As a SME Systems Engineer, a typical day will include the following duties/skills: Required Skills: - Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of Linux/Unix operating system maintenance and support and foundational AWS cloud exposure. - Demonstrate on the job experience upgrading, monitoring, troubleshooting and implementing both on premise and cloud technologies. - Core Hours: 10-3 - Pager duty may be required. - Support and troubleshoot web applications, this includes deployment of Tomcat applications using AWS and utilizing application and server logs to identify and resolve issues. - Demonstrated experience and support for applications hosted in an AWS cloud environment, including deployments, patches, security checks, and maintenance. - Upgrade and maintain operating systems and application software on LINUX (Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Scientific Linux). - Perform software installations and patching support. - Daily monitoring of the network, servers, cloud and applications to ensure full availability and optimum performance. Utilize software tools and logs to monitor network and system health. - Track and manage system certificates, privileged accounts, and database passwords. - Create and update documentation, including standard operating procedures, administrative instructions, After Action Reports for system outages, task status updates, and customer reports. - Support for system and data security requirements, and documented system artifacts required for security certification. - Experience with implementing and maintaining encryption technology (PKI authentication, Vormetric, and KMS). - Demonstrated experience with web services. Desired Skills & Experience: - Experience with building AWS infrastructure or migrating private on-premise solutions to cloud hosting environments. - Firm Relational Database understanding (Oracle, MySQL). - Working knowledge of CloudFormation, Terraform and Ansible. - Experience with scripting languages (Shell, Perl, and Python). - Experience with SysOps/DevOps. - Ability to perform cloud performance analysis and optimize distributed cloud systems. A candidate must be a US Citizen and requires an active/current TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.