Senior Level-Cloud System Administrator

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Leidos Defense Systems Land Systems is seeking a Cloud System Administrator to join our teamwith the ability and experience to work missile defense projects within the BMD Simulations and Analysis Portfolio. As a Cloud System Administrator youll support architecting deploying and optimizing cloud this role youll directly support the mission critical projects and Test and Integration Team all cloud environments both classified and unclassified that are a part of the overall infrastructure footprint. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication and reporting skills be a strong team player and able to establish solid working relationships with the Customer Program Management and technical staff members within the program.

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Primary Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain Linux-based system and cloud infrastructure across development test and production environments
• Apply system patches manage compliance updates and maintain system accreditation documentation
• Manage user accounts system health and security posture across multiple isolated environments
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to virtual machines operating systems and custom software
• Escalate and track blocking issues and impediments to progress coordinate with leadership help to remove as needed
• Coordinate with technical and program leadership to refine the cloud infrastructure and drive improvements

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree from an accredited institution in Computer Science Information Technology or Management Information Systems with 12-15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10-13 years of prior relevant experience
• 3 Years experience with Linux Operating System Administration (i.e. RHEL8 etc.)

Experience in the following:

• Establishing a Cloud Infrastructure
• Maintaining a Cloud infrastructure
• One or more of the following: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Ansible or similar technology
• One or more of the following: Using Azure/AWS or similar technology
• One or more of the following: Linux Servers DNS servers Domain controllers network storage devices and HP or Dell servers
• Designing configuring and installing information systems such as routers servers switches storage systems and laptops.

• Demonstrated interpersonal skills
• Security Certification or able to obtain within 90 days of start.
• Must be a US citizen possess and maintain a DoD Secret clearance
• This is a full-time onsite support role
• Must be a resident of the North Alabama area

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with RHEL 8
• Experience with RHEL 9
• Experience deploying the complete DevSecOps lifecycle including integration of build pipelines automated deployments and compliance scanning using test driven development.
• Experience with vulnerability remediation and security management (system hardening log management configuration management (i.e. Nessus McAfee WSUS Splunk ACAS SCAP HBSS etc.))
• Experience with Virtualization (i.e. VMware Horizon vSphere vCenter vSAN)
• Experience with Risk Management Framework (RMF) Requirements and Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) Implementation
• Experience in deployment automated deployments and compliance scanning using test driven development.
• Experience with issue tracking tools such as Gitlab/Jira/Agility.
• Relevant DoD and/or Industry work experience in Missile Defense

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