Sr. Cloud System Administrator - 176743 - 177146

About the role

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Cloud System Administrator responsible for overseeing the testing of products from development to operational deployment, working with Scrum Masters and developers through the requirements process and contributing to a robust, organized Backlog and streamlined Roadmap for the GEODS program. This role is fully onsite (5 days per week) in Springfield, VA.

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.
• Provide support for the escalation and communication of status to agency management and internal customers
• Deploy 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.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI level security clearance with CI Polygraph
• Ability to report and work on-site daily (this role is not remote)
• Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years experience, Associates degree plus 7 years experience, or a minimum of 8 years of experience in a related field
• Required Certifications: Cloud Certification, preferably AWS, OCI, or Google Cloud

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated proficiency with the 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
• Analyze logs and troubleshoot 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
• Provide support, improve and implement internal components and applications on top of multiple clusters

Pay

Annual salary of $150,000–$175,000 based on experience.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401(k)
• PTO
• Paid Holidays
• Sick leave as required by law

Schedule

Monday–Friday, 3:00 PM – 11:00 PM (fully onsite, 5 days per week).