Cloud Systems Administrator

Knight Federal Solutions • Colorado Springs, CO, US • 3w ago

Description

Knight Federal Solutions is a trusted provider to industry leading prime contractors, the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. We have established a company culture that supports our employees, their families and the communities in which they live and work. When you join our team you belong to a group of people that work hard, strive for greatness and care about people.

Our hard work is evident in everything we do. Whether it be supporting large government programs in the areas of Simulation and Training, Information Technology, Intelligence or Engineering we always strive to be the best. It is for this reason that we have been recognized as a World Class Team Supplier by Northrop Grumman and were also named one of Florida’s fastest growing companies by Inc. Magazine.

As Knight Federal Solutions continues to grow, we look forward to hiring the best and the brightest to join us in our success!

Responsibilities

Debug and enhance/modify Ansible scripts to deploy IaC and CaC
Patch and restart instances from enterprise patching repositories (YUM, WSUS
Set/configure/modify IAM policies to enable customer role-based access to workload IS
Integrate and implement platform capabilities (e.g., Nessus endpoint) in workload
Select and configure AMIs to optimize workload
Coordinate with other team members to implement capabilities to meet customer requirements
Troubleshoot various issues, such as operating systems, networking, cloud services, and software
Perform Active Directory administration and Group Policy management
Knowledge of DoD STIGs, and ability to implement them as needed
Run Nessus scans and remediate vulnerabilities
Be familiar with configuration management and engineering life-cycle best practices.
Implement, maintain, troubleshoot, test, and document system configurations (Win 2016/2019 & RHEL 7/8)
Harden systems to meet security standards
Maintain COTS & GOTS software
Sustain production systems (e.g., firewalls, file servers, security monitoring systems, etc.) that serve many end users
Interface with customers in writing and via telephone to provide technical guidance designed to quickly resolve reported problems
Attend meetings as required.

Requirements

2 years of general systems administration experience demonstrating progressive responsibilities
2 years of experience performing Windows or Linux system administration duties
Experience supporting a cloud environment (AWS preferred) to include delivering, securing/managing, and diagnosing/troubleshooting complex issues
Experience in a DevSecOps environment (e.g., working with configuration management tools, applying automation & configuration/infrastructure as code concepts)
Bachelor’s Degree in Technical Discipline, or 4 years of equivalent professional or military experience can be used in lieu of degree requirements

Desired

Ansible, PowerShell, or Bash Scripting experience
Jira Service Management & JQL
Microsoft Identity & Access Management Configuration experience
Familiarity with Group Policy Object Management
Working knowledge of Certificate/CA/PKI Infrastructure
Strong communication and organizational skills1 Certification

Knight Federal Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other protected classification.

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