Sr. Cloud Systems Administrator

Amentum•Springfield, VA

10d•$150,000 - $180,000•Onsite

About The Position

Amentum is seeking a Senior System Administrator to support the Geospatial Enterprise Open Data Store (GEODS) contract in Springfield, Virginia. GEODS provides integration, design, development, and sustainment for data services supporting the Federal Government. The role supports mission-critical projects for the Nation’s security and intelligence mission and oversees testing of products from development through operational deployment. The administrator works with Scrum Masters and developers through requirements processes and contributes to an organized program backlog and streamlined roadmap. The position provides implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance support for cloud systems and related applications, operating systems, hardware, communications, and infrastructure. It includes deploying operating system and application software to cloud compute resources, monitoring system health, and supporting technology integration and system migrations. The role is on-site daily in Springfield and follows a Monday–Friday, 3 p.m.–11 p.m. schedule. A TS/SCI clearance with a CI-scope polygraph is required.

Requirements

TS/SCI security clearance with a polygraph; the posting specifies CI scope in the role description.
Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of related experience, an associate degree plus 7 years of related experience, or at least 8 years of experience in a related field.
Cloud certification; AWS, OCI, or Google Cloud certification is preferred.
Ability to report to and work on-site daily; the role is not remote.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated proficiency with the AWS C2S suite and services.
Experience administering and managing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Experience troubleshooting and providing AWS technical support to the NGA enterprise.
Senior-level experience administering Linux- and Windows-based systems, including patching, updates, and configuration management.
Experience with Active Directory and managing and maintaining Windows servers.
Experience analyzing logs and troubleshooting EC2 instances using SSH tools such as MobaXterm or PuTTY.
Experience creating IAM users, roles, and policies in response to user requests.
Experience writing JSON IAM/S3 policies to administer access to IAM roles and S3 objects.
Experience using ServiceNow, Jira, and Confluence.
Experience using LDAP to administer account creation and management on Linux servers.
Experience supporting, improving, and implementing internal components and applications across multiple clusters.

Responsibilities

Provide implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance support for cloud systems.
Isolate and resolve problems involving applications, operating systems, hardware, communications, and other infrastructure.
Prepare problem reports for appropriate leads, including Amazon/C2S and NGA-ESC.
Support escalation and communicate status to agency management and internal customers.
Deploy operating system and application software to cloud compute resources.
Troubleshoot, maintain the integrity of, and configure network components; implement operating-system enhancements to improve reliability and performance.
Integrate new technologies into new and existing systems, including transitions and migrations of corporate systems.
Monitor and report system health using dashboarding tools such as Elasticsearch Kibana and AWS CloudWatch.
Oversee testing of products from development through operational deployment.
Work with Scrum Masters and developers through requirements processes and contribute to the GEODS program backlog and roadmap.
Fulfill applicable safety, quality, procedure-compliance, and environmental responsibilities.