Information Systems Administrator, Journeyman

Duties & Responsibilities

Provide systems administration support which comprises a multitude of analysis, procedural competency, and process improvement strategies with increasing levels of responsibility.

Provide system configuration and daily operations.

Provide system optimization and resource utilization.

Monitoring and maintaining Amazon Web Services and Atlassian Toolsuite.

Required Qualifications

• US Citizenship.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, with 3 years’ experience of which must be in the DoW.
• OR, 7 years of directly related experience with proper certifications, 5 years’ experience of which must be in the DoW. This Includes, But Is Not Limited To Hands-on experience administering systems in AWS GovCloud or AWS commercial environments, including: EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, CloudTrail.
• Security group and network configuration.
• Backup, patching, and system hardening.
• Experience supporting GitLab (self-hosted or cloud), including: CI/CD pipeline configuration, Runner management, Repository access control.
• Strong understanding of Linux system administration (RHEL, Amazon Linux, or Ubuntu).
• Experience with infrastructure automation (CloudFormation, Terraform, or similar).
• Experience supporting secure software development environments and enforcing DoW cybersecurity controls.
• Cloud & DevSecOps Skills: Experience with AWS GovCloud, cross-account roles, and secure data flows. Familiarity with GitLab CI/CD security scanning, including SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, and container scanning. Experience with Docker and containerized application deployment. Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) or other orchestration platforms. Knowledge of Zero Trust principles and DoW cloud security requirements.
• Data & Integration Skills (GFM-DI Relevant): Experience with data validation, transformation, and standardization workflows. Familiarity with structured data formats (XML, JSON) and API-based data exchange. Understanding of authoritative data sources (ADS) and enterprise data pipelines.
• Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate. AWS Certified Sys Ops Administrator. Linux+ or RHCSA. GitLab Certified Associate. ITIL Foundation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience importing/exporting databases and data migration/conversion.
• Experience maintaining Atlassian and CI/CD tools: Jira, Jira Service Desk, Confluence, Bitbucket, Artifactory, Jenkins, Maven, MS Build, Gradle, SonarQube, Checkmarx, or equivalent.
• Experience with Scripting (Python, Script Runner, SIL).
• Experience with Agile methodologies and tools, e.g. Kanban.

Desired Qualifications

• CompTIA Security+.
• Experience in the AWS and/or Azure GovCloud (specifically Cloud One).

Schedule

(M-F; 8-5)

Work Location

Onsite

Relocation Assistance Available

No

Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract

No

Benefits

• ESOP participation.
• 401(k) match.
• medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts.
• EAP.
• education assistance.
• paid time off.
• holidays.