Enterprise System Administrator

Booz Allen Hamilton•Usa, CA

2d•Remote

About The Position

We are looking for a system administrator to support a Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO) mission for the United States Marine Corps. This role involves ensuring system availability, performing system administration, installation, troubleshooting, and configuration support for Enterprise Network defense sensors and scanners. You will work with various sensors, including network intrusion prevention/detection systems, network taps, and associated central management systems, contributing to critical DCO missions. As part of a contract team, you will apply expertise in security information tools and event management to identify problem areas, improve the mission-critical network, and maintain its security posture. You will provide client insight through monitoring and performance management, share expertise through leadership and mentoring, and identify opportunities to modernize the network to help clients achieve their goals. This role aims to improve warfighter effectiveness by resolving daily challenges.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in systems administration
Knowledge of Linux and Linux Commands
Knowledge of structured query languages, such as SQL and KQL
Knowledge of Confluent or Kafka navigation
Knowledge of SSL or TLS for data encryption
Knowledge of Java, including primary Kafka client library
Knowledge of Python for data pipelines and scripting
Knowledge of Go or Node.js for building lightweight streaming apps
Knowledge of data governance and schema management with Avro and JSON schema for data serialization and managing schema evolution in Confluent's Schema Registry
Knowledge of Kafka architecture, including brokers, topics, partitions, consumers, and producers
Knowledge of Kafka CLI tools for topic creation, data publishing, and message consumption
Knowledge of configuring and maintaining health of Confluent, Kafka, data or ingest flows, and supporting architecture
Ability to implement and monitor security measures for communication systems and networks
Ability to provide advice that systems and personnel adhere to established security standards and governmental requirements for security on these systems
Ability to perform defensive cyber operation duties, including ensuring server compliancy with Marine Corps IAVM and Tenable Security Center
Ability to develop and execute government-approved security policies, plans, and procedures
Ability to implement data network security measures
Ability to conduct IS security incident handling
Ability to support Continuity of Operations Plan or Disaster Recovery (COOP/DR) plans
Ability to perform certification of IS and networks
Ability to maintain monitoring procedures of hosts or systems
Ability to teach, coach, and mentor
Ability to build effective communications
Ability to perform weekly vulnerability audits
Ability to submit Plans of Action and Milestone (POA&M)
Ability to assist with patching for all DCO Division systems to maintain compliance with operational directives
Secret clearance is required

Nice To Haves

Experience with the Marine Corps Enterprise Network
Ability to brief senior government leadership
Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification
DoD 8570 CSSP Infrastructure Support Certification

Responsibilities

Conduct system administration, installation, troubleshooting, and configuration support for Enterprise Network defense sensors and scanners used to conduct cybersecurity services provider (CSSP) functions throughout the Enterprise Network.
Work with sensors, including network intrusion prevention or detection systems, network taps, and associated central management systems for technical CSSP functions, as well as other critical DCO missions.
Apply expertise on vital security information tools and event management skills as you identify problem areas and opportunities for improvement in a mission critical network and ensuring the security posture is maintained.
Provide client insight into their network through monitoring and performance management.
Share expertise through leadership and mentoring as you help the team work through challenges and develop new methodologies.
Identify new opportunities to modernize the network, so your clients achieve their goals.
Implement and monitor security measures for communication systems and networks.
Provide advice that systems and personnel adhere to established security standards and governmental requirements for security on these systems.
Perform defensive cyber operation duties, including ensuring server compliancy with Marine Corps IAVM and Tenable Security Center.
Develop and execute government-approved security policies, plans, and procedures.
Implement data network security measures.
Conduct IS security incident handling.
Support Continuity of Operations Plan or Disaster Recovery (COOP/DR) plans.
Perform certification of IS and networks.
Maintain monitoring procedures of hosts or systems.
Perform weekly vulnerability audits.
Submit Plans of Action and Milestone (POA&M).
Assist with patching for all DCO Division systems to maintain compliance with operational directives.