Cloud System Administrator, Intermediate

Job Summary:

• This opening is for an Intermediate Cloud Systems Administrator to perform within a cloud environment platform, built with Java on free and open-source software products including Kubernetes, Hadoop and Accumulo, to enable the execution of data-intensive analytics on a managed infrastructure.
• The candidate will become a member of the Operations Team that ensures day-to-day operations stability, provides customer support, as well as knowledge in technical and troubleshooting repair expertise.
• Strong background in troubleshooting operational issues in a Linux environment.
• The ideal candidate will have the ability to thrive in a fast-paced team environment, is self-motivated and proactively completes tasks with strong attention to detail.
• The candidate will be exposed to a variety of technologies depending on customer requirements.
• This is a full time, on-call position, and the candidate is expected to provide Tier 1 through 3 support, 1st shift.

Primary Responsibilities

• Shall have at least three (3) years of experience managing and monitoring large distributed system (>1000 nodes)
• Demonstrated ability to plan, communicate, lead, and oversee complex technical tasks requiring interaction with multiple groups.
• Will have five (5) years' experience writing software scripts using scripting languages including bash, perl, or python.
• Shall have seven (7) years' experience demonstrating a fundamental understanding and working knowledge of core components of the Linux operating system including the management of user and group accounts in LDAP configuration of DHCP, DNS, and TFTP.
• Expert understanding of the end-to-end Linux PXE/Network provisioning process to include familiarity with Anaconda Kickstart configurations, RAID controller utilities, TFTP images, and disk detect scripts.
• Experience accessing and troubleshooting systems via remote utilities to perform hardware diagnosis and repair including VNC, serial over LAN interfaces, and IPMI, BIOS-level configuration.
• Expert in troubleshooting commodity hardware platforms including previous experiences with SGI/HP hardware including SGI's J series.

Education Requirements:

• A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics is highly desired and will be considered equivalent to two (2) years of experience.
• DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level 1 Certification Required. These could be any one of the following:
  • A+ CE
  • CCNA-Security
  • CND
  • Network+ CE
  • SSCP
  • CySA+
  • Security+ CE
  • CND
  • SSCP, CISSP
  • CCNP Security
• Hadoop/Cloud System Administrator Certification or comparable Cloud System/Service Certification is required.

Experience Requirements:

• A strong background in troubleshooting operational issues in a Linux environment.
• Three (3) years' experience is required.
• An active TS//SCI Clearance with current polygraph is required.

Desired Competencies:

Knowledge of the following:

• Docker, Kubernetes, Hadoop
• Scripting experience such as Python and Bash
• Prometheus
• JIRA
• Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)
• Virtualization
• Salt/ Ansible
• Grafana
• Openstack
• AWS

Other Duties Disclaimer

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties and responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.