ME00522-Cloud System Administrator 2

Job Summary

The ideal candidate will support a team that ensures day-to-day operations stability, provides customer support, and possesses technical and troubleshooting repair expertise. They will thrive in a fast-paced team environment, be self-motivated, and complete tasks with strong attention to detail.

Primary Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain cloud environments, including compute, storage, networking, and identity services
• Provision, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot cloud resources to ensure high availability and performance
• Implement and manage access controls, including IAM roles, RBAC, MFA, and privileged access management
• Support cloud security best practices, including patching, vulnerability remediation, logging, and incident response
• Maintain system documentation, configuration baselines, and change management processes
• Support backup, recovery, and continuity operations for cloud-hosted systems
• Cookordination with cybersecurity, network, and engineering teams to support system integration and modernization efforts

Required Qualifications

• Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph
• 7 years of experience RedHat/CentOS command line
• 7 years of experience Linux/Unix networking (nmap, tcpdump, firewalls)
• 7 years of experience RedHat/CentOS kickstart/provisioning (Setting it up)
• 2+ years of experience RedHat DNS Administration (DNS, hosts files, DHCP)
• Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• 8570 IAT Level I or higher (preferably Security+) is required and must be obtained prior to starting
• One of the following certifications are required:
• AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
• CDP Administrator - Private Cloud Base
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Possession of a Cloud Certification and 8570 certification is required and will be verified as part of the interview or offer process
• Strong background in troubleshooting operational issues in a Linux environment
• Additional knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, Hadoop and scripting experience such as python and bash

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Prometheus, JIRA, Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), Virtualization, Salt/ Ansible, Grafana, Openstack and AWS

Benefits

Exempt hourly position. 11 paid holidays, minimum of 3 weeks PTO, company sponsored group medical plan, company paid dental, vision, life insurance, and STD/LTD plans. Salary is dependent upon the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

Pay Range

The pay range for this role is: 150,000 - 205,000 USD per year (NBP)

Location

Annapolis Junction, MD