Cloud System Administrator

Purpose and Impact

Amentum is seeking a Senior System Administrator to join their team in Springfield, VA. This role supports challenging, mission-critical projects that enhance the Nation's security and intelligence mission.

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of cloud systems
• Isolate and resolve problems involving the applications, operating system, hardware, communications, other infrastructure, or any combination as needed
• Prepare problem reports to appropriate leads like Amazon/C2S, NGA-ESC, etc.
• Support the escalation and communication of status to agency management and internal customers
• Deploys operating system and application software to cloud compute resources
• Isolate and resolve hardware and software problems involving the applications, operating system, hardware, communications infrastructure, or any combination of these
• Troubleshoot, maintain integrity and configure network components along with implementing operating systems enhancements to improve reliability and performance
• Integrate new technologies into new and existing systems including the transition and migration of corporate systems
• Monitor and report on system health using various dashboarding tools such as Elasticsearch Kibana, AWS Cloudwatch, etc.

Minimum Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• TS/SCI level security clearance with CI scope Polygraph
• Experience with AWS C2S suite and services
• Experience administering and managing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
• Troubleshooting and providing AWS technical support to the NGA enterprise
• Senior level experience managing and administering Linux/Windows based systems including patching, updates, and configuration management
• Experience with Active Directory and managing/maintaining Windows servers
• Analyzing logs and troubleshooting issues on EC2 instances by establishing SSH connections using tools such as MobaXterm or Putty
• Creating IAM users/roles/policies per user requests
• Writing JSON IAM/S3 policies to administer access to various IAM roles and S3 objects
• Experience using ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence, etc.
• Using LDAP to administer account creation & management on various Linux Servers
• Providing support, improving and implementing internal components and applications on top of multiple clusters

Compensation Details

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is US:$150,000 - $160,000. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

Benefits Overview

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retail retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax-saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance

Original Posting

This job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters.