Senior Cloud – Systems Administrator

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and oversee AWS infrastructure across multiple accounts and environments.

• Create and execute system solutions that fulfill both mission and enterprise requirements.

• Install, configure, deploy, and sustain servers and software on both Windows and Linux platforms.

• Monitor system performance, diagnose issues, and ensure continuous operational integrity.

• Maintain a secure and efficient cloud-hosted infrastructure while adhering to best practices.

• Lead system upgrades, IAVA patching, and ensure STIG compliance.

• Resolve outages and performance challenges across computing, networking, and storage solutions.

• Implement disaster recovery, backup automation, failover, and resilience strategies across multiple regions.

• Manage identity and access controls, firewalls, and backup policies.

• Develop and sustain technical documentation, runbooks, and policy guides.

• Collaborate within a SAFe Agile delivery model with application, data, and security teams.

• Support IaaS, IaC, networking, and security engineering initiatives.

• Ensure systems comply with contract specifications regarding performance, availability, and security.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen with an active Secret Clearance.

• Demonstrated experience as a System Administrator, Network Administrator, or in a similar infrastructure role.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for interaction with cross-functional teams.

• Practical experience with servers, LAN/WAN networking, and patch management in virtual/cloud environments.

• Ability to interpret, clarify, and document solution requirements effectively.

• Self-motivated individual capable of working independently with minimal oversight.

• Proficient in working with Windows and Linux operating systems.

• Experience at the production level with Kubernetes/EKS and containerization (Docker/containerd, image building).

• Expertise in Active Directory and identity federation integration.

• Over 7 years of relevant experience.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent professional experience is required.

• Security+ Certification is necessary.

• Familiarity with Git, Jenkins CI/CD, Terraform, and Docker.

• Experience with STIG compliance and security patching.

• Knowledge of AWS environments and cloud-native services.

• Scripting experience in Shell, Perl, PowerShell, and familiarity with automation technologies.

• Strong capabilities in Terraform (modules, state management, reusable IaC) and Ansible.

• Experience with observability and logging tools such as Splunk and CloudWatch.

🏝️ Benefits

• Healthcare

• Wellness programs

• Financial benefits

• Retirement plans

• Family support services

• Opportunities for continuing education

• Generous time-off benefits