Sr. Cloud Systems Administrator

Kansas City National Security Campus•Kansas City, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Systems Administrator performs and oversees functions that ensure IT infrastructure is available, reliable, secure, and stable. The role applies advanced judgment and analysis to the evaluation, selection, installation, and maintenance of systems software and hardware; monitors systems; and serves as a focal point for support. The administrator plans for future infrastructure needs by setting and documenting direction for their area of responsibility. The position supports the Kansas City National Security Campus, managed and operated by Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies. The campus produces national security products and services for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. The role is listed as on-site in Kansas City, Missouri, with the ability to work remotely, hybrid, or on-site as directed by management and business needs. Travel may be required up to 10%.

Requirements

At least 5 years of systems administration experience.
0–2 years of project or technical consultant responsibility.
Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering, including at least 24 semester hours of computer-related courses, or two additional years of direct work experience.
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.
Ability to work remotely, hybrid, or on-site as directed by management and business needs.
U.S. citizenship.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy security clearance if required; the posting states applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level clearance.
Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of the job.

Nice To Haves

2–3 years of experience managing cloud-based solutions on AWS and other cloud platforms, including designing, deploying, monitoring, managing, and scaling resources.
Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI, Git, and Ansible.
Knowledge of cloud security best practices and compliance standards such as NIST, SOC 2, and ISO 27001.
Experience implementing IAM and role-based access controls, and working with EC2, S3, LZA, Lambda, and SaaS.
Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Morpheus, and CloudFormation.
Experience with Kubernetes, including OpenShift, ROSA, and EKS.
Advanced knowledge of operating systems such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Windows Server, servers, peripheral devices, and workstations.
Skill in scripting or programming languages such as PowerShell, Puppet, Perl, and Python to support database, web, and application administration.
Ability to mentor peers and identify training to improve the team’s technical capabilities.
Knowledge and experience with installation, configuration, and administration of enterprise web services, application servers, databases, clustering, backup and recovery systems, portals, firewalls, virtual private networks, terminal services, authentication and authorization, collaboration, and load balancing.

Responsibilities

Independently analyze, isolate, and diagnose complex problems; recommend remedial actions and implement resolutions.
Apply advanced technical methodologies to computing infrastructure, monitor operating efficiency, tune performance, and assist with capacity planning.
Review, evaluate, and recommend new or upgraded systems software packages and related hardware based on established standards.
Develop detailed implementation plans based on architectural plans and complete implementations.
Serve as technical lead on medium- to large-scale enterprise projects according to division standards and requirements.
Translate business requirements into technical architecture requirements and design scalable, robust, and manageable application architectures while balancing price and performance.
Work with vendors and escalate issues to ensure supporting operating systems comply with applications, including required patch levels, hot fixes, and revisions.
Implement application and database high-availability techniques and application/network security concepts.
Maintain regular and reliable attendance, work on-site and travel as needed, and perform additional duties as assigned.