Systems Administrator

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Systems Administrator – Skill Level 5
Location: Springfield, VA

Position Type: Full-Time

Position Overview

We are seeking an expert-level Systems Administrator (Skill Level 5) to design, deploy, secure, and maintain multi-cloud infrastructure and complex enterprise web analytics systems across high-security enclaves. This role provides critical technical leadership, handles system accreditation (ATO/cATO), and builds custom automated inventory solutions in accordance with DoD, IC, and NGA policies.

Key Responsibilities

• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Design, deploy, configure, secure, monitor, and manage cloud infrastructure components across multiple cloud providers, emphasizing AWS services (VPC, EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, IAM).

• Operating System & Server Administration: Install, configure, secure, upgrade, and maintain RHEL, CentOS, and Windows Server environments aligned with DoD, IC, and NGA security standards.

• Web Stack & Analytics Maintenance: Maintain enterprise-class web analytics platforms built on PHP, MySQL, Apache, and related web technologies.

• Custom Automation & Scripting: Design, develop, and utilize complex, custom scripts to inventory, track, and report NGA’s official Web Inventory and associated web attributes across all security enclaves.

• Accreditation & Compliance (ATO/cATO): Execute and document actions required to obtain and maintain full Authority To Operate (ATO) and Continuous ATO (cATO). Implement STIGs, populate XACTA, develop POA&Ms, collaborate with accreditation authorities, and monitor Enterprise Security Services (ESS) and vulnerability dashboards.

• Security Patching & System Health: Perform daily, weekly, and monthly system health checks and backups. Evaluate and install OS/application security patches while maintaining logs for system errors, trends, downtime metrics, and hardware/software inventory.

• Account & Access Management: Administer application user accounts using strict least-privilege methodologies.

• Technical Guidance: Provide senior and program leadership with expert technical guidance on emerging web analytics technologies, industry trends, and potential system issues.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Clearance: Active Top Secret SCI clearance.

• Operating Systems: Deep expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, and Windows Server administration.

• Cloud Architecture: Hands-on experience provisioning and securing AWS resources (VPC, EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, IAM).

• Web & Database Stack: Direct experience administering Apache web servers, PHP applications, and MySQL relational databases.

• Security & ATO: Demonstrated experience implementing DISA STIGs, managing POA&Ms, utilizing XACTA, and maintaining ESS/cATO compliance.

• NGA Enterprise Services: Experience with NGA Enterprise Services, including GEOAxIS, VDSS, Cloud Operations, Active Directory, and DNS.

Desired Skills

• Comprehensive understanding of NGA’s web ecosystem and network topology.

• Proficiency in scripting and programming using PHP, Python, Bash, PowerShell, JavaScript, and SQL .

• Experience maintaining high-traffic web servers, cloud encryption standards, and web services/HTML environments.

• Experience creating, deploying, and optimizing cloud-based MySQL and other relational database architectures.