Cloud Administrator, TS​/SCI w​/Poly

Cloud Administrator, TS/SCI w/Poly

Job Location:

US-MD-Annapolis Junction

• Administer, configure, and maintain Linux-based operating systems, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Amazon Linux, while implementing and enforcing security controls and managing software and application configurations.
• Collaborate with Information System Security Officers (ISSOs) and Information System Security Engineers (ISSEs) to manage agency-mandated compliance requirements, support compliance workflows, and ensure adherence to security policies and standards.
• Maintain System Security Plan (SSP) compliance by configuring and managing vulnerability scans, monitoring and maintaining system logs, and implementing corrective actions and countermeasures to address identified vulnerabilities.
• Manage and maintain AWS cloud resources, including EC2, RDS, S3, and serverless infrastructure, while administering cloud policies and permissions to ensure security, performance, and compliance.
• Configure and support AWS networking components, including VPCs, network interfaces, API Gateways, and Route 53, while troubleshooting connectivity and infrastructure-related issues.
• Support and maintain cloud-native technologies, including AWS Step Functions, ECS, and Lambda, to enhance application deployment, orchestration, and automation.
• Implement and support enterprise authentication and authorization solutions using GATEKEEPER, CASPORT, PKI, and other agency-standard identity management technologies.
• Configure, administer, and troubleshoot supporting technologies and tools, including Nginx, Podman, OpenSSL, PostgreSQL clients, and the AWS CLI.
• Develop, maintain, and automate system administration tasks using configuration management tools such as Ansible and Puppet.
• Utilize Git for source code management, version control, and collaboration across development and infrastructure teams.
• Analyze, document, and troubleshoot data flows across multiple environments, including low-to-high data pipelines, while ensuring the integrity and secure movement of data between systems such as eVo and WandS.

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• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in system administration and monitoring of large, distributed computing environments. A bachelor's degree may be substituted for two (2) years of experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field is highly desired. A bachelor's degree may be substituted for two (2) years of experience, and a master's degree in a technical field may be substituted for four (4) years of experience.
• Experience administering and supporting large-scale distributed environments consisting of multiple clusters, clustering architectures spanning at least 10 equipment racks, and environments containing a minimum of 150 nodes per site.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience diagnosing and troubleshooting large-scale cloud computing environments, including distributed storage and data retrieval systems such as Hadoop, Cassandra, Scality, Swift, Gluster, Lustre, GPFS, Amazon Storage Services, or comparable big data or high-performance computing technologies.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience developing and maintaining software scripts using languages such as Bash, Perl, or Python.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience demonstrating a strong understanding of Linux operating systems, including user and group account management in LDAP and the configuration and administration of DHCP, DNS, and TFTP services.
• Demonstrated experience using configuration management tools such as Puppet and Salt.
• Expert-level knowledge of Linux PXE and network provisioning processes, including Anaconda Kickstart configurations, RAID controller utilities, TFTP images, and disk detection scripts.
• Experience accessing, diagnosing, and troubleshooting systems using remote administration tools, including VNC, Serial over LAN (SoL), IPMI, and BIOS-level configuration utilities.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles, including experience with OpenSSL and Java keystore management.
• Expert-level troubleshooting experience with commodity hardware platforms, including previous experience supporting SGI and HP hardware environments.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a mission-focused team environment while following established standard operating procedures (SOPs), communicating effectively, accepting constructive feedback, and…