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Application Administrator, Senior (Top Secret)

Praescient Analytics · Fairfax, VA · 1 mo ago
Information TechnologyFull-time

Location: Fairfax, VA

Clearance: Top Secret

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the role

Praescient Analytics is a leader in delivering advanced analytic, data engineering, and technology integration solutions in support of the Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community, and federal law enforcement. The mission is to empower analysts and decision‑makers through data‑driven insights, enabling faster and more effective mission outcomes.

We are seeking an experienced Application Administrator to support a Task Order with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). This individual will provide Tier 3 operational support for the OPIS application suite, ensuring system availability, performance, and reliability across a 24/7 production environment. U.S. Citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

  • Provide 24/7 Tier 3 application support, including incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
  • Deploy application patches, updates, and configuration changes in coordination with CI/CD pipelines.
  • Support user account management, access provisioning, and system configuration.
  • Monitor system performance and logs; respond to system alerts and outages.
  • Support production defect resolution and continuous improvement efforts.
  • Collaborate with development teams to support releases and validate deployments.
  • Maintain system documentation and operational procedures.

Required Qualifications

  • Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
  • CompTIA Security+ and A+ certifications.
  • 10+ years of experience in application administration or system operations.
  • Experience administering applications in AWS cloud environments.
  • Experience supporting Java‑based enterprise applications (Java EE).
  • Experience with relational databases (e.g., Oracle).
  • Experience with Linux/Windows server environments.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with FileNet or enterprise document management systems.
  • Experience with Spring Batch or batch processing frameworks.
  • Experience with AWS cloud environments.
  • Experience with monitoring/logging tools (e.g., Splunk, ELK, CloudWatch).
  • Experience with Active Directory, RBAC, and service account management.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab).
  • Hands‑on experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch.
  • Cloud‑based monitoring, logging, and alerting experience.
  • Experience supporting cloud‑hosted production systems with high availability requirements.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary based on qualifications and experience.
  • Company‑paid healthcare (premiums and deductibles).
  • 401(k) with company match.
  • Travel & performance incentives.
  • Three weeks paid time off plus Federal holidays.
  • $5,000 annual training allowance.
  • $500 book allowance.
  • Tuition reimbursement program.

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