System Administrator – SME, Cloud, Hybrid

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

📋 Description

• Manage and maintain Windows Server and Linux/UNIX operating systems across enterprise hardware and various physical data centers.

• Oversee VMware vCloud, vSphere, vCenter, Enterprise Plus, vROPS, Log Insight, and SCVMM environments.

• Optimize AWS environments, including EC2, S3, CloudFormation, and Application Migration Service.

• Offer guidance on cloud and cluster computing architectures while deploying advanced cloud computing and large-data analytics capabilities.

• Lead and facilitate workload migrations from on-premises infrastructure to AWS, Azure, and GCP.

• Document migration paths, create runbooks, and execute cutovers with minimal to no customer downtime.

• Manage NAS and SAN storage, enterprise backup software, Backup-to-Cloud replication, and disaster recovery solutions.

• Advise OCIO leadership and stakeholders on cloud and hybrid architectures, system and memory optimization, workload placement, and resource usage.

• Apply OS, hypervisor, and application security patches while ensuring DOI/USGS security compliance.

• Design and maintain monitoring dashboards using vROPS, Datadog, CloudWatch, or similar tools.

• Troubleshoot and resolve performance and availability issues across physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures.

• Utilize Kubernetes, Jenkins, Ansible, or similar tools to support modernization, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code deployments.

• Maintain architecture diagrams, configuration records, migration plans, and runbooks.

• Collaborate using Jira, Confluence, and Microsoft Teams.

• Act as a technical advisor and hands-on administrator supporting the USGS OCIO.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 10 years of professional experience, Master’s degree with 8 years, Associate’s degree with 12 years, or a high school diploma/equivalent with 14 years of professional experience.

• U.S. Citizenship is required.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

• All work must be performed within the United States.

• Extensive experience in systems administration across hybrid IT environments.

• Expertise in administering VMware vCenter, ESXi/vSphere, vROPS, and VMware Log Insight.

• Hands-on experience with AWS EC2, S3, CloudFormation, and workload migration tools.

• Proficient in administering Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 and Linux/UNIX environments, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, and Ubuntu.

• Experience managing NAS, SAN, and enterprise hardware platforms.

• Working knowledge of enterprise backup and replication solutions; experience designing or implementing Backup-to-Cloud and DR strategies.

• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, and GCP.

• Experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, PKI, and enterprise IAM.

• Ability to perform zero-downtime upgrades, migrations, and hardware decommissions.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills; capable of producing technical documentation and presenting to technical peers and senior leadership.

• Preferred: Master’s degree in a related technical field.

• Preferred certifications include AWS Certified Solutions Architect, VMware Certified Professional, Professional Scrum Master, AWS Certified AI Practitioner, and Google Generative AI credentials.

• Preferred experience with Kubernetes, Jenkins, Ansible, Datadog, Splunk, Elasticsearch, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Federal/USGS environments, Oracle databases on Linux, and team leadership.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for discretionary bonuses.

• Overtime eligibility, based on position.

• Shift differential eligibility, depending on position.