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Knight Federal Solutions · 2 months ago

Cloud Systems Administrator

Colorado Springs, CO

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

Knight Federal Solutions is a trusted provider to industry-leading prime contractors, the Department of Defense, and the Intelligence Community. They are seeking a Cloud Systems Administrator to manage and troubleshoot cloud services, enhance system configurations, and ensure security standards are met. The role involves collaboration with team members to implement capabilities that meet customer requirements and provide technical guidance to users.

Software

Growth Opportunities

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

Qualification

Cloud environment (AWS)Windows system administrationLinux system administrationDevSecOps environmentAnsiblePowerShellBash ScriptingJira Service ManagementMicrosoft Identity ManagementGroup Policy Object ManagementCertificate/CA/PKI InfrastructureCommunication skillsOrganizational skills

Required

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