SAP NS2 Senior Systems Administrator and Cloud Engineer
About The Position
As a hands-on technical contributor on a small, on-site security-focused team in Chantilly, Virginia, you will operate and maintain the cloud and software foundation supporting a standalone SAP solution for customers with demanding requirements. You will administer cloud infrastructure and operating systems and support compute, storage, networking, identity, backup, monitoring, patching, and configuration activities. You will contribute to architecture and design decisions, apply security and performance standards, and help maintain system availability, scalability, recoverability, and operational readiness. You will use monitoring, logging, and audit capabilities to assess system health, troubleshoot issues, and support incident resolution. You will also maintain architecture documentation, system configurations, maintenance procedures, troubleshooting guides, and operational runbooks. You will work closely with system administrators, SAP Basis, network, security, application-support, and customer teams to operate and maintain the environment, resolve incidents, implement approved changes, and support day-to-day service reliability. The position requires U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Requirements
- At least five years of hands-on experience administering and troubleshooting enterprise Linux environments.
- Experience with Linux installation and configuration, patching, package management, systems and kernel tuning, user and access management, storage and file systems, backup and recovery, and integration with enterprise identity services.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex performance, application, storage, and network issues.
- Experience with TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls, certificates, and high-availability clustering.
- Strong Bash, Python, or UNIX shell scripting experience.
- Experience automating system administration using tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform, or Ansible.
- Understanding of DISA STIGs, vulnerability remediation, least-privilege access, audit logging, incident response, and change management.
- Experience administering Linux workloads in AWS, including EC2, EBS, VPC, IAM, Systems Manager, AWS Backup, and CloudWatch.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
- Must meet applicable DoD 8140 qualification requirements within six months of hire.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree.
- SAP or other enterprise application experience.
- Relevant AWS, Linux, Red Hat, security, or systems administration certifications.
Responsibilities
- Operate and maintain the cloud and software foundation supporting a standalone SAP solution.
- Administer cloud infrastructure and operating systems, including compute, storage, networking, identity, backup, monitoring, patching, and configuration.
- Contribute to architecture and design decisions.
- Apply security and performance standards to maintain system availability, scalability, recoverability, and operational readiness.
- Use monitoring, logging, and audit capabilities to assess system health, troubleshoot issues, and support incident resolution.
- Maintain architecture documentation, system configurations, maintenance procedures, troubleshooting guides, and operational runbooks.
- Collaborate with system administrators, SAP Basis, network, security, application-support, and customer teams.
- Resolve incidents, implement approved changes, and support day-to-day service reliability.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
