Cloud/System Administrator - Chenega Corporation

Overview

Cloud/System Administrator

Alexandria, VA

Are you ready to enhance your skills and build your career in a rapidly evolving business climate? Are you looking for a career where professional development is embedded in your employer’s core culture? If so, Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) could be the place for you! Join our team of professionals who support large-scale government operations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and take your career to the next level!  

Chenega IT Enterprise Services (CITES) offers forward-thinking technology solutions to federal agencies and the DoD. Formed in 2016 to serve federal customers CONUS, CITES has grown quickly into a best practices leader for the modern federal enterprise. 

The Cloud/System Administrator will lead and work with a team of Tier III system administrators to manage the Army Geospatial Center’s (AGC) current and future cloud-based applications, including Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions hosted in the GovCloud (cArmy AWS IL4) environment, as well as lead the migration of data and applications. This Cloud /System Administrator will also provide Tier III support for other AGC-supported on-premises systems and networks as needed, collaborate closely with the cross-functional team comprised of cybersecurity, system administrators, and desktop support to perform and report on continuous monitoring, vulnerability management and remediation, review, maintain and update security controls, POAM milestones, and compliance, ensure application of DISA quarterly STIG releases and STIG results analysis.

Responsibilities

• Perform system administration support and cloud engineering to support AGC’s Impact Level 4 systems hosted in the GovCloud environment
• Develop and maintain architecture requirements, evaluation of candidate cloud services, metrics, supporting documentation, and final reference architecture documents
• Work with the IA team to obtain cloud accreditation approval under the Risk Management Framework (RMF)
• Perform technical reviews of architecture and design artifacts for consistency with United States Army, DoD, and NIST policy, as well as alignment with system requirements
• Install, support, and maintain hardware and software infrastructure according to best practices, industry standards, and/or customer/organizational requirements, including firewalls/security groups, servers, and storage systems
• Apply appropriate Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and provide the check reports with explanations of the results in a government-approved format by DoD and apply and maintain IAVM, SARs, CTO, and other applicable directive compliance by timelines as specified
• Support and maintain the operating systems, patches, upgrades, and apply Cyber Security requirements for systems
• Diagnose problems, solve issues, and provide lessons learned
• Implement the necessary controls and procedures to protect information systems assets from intentional or inadvertent modification, disclosure, destruction, or security compromise
• Provide network and host-based security, incident response, and log collection and analysis as needed
• Perform regular patches of supported systems and remediate open vulnerabilities
• Assist in the development of guidelines and procedures for administration and security best practices
• Monitor resource usage, anticipate problems, and suggest solutions
• Manage production systems and provide higher-level technical support (Tier III) to clients when needed
• Work closely with colleagues to meet team goals and improve processes and practices
• Create and maintain documentation of the systems
• Manage, operated, maintain, and administer Windows IIS and SQL database, bastion host firewall production, test and staging environments, including configuration, deployment, troubleshooting, and maintenance
• Provide software and hardware support to the customer development team
• Setup offsite disaster recovery environment
• Review system and security logs and report to the team regarding incidents or potential threats to the network environment, systems, users, or infrastructure
• Monitor the production environment and report any code/security-related issues to the development team
• Open and close service requests and act as the primary interface with Army technical support to resolve technical problems in the GovCloud environment

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology or similar OR
• High school diploma or GED equivalent and 8+ years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted
• AWS or Azure certification preferred
• Active TS/SCI clearance 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• DoD 8140/8570.01-M Baseline IA at IAT II or higher: CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSE, Security+ CE or SSCP

• Must have advanced working knowledge of a variety of computer software applications in word processing, spreadsheets, database (MSWord, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), and Outlook
• Strong technical knowledge of current network hardware, protocols, and standards and strong technical knowledge of telecommunications, networks, and PC operating systems 
• Ability to understand IAVAs and remediate issues as needed

How you’ll grow  

At Chenega MIOS, our professional development plan focuses on helping our team members at every level of their careers to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn.  

We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers.  

Benefits  

At Chenega MIOS, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our team members and offer them a broad range of benefits.  

Learn more about what working at Chenega MIOS can mean for you.  

Chenega MIOS’s culture  

Our positive and supportive culture encourages our team members to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility to make daily choices that can help them be healthy, centered, confident, and aware. We offer well-being programs and continuously look for new ways to maintain a culture where we excel and lead healthy, happy lives.  

Corporate citizenship  

Chenega MIOS is led by a purpose to make an impact that matters. This purpose defines who we are and extends to relationships with our clients, our team members, and our communities. We believe that business has the power to inspire and transform. We focus on education, giving, skill-based volunteerism, and leadership to help drive positive social impact in our communities.  

Learn more about Chenega’s impact on the world.  

Chenega MIOS News- https://chenegamios.com/news/  

Tips from your Talent Acquisition Team  

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Chenega MIOS web site - www.chenegamios.com  

Glassdoor - https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Chenega-MIOS-EI_IE369514.11,23.htm  

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/1472684/  

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