Systems Administrator - CLEARED

Our client is seeking an System Administrator to support the day-to-day administration, monitoring, maintenance, and security of a distributed enterprise application platform hosted in a secure cloud environment.

Per our Federal Government Contract, candidates must be U.S. Citizens with an ACTIVE TOP SECRET CLEARANCE. 

Responsibilities

• Monitor application health, system performance, alerts, and logs to ensure operational availability and stability.
• Administer user accounts, permissions, security roles, and access requests in accordance with security and least-privilege practices.
• Troubleshoot application and infrastructure issues and coordinate resolutions with development, engineering, and other technical teams.
• Support software deployments, patching, maintenance activities, and system upgrades.
• Maintain and follow operational documentation, runbooks, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and escalation processes.
• Perform application and system maintenance, including access provisioning, account administration, and backup verification.
• Review logs and monitoring data to identify potential issues and support incident resolution.
• Maintain accurate audit and compliance documentation.
• Support applications operating in Linux and/or Windows environments.
• Contribute to the ongoing modernization and migration of enterprise applications to secure cloud environments.
• Participate in incident and change management activities in accordance with established processes.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret (TS) clearance required on Day 1.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• CompTIA Security+ Certification Required. No flex, candidates without the certification will not be considered. 
• 2+ years of experience in systems administration, application administration, or application support.
• 3+ years of experience supporting containerized and/or orchestrated environments such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, or similar technologies.
• Experience administering enterprise applications in Linux and/or Windows environments.
• Experience with AWS cloud services, monitoring tools, dashboards, and alerting.
• Experience monitoring application health, reviewing logs, troubleshooting technical issues, and supporting incident resolution.
• Experience administering user accounts, access provisioning, permissions, and security roles.
• Knowledge of security-focused administration practices, including least-privilege access management.
• Experience supporting system maintenance, patching, and backup verification.
• Experience following runbooks, SOPs, and established escalation procedures.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Security+ certification
• Experience supporting AWS-hosted environments.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, or similar container technologies.
• Experience with Splunk, AWS CloudWatch, ELK, or similar monitoring and logging tools.
• Experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community, or other Federal programs.
• Exposure to DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of ITIL-based incident and change management processes.