Intermediate Cloud Database Administrator - Quantico, VA, Onsite

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99913 Intermediate Cloud Database Administrator

Yakshna Solutions, Inc ., (YSI) is a CMMI Level 3 assessed, ISO 9001, 20000:1, 27001 certified, woman-owned small business enterprises, headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, USA. YSI provides professional IT solutions and services to business corporations and government organizations. YSI is committed to serve its business communities as a leading IT vendor providing innovative, quality, and cost-effective IT business solutions and services.

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes the following: 401(k), health, dental, and vision insurance, Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, paid time off, training, and professional development assistance.

YSI is seeking an Intermediate Cloud Database Administrator

Key Responsibilities:

The Cloud Database Administrator shall augment the Client’s current cloud engineering and operations staff to provide systems engineering and administration support for Department of the Air Force applications hosted within the Cloud One (AWS Gov Cloud) environment.

This support encompasses support of cloud infrastructure, including the provisioning, configuration, and sustainment of Compute (EC2), Storage (S3/EBS), and Database (RDS) services.

• Assist with performing continuous security hardening (STIG’ing) of all operating systems, databases, and services, ensuring compliance with DoW Impact Levels 4/5/6 (IL5/IL6) requirements.
• Manage the deployment and maintenance of applications, utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Dev Sec Ops  pipelines and knowledge of Kubernetes where applicable, while maintaining up‑date system documentation and architecture diagrams.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• At least 3 years of specialized experience in cloud administration within Federal/Department of War (DoW) environments, with specific expertise in Gov Cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and/or VMware vSphere).
• Demonstrated proficiency in the following technical areas:
• Managing core AWS services: EC2 (Compute), S3 (Object Storage), VPC (Networking), RDS (Relational Database), and IAM (Identity & Access Management). Configuring Security Groups and NACLs to implement Zero Trust architectures. Familiarity with Cloud One shared services, boundary protections, and ingress/egress patterns.
• Applying DISA STIGs to Windows Server and RHEL/Linux distributions using Group Policy or…