Systems Administrator

VTG

$110K — $130K *
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance
  • Bachelor's degree and 11-15 years of relevant experience
  • Expertise in Linux-based operating systems
  • Strong skills in Bash scripting
  • Experience with the security accreditation process
  • Proficiency in Cloud/Amazon Web Services
  • Ability to support System Administration duties including on-call rotation
  • Familiarity with Elastic tools (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Beats)
  • Experience with cloud technologies and infrastructure-as-code concepts
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Detail-oriented mindset
  • Experience in Agile environments
  • Familiarity with DevOps CI/CD technologies (GitHub, Jenkins, Puppet, Docker, Rundeck)

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership in developing innovative products and services
  • Support enterprise software solutions development within AWS
  • Create innovative approaches and solutions based on past experiences
  • Perform security patching for systems
  • Support server operations in an AWS environment
  • Guide execution and provide engineering support to mission teams
  • Ensure mission-critical applications remain operational 24/7
  • Support a COTS service offering attribute data via LDAP interface to numerous Sponsor systems

Benefits

  • Work within a technical development program in a mission-critical environment
  • Opportunity to shape and lead cloud-native service architectures
  • Engagement in a rotating on-call schedule, generating valuable experience in real-time operational support
  • Involvement with diverse technologies and practices across software development and system engineering
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams, enhancing professional networking opportunities
Full Job Description
Overview

VTG is a seeking a System Administrator for a technical development program supporting the Sponsor's Attribute Services within the IDAM/ICAM space. As a System Administrator on this program, you will design, develop, implement, and maintain a Cloud-Native Service architecture that software development teams can leverage to use cloud capabilities. This role works directly with implementation teams to provide technical guidance and implementation priorities related to cloud implementation. This role requires supporting an on-call rotation to ensure mission critical services remain operational 24/7/365. Rotation is typically to be on-call 1 full calendar week every 2 months.

What will you do?

  • This role provides technical leadership and delivers an innovative product, service, or a combination of products and services that address a customer's specific requirements.
  • Support the development of enterprise software solutions within AWS.
  • Duties include developing innovative approaches and solutions, using non-quantitative tools and guidelines from past experience.
  • Security Patching
  • Support of Servers in an AWS environment
  • Provides execution guidance and practical engineering support to mission teams
  • Ensures the mission critical application remains operational 24/7
  • Supports a COTS service that provides attribute data via an LDAP interface to hundreds of various Sponsor systems

Do you have what it takes?

  • Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
  • BS degree and 11-15 years of relevant experience
  • Must be an expert in using Linux-based operating systems
  • Must have strong Bash skills
  • Must have experience with security accreditation process
  • Must have experience with the Cloud / Amazon Web Services
  • Must be able to support System Administration/Privileged Access duties including an on-call rotation for a week approximately every two months
  • Experience with Elastic tools (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Beats)
  • Experience in Cloud Technologies and infrastructure -as-code concepts
  • Understanding of aspects of architect and design enterprise cloud solutions and AWS
  • Excellent oral and written communications skills
  • Detail-oriented mindset
  • Experience interacting with cross functional project teams including Software Development, System Engineering/ Verification and Validation, Security, Compliance and Quality Assurance
  • Experience working in Agile environments
  • Experience working with DevOps CI/CD related technologies (Github, Jenkins, Puppet, Docker, Rundeck, etc.)
  • Experience with AWS Console, CLI, and manage services utilizing cloud services to build infrastructure as a code in an automated fashion
  • Ability to read and perform complex software and infrastructure deployment instructions

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