System Administrator

NiyamIT•Ashburn, VA

21d•Hybrid

About The Position

Niyam is seeking a System Administrator to join our team in support of our work with a federal client. We offer competitive compensation and benefits. This position is crucial for supporting the successful delivery of customer-defined systems, hardware refresh initiatives, and software projects, particularly those leveraging secure cloud technologies and designed to meet stringent government requirements This full-time position will be hybrid to Ashburn, VA.

Requirements

US Citizenship with ability to obtain a Public Trust.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
At least five years of experience providing system administration support for Windows and/or Linux Operating systems in cloud-based environments.
In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with a broad range of AWS services in a secure government context.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with very strong communication skills and work ethic; self-starter and highly proactive.
Thorough knowledge of server and system administration principles.

Nice To Haves

Local to Ashburn, VA and available to work onsite.
Technical Certifications.
Experience working with Linux and Windows operating systems in cloud-based infrastructures.

Responsibilities

Provide technical expertise in designing, implementing, and managing secure and compliant cloud-based solutions within a government or highly regulated environment, with strong emphasis on AWS GovCloud or equivalent secure cloud offerings.
Responsible for the support of a broad range of AWS services in a secure government context, including but not limited to: EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) within a secure VPC configuration S3 (Simple Storage Service) with appropriate encryption and access controls VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) design and management for segmented networks RDS (Relational Database Service) with robust security configurations IAM (Identity and Access Management) for granular privilege management CloudWatch for monitoring and logging of security and performance events Route 53 for secure DNS resolution ELB/ALB (Elastic Load Balancing/Application Load Balancing) for resilient application delivery
Manage full lifecycle of system engineering, including design, build, configuration, deployment, maintenance, and decommissioning of mission-critical server infrastructure that supports critical operational functions.
Provide support with the administration and secure hardening of both Linux (specify distributions if relevant, e.g., RHEL, Ubuntu) and Windows Server operating systems, with a focus on implementing security controls and mitigating vulnerabilities.
Support teams in planning and executing the migration of on-premises infrastructure to secure cloud environments, understanding the unique challenges of government data transitions.
Support teams in migrating and modernizing legacy applications and systems, particularly those supporting critical system functions, to current or cloud-based platforms. This includes understanding data integrity and operational continuity during migration.
Manage planning and executing SharePoint migrations, especially into secure government environments, ensuring data classification and access controls are maintained.
Support database administration for systems handling sensitive information, including installation, configuration, performance tuning, robust backup and recovery strategies, and security hardening for common database systems (e.g., SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL).