Senior Systems Administrator

Leidos • Chantilly, VA

87d • $112,450 - $203,275

About The Position

Leidos is 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.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• BS degree and 12+ years of relevant experience, or additional experience in lieu of degree.
• Expert in using Linux-based operating systems.
• Strong Bash skills.
• Experience with security accreditation process.
• Experience with Cloud / Amazon Web Services.
• Ability 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 architecting and designing 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 managing services utilizing cloud services to build infrastructure as code in an automated fashion.
• Ability to read and perform complex software and infrastructure deployment instructions.

Nice To Haves

• Container-related certification.
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certification, demonstrating expertise in designing, building, and running applications on Kubernetes.
• Experience working with/handling Highly Sensitive Data.
• Experience with LDAP technologies.
• Minimum of one AWS Certification from the AWS Associate level (AWS Certified Architect Associate, AWS Certified Developer Associate, or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate).
• 3+ years of C2S experience.
• Experience with Cloud formation.
• Managing complex Sponsor relationships and requirements gathering.
• Experience with IAM / IdAM / ICAM delivery systems, Authentication, Authorization, and/or Attributes.
• Experience with Tomcat.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and deliver 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.
• Develop innovative approaches and solutions, using non-quantitative tools and guidelines from past experience.
• Support security patching of servers in an AWS environment.
• Provide execution guidance and practical engineering support to mission teams.
• Ensure the mission critical application remains operational 24/7.
• Support a COTS service that provides attribute data via an LDAP interface to hundreds of various Sponsor systems.

Benefits

• Pay Range $112,450.00 - $203,275.00

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree