Amentum is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator to join our team of passionate individuals supporting our federal customer in Springfield, VA. The Geospatial Enterprise Open Data Store (GEODS) contract provides integration, design, development, and sustainment for data services in support of the Federal Government. In this role you will support challenging, mission-critical projects that make a direct impact on the Nation’s security and intelligence mission.
The Senior System Administrator is responsible for overseeing the testing of products from development to operational deployment, working with Scrum Masters and developers through the requirements process and contributing to a robust, organized Backlog and streamlined Roadmap for the GEODS program.
Responsibilities:
Access Management & Security:
- Fulfill AWS S3 bucket access requests from data custodians, ensuring proper authorization and data security
- Create and manage IAM roles and policies to enforce strict access control principles and maintain a secure cloud environment
- Create, rotate, and manage IAM user secret & access keys in accordance with the company’s 90-day key rotation policy
Monitoring & Troubleshooting:
- Proactively monitor the health and performance of our systems and websites using tools like CloudWatch, Kibana/Elasticsearch, and Tableau, ensuring optimal functionality and identifying potential issues
- Troubleshoot and resolve system issues by analyzing logs on EC2 Linux instances within AWS
- Assist in troubleshooting network, DNS, and storage issues, and make recommendations for cost-saving options and growth
Operational Support & Collaboration:
- Work on tickets in a timely manner, adhering to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and providing efficient support to internal stakeholders
- Assist DevOps and development teams during deployments, ensuring smooth and successful releases
- Create SNS topics and configure S3 bucket notifications based on customer requests, enabling timely alerts and automated workflows
- Work closely with various teams across the organization, including security, development, and operations, to address AWS infrastructure requests and ensure alignment with best practices
- Document processes and contribute to the creation and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to improve team efficiency and knowledge sharing
Required:
- TS SCI w/willingness to sit for CI Poly
- Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years experience in Systems Engineering (experience considered in lieu of degree)
- Proficiency in both Windows and Linux systems administration
- Demonstrated experience using collaboration tools such as ServiceNow, Jira, and Confluence for incident management, project tracking, and knowledge sharing
- Hands-on experience with managing AWS environments
- Cloud Computing basics: AWS services, networking and virtualization
- #INDTech
Pay: $160,000.00 - $180,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Paid time off
- Referral program
Application Question(s):
- Do you have experience with both Linux and Windows System Administration?
- Do you have experience working with AWS?
Security clearance:
Work Location: In person
