Systems Administrator - Expert

As required by our governmental client, this position requires being a US Citizen AND an active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph clearance.

About the role

The System Administrator – Expert provides critical support in designing, troubleshooting, and implementing secure systems and infrastructure. This role focuses on developing systems and ensuring systems comply with security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Ability to troubleshoot cloud (AWS) implementation issues.
• Solve software (Linux) issues and software development.
• Proven success working as a DevOps systems engineer and technical admin.
• Agile Methodology and continuous improvement mindset.
• GitHub experience and other source control systems.
• Strict adherence to security standards and organizational requirements.
• Willingness to mentor and train other engineers as well as seek to continually improve processes.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field preferred.
• Minimum of 11 years of experience in system engineering or related IT security roles.
• Hands-on experience working within AWS/Azure/cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience developing with Python, Ansible, Opentext NNMi, Cisco NSO.
• Strong DevOps focus and experience building and deploying infrastructure with cloud.
• Deployment technologies like Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.
• Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks.
• Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies.
• Capable of delivering on multiple competing priorities with little supervision.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401K
• Other possible benefits as provided

Benefits are subject to change with or without notice.

Pay

Estimated Starting Salary Range for Systems Administrator Expert: $170,000.00 - $210,000.00. Pay commensurate with experience.