Cloud Administrator - AI​/ML TS​/SCI w Poly Security Clearance

Position: Cloud Administrator - AI/ML TS./SCI w Poly with Security Clearance
About Peraton Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace.

The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit  to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure. About

The Role Are you passionate about building cutting-edge cloud solutions that support national security? Do you thrive in fast-paced, mission-driven environments? Peraton is seeking a talented and skilled Cloud Administrator to join our Cyber Intelligence team in Laurel, MD. As part of a collaborative, high-impact integrated product development team, you'll work on next-generation cyber and AI/ML capabilities hosted on large-scale compute clusters and AWS Cloud infrastructure.

This is your chance to help shape innovative services that make a real difference. Interested in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning? If so, this is the position for you. The Cloud Administrator provides support for implementation and troubleshooting and maintenance on large Hadoop/Cloud clusters. Competencies and

Skills:

• Experience with Large Language Models (LLM), Agentic AI, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

• Expertise in AWS Cloud Architecture design and development

• Agile development experience with source code management practices and tools

• Well-grounded in Linux fundamentals and knowledge in at least one scripting language (e.g. Python, Ruby, Perl, etc.)

• Knowledge of security and compliance best practices The Level Cloud Administrator shall possess the following capabilities:
* Shall have at least three (3) years of experience managing and monitoring large distributed systems (>1000 nodes)

* Shall have experience diagnosing and troubleshooting large scale cloud computing systems including familiarity with distributed systems for storage and retrieval of data e.g. Apache's Hadoop, Accumulo, CASSANDRA distributed databases, or SCALITY or SWIFT object stores.

* Shall have demonstrated ability to work within a pre-defined mission focused team structure, follow SOP's, communicate effectively, accept constructive feedback and receive technical guidance and advice from senior level technical resources.

* Shall have demonstrated a willingness to learn new technologies and leverage senior level resources to expand current technical foundation using team structure.
* Demonstrated ability to work independently on complex tasks, show a willingness to educate and train more junior technical resources.

* Shall have five (5) years of experience writing software scripts using scripting languages including Bash, Perl, or Python.

* Shall have seven (7) years of experience demonstrating a fundamental understanding and working knowledge of core components of the Linux operating system including the management of user and group accounts in LDAP configuration of DHCP, DNS, and TFTP.

* Shall have demonstrated experience with configuration management tools including Puppet and SALT

* Expert understanding of the end-to-end Linux PXE/Network provisioning process to include familiarity with Anaconda Kickstart configurations, RAID controller utilities, TFTP images, and disk detect scripts.

* Experience accessing and troubleshooting systems via remote utilities to perform hardware diagnosis and repair including VNC, serial over LAN interfaces, and IPMI, BIOS-level configuration.

* Understanding of overall corporate architecture as well as familiarity with open

SSL and Java keystore manipulation.

* Expert in troubleshooting commodity hardware platforms including previous experiences with SGI/HP hardware including SGI's J series.

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