision) is 100% covered by the company. We provide 10% 401k matching - with full vesting day 1! Our Professional Development offers $5,000 per year to be used towards fees, tuition, or time off for your continued growth. We even have a student loan repayment program and we provide 8 hours of volunteering annually so you can support your community, making your world a better place.  

To learn more about Nyla's culture and our exceptional benefit packages click here.

Nyla is an equal opportunity employer.