Systems Administrator/AWS Cloud Engineer/Linux Engineer

System Administrator/Cloud Engineer

The program is expanding its System Administration team. Our partner is seeking a highly skilled System Administrator/Cloud Engineer to enhance their existing technical team supporting the advancement of AI/ML/Data Science technologies in Warrenton, VA.

The successful candidate will be a self-motivated, innovative, cloud engineer to join and contribute to a team environment. The candidate will be part of a team that supports the cloud infrastructure for an enterprise environment. This position requires a broad knowledge of system administration, knowledge of automation technologies, and scripting. This position also requires a knowledge of security and accreditation practices and procedures the ability to work with several enterprise resources and teams in the operation of an enterprise digitization infrastructure.

Requirements

• TS/SCI FSP Clearance
• Bachelor's Degree in IT related field or equivalency in related work experience
• Must have hands-on experience with AWS and Linux in a production environment
• Experience patching and maintaining system's databases, to include RDS, MySQL, and Oracle
• Proven experience troubleshooting and solving technical problems
• Knowledge of Federated Identity, RBAC, authentication & authorization solution, etc.
• Understanding of secure-cloud configuration, (e.g., CloudTrail, AWS Config), cloud-security technologies (e.g., VPC, Security Groups) and Access Control (IAM)
• Experience with configuration management (e.g., Puppet, Chef, Ansible, CloudFormation, etc.)
• Experience with security, such as NGFW, WAF, SIEM, endpoint security
• Ability to work in a fast-paced agile environment
• Demonstrated on-the-job experience working and solving technical problems independently as a system administrator
• Experience using a scripting language
• Demonstrated ability to monitor and troubleshoot enterprise workflow applications, to include: installing, starting, and stopping background processes, analyzing log and event files, and patching and troubleshooting
• Demonstrated ability creating and managing a virtual infrastructure, such as AWS, Azure, Hyper-V, or VMWare

Desired Skills

• Experience with an enterprise application development language, such as Python, Java, or C#, to include writing simple applications or modifying existing ones

For more than 20 years, NewGen Technologies has solved our clients' toughest IT challenges with integrity, security, and outstanding service by delivering both technology and talent. We have helped secure borders, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to fight terror, aided the identification of criminals, and have helped to prevent crime through the introduction of biometrics. Our team of Highly Cleared Specialists have hard-to-find skills and expertise in a wide spectrum of technologies to provide solutions that transform business processes and solve problems of national significance.