Cloud Ops System Administrator Jr

Position Title:

Cloud Ops System Administrator Jr

Location:

On-site, National Capital Region

Position Type:
Full-Time

Position Summary:

Cintel is looking for a Jr. Cloud Ops / Sys Admin (AWS / Windows) to join our team to support the FM&C infrastructure team assisting multiple ASA-FM&C cloud systems involving Microsoft, Linux, and various cloud native services hosted in AWS.

• Responsible for creating, maintaining, and monitoring AWS accounts in the cARMY environment.
• Provides cloud and administrative support to system implementation teams and coordinates higher level changes across cARMY teams.
• Provide consistent and reliable cloud ops support.
• Support system deployments to multiple environments (DEV, TEST, PROD, and more).
• Terraform or Cloud Formation scripts to manage cloud infrastructure for each system.
• TTP (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures) Documentation for work in cARMY Confluence.
• Maintains high level architecture diagrams and documentation for systems in cARMY.
• Tracks infrastructure change requests for FM&C cloud systems in cARMY Jira.
• Maintain and troubleshoot Windows 2019 cloud hosted servers.
• User account configuration, management & provisioning.
• Test and deploy software, patches, and firmware updates.
• Provide the day-to-day system administration to include system and resource optimization, and user assistance.
• Manage the daily activities of configuration and operation of systems and perform system capacity analysis and planning.
• Work with Cybersecurity team to document and maintain security requirements.
• System dashboards to visualize system health and performance using Cloud Watch Logs.

• 2+ years Amazon Web Services (AWS) proficiency: ECS (Fargate) or EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, State Machines / Step Functions, Event Bridge, Cloud Watch, IAM, Developer Tools (Code Commit, Code Build, Code Deploy, Code Pipeline).
• 2+ years’ experience with containerization and orchestration:
  Docker, Kubernetes.
• 2+ years’ experience creating/maintaining CI/CD pipelines:
  Building, Testing, and Deploying.
• 2+ years’ experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code):
  Terraform.
• Experience with implementing STIG and patching on various operating systems.
• Experience with Windows and Linux Operating Systems.
• Experience with deploying / maintaining Microsoft based applications (.NET, IIS, SQL Server).
• Understanding of various authentication methods: PKI, OAuth, LDAP, SAML, etc.
• Understanding of TLS/SSL including PKI Certificates (CAC, PIV, etc).
• Currently possesses or can obtain required certifications within 2 months of employment:
  CompTIA Security+ and CompTIA Linux+ (or other approved Computing Environment certification).
• Experience with Agile projects and development including Agile tools such as JIRA.
• Proficiency with Windows Operating Systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently (as if on an island) with clients, but also be a consummate team player.
• Active SECRET clearance.
• Must live in the National Capital Region to support SIPR when required.

• Knowledge/expertise in DOD Cybersecurity Policy DoDI 8500.01.
• Familiarity with DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) information security requirements, standards, and best practices.
• Experience deploying applications in DoD or other accredited federal environments that require IA certification and accreditation to deploy.
• Experience with securing sensitive data (including security marking standards such as DoD Banner Lines or ISM).
• Ability to rapidly code proof of concepts to help with analysis of alternatives (should be a person who can code in mixed environments) and prove out ideas.
• Experience deploying/maintaining some or all the following application types:
  Angular, Node.js, Java (Spring Boot).
• Understanding of high availability and scalability techniques at the app, API, and data tiers including concepts such as sharding.
• Experience with an API Gateway (such as Kong, Tyk, Apigee, etc).

• Engineers, Analysts, and Developers at Cintel, Inc. are highly motivated, technical, and self‑organized. We place a lot of trust in our team members to develop technical solutions for ill‑defined…