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DevOps Systems Administrator
Excelity is seeking a DevOps Systems Administrator for a project responsible for building the next generation Collection Management System for an exciting Government customer with a very critical mission. The candidate will work with the engineering team and customer to ensure successful development of high profile, complex, technical deliverables that are core to the continued success of our award-winning projects. The ideal candidate will be at the forefront of requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, and more, ensuring reliability, resiliency, and the continuous improvement of our systems through best practices in architecture design, data science, cloud services, DevSecOps, and platform integration. Required Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Poly Responsibilities: Ensure the smooth operation of multi-user computer systems in collaboration with network engineers. Monitor and manage system resources to maintain efficiency. Perform security administration tasks, including creating user profiles and managing accounts. Offer Tier 3 support for problem identification, diagnosis, and resolution. Manage operating system configurations, system documentation, performance tuning, software installations, system hardening, and storage allocation. Evaluate vendor products and recommend hardware and software purchases, coordinating installation and ensuring effective backup and recovery strategies. Develop and enforce policies and standards for computing resource allocation. Required Skills: Requires Bachelor's degree in an area applicable to the position with 10+ years of relevant experience. Additional 4 years' experience may be considered in lieu of degree. Must have a minimum TS clearance and willing to upgrade to a TS/SCI and sit for and pass a polygraph - Contract requires TS/SCI with polygraph to start. A minimum 5 year of experience with systems administration, including Linux or CentOS. Ability to work in a team environment. Ability to anticipate problems and take decisive action. Experience maintaining applications built on a PostgreSQL or Oracle database. Experience writing scripts to monitor system services, resources, data mine logs, etc. Experience writing SQL and PL/SQL to generate system data reports, modify data as necessary, etc. Experience with Keytool and OpenSSL. Experience maintaining systems in cloud environments. Experience working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security Group. Experience with ACAS (Assured Compliance Assessment Solution) and STIG (Security Technical Implementation Guide) compliance remediation or experience with equivalent security requirements and tools. Familiarity w/troubleshooting Java and Oracle applications. DoD 8570 Compliant holding current IAT level II baseline certification (Security+ CE, GICSP, SSCP, etc.) Desired Skills: Current polygraph Linux+ certification Current RHCSA/RHCE certification VMware Certified Professional Knowledge of SQL Servers Familiarity with RMF (Risk Management Framework) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Benefits: Competitive salary Flexible work schedule 100% Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance plans with Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Long and Short-term disability coverage Generous paid vacation and holiday time Safe Harbor 401(k) Retirement Plan with 6% Employer matching contributions Reimbursement for professional and training development Company-paid memberships to professional organizations
Excelity is seeking a DevOps Systems Administrator for a project responsible for building the next generation Collection Management System for an exciting Government customer with a very critical mission. The candidate will work with the engineering team and customer to ensure successful development of high profile, complex, technical deliverables that are core to the continued success of our award-winning projects. The ideal candidate will be at the forefront of requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, and more, ensuring reliability, resiliency, and the continuous improvement of our systems through best practices in architecture design, data science, cloud services, DevSecOps, and platform integration. Required Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Poly Responsibilities: Ensure the smooth operation of multi-user computer systems in collaboration with network engineers. Monitor and manage system resources to maintain efficiency. Perform security administration tasks, including creating user profiles and managing accounts. Offer Tier 3 support for problem identification, diagnosis, and resolution. Manage operating system configurations, system documentation, performance tuning, software installations, system hardening, and storage allocation. Evaluate vendor products and recommend hardware and software purchases, coordinating installation and ensuring effective backup and recovery strategies. Develop and enforce policies and standards for computing resource allocation. Required Skills: Requires Bachelor's degree in an area applicable to the position with 10+ years of relevant experience. Additional 4 years' experience may be considered in lieu of degree. Must have a minimum TS clearance and willing to upgrade to a TS/SCI and sit for and pass a polygraph - Contract requires TS/SCI with polygraph to start. A minimum 5 year of experience with systems administration, including Linux or CentOS. Ability to work in a team environment. Ability to anticipate problems and take decisive action. Experience maintaining applications built on a PostgreSQL or Oracle database. Experience writing scripts to monitor system services, resources, data mine logs, etc. Experience writing SQL and PL/SQL to generate system data reports, modify data as necessary, etc. Experience with Keytool and OpenSSL. Experience maintaining systems in cloud environments. Experience working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security Group. Experience with ACAS (Assured Compliance Assessment Solution) and STIG (Security Technical Implementation Guide) compliance remediation or experience with equivalent security requirements and tools. Familiarity w/troubleshooting Java and Oracle applications. DoD 8570 Compliant holding current IAT level II baseline certification (Security+ CE, GICSP, SSCP, etc.) Desired Skills: Current polygraph Linux+ certification Current RHCSA/RHCE certification VMware Certified Professional Knowledge of SQL Servers Familiarity with RMF (Risk Management Framework) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Benefits: Competitive salary Flexible work schedule 100% Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance plans with Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Long and Short-term disability coverage Generous paid vacation and holiday time Safe Harbor 401(k) Retirement Plan with 6% Employer matching contributions Reimbursement for professional and training development Company-paid memberships to professional organizations