Operations Engineer

Job Title: Operations Engineer, Department of Veterans Affairs Location: Remote The candidate must live in the Washington, DC metropolitan area (the SOW also permits Austin, TX) to attend in-person meetings as needed. Local travel to those meetings is not reimbursed. Clearance Required: Public Trust (VA background investigation, Tier 2 or Tier 4 per position risk designation) U.S. citizenship required per the SOW. Salary Range: $110,000-$115,000 Employment Type: Full-time Travel: Less than 5% (local meetings only; no TDY expected or funded) Position Overview: Our client seeks a mid-level Operations Engineer to support batch operations, system maintenance, troubleshooting, and automation for the VA iFAMS (Momentum) Operations & Maintenance program. This hands-on technical role keeps nightly and cyclical processing running, including payment disbursement and file processing. The engineer resolves escalated operational issues and automates repetitive work with Government-approved tools. Key qualifications and responsibilities include: - Strong SQL, Perl, Shell scripting, and Linux experience in a production operations environment. - Experience with Control-M or similar enterprise job schedulers (Autosys, Tidal, Tivoli): building, monitoring, and troubleshooting batch job streams. - Knowledge of payment disbursements, data validation, and file processing (inbound and outbound interface files, reconciliation, error handling). - Perform preventive, corrective, and adaptive maintenance and provide Tier 2/3 support for escalated incidents and problems. - Familiarity with GitHub, Jira, Agile methods, and automation tools. Preferred: - Java, Selenium, OpenShift, APIs, and RPA experience. - Experience supporting a federal financial or ERP system (Momentum, Oracle, SAP).