Sr. Systems Administrator

ZP Group•Springfield, VA

26d•$120,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a dedicated Sr. Systems Administrator to support a classified Data Lake Modernization Project in Springfield, VA. The chosen candidate will need to have the ability to be fully onsite. Senior level engineers with experience in implementation, high level troubleshooting skills, and experience maintaining cloud environments are encouraged to apply!

Requirements

Bachelors Degree
8+ years of alike Systems Engineering experience
TS/SCI with ability to obtain CI Poly
AWS or Azure Cloud Certification

Responsibilities

Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of cloud systems
Isolate and resolve problems involving the applications, operating system, hardware, communications, other infrastructure, or any combination as needed
Prepare problem reports to appropriate leads like Amazon/C2S, NGA-ESC, etc.
Provide support for the escalation and communication of status to agency management and internal customers
Installs/loads operating system and application software
Isolate and resolve hardware and software problems involving the applications, operating system, hardware, communications infrastructure, or any combination of these
Troubleshoot, maintain integrity and configure network components along with implementing operating systems enhancements to improve reliability and performance
Integrate new technologies into new and existing systems including the transition and migration of corporate systems
Monitor and report on system health using various dashboarding tolls such as Elasticsearch Kibana, AWS Cloudwatch, etc
Mentor others or serve as a team lead, guiding the day-to-day activities of team members.
Expertise experience in container platform infrastructure in AWS (EKS, ECS)
Clear understanding of container technologies and the tools/challenges around them.
Ability to code/script in Python
Senior level experience managing and administering Linux/Windows based systems.
Extensive AWS Cloud Formation knowledge (YAML and/or JSON) .
Systems monitoring experience (Elasticsearch preferred).