ANF - Systems Administrator Senior (DLA)

Job Type Full-time, Contract Description

Alaska Northstar Federal is seeking candidates to fill a Sr. Systems Administrator role on a long-term project yet to be awarded.  

Primary responsibilities for the Sr Systems Administrator will include, but not be limited to: 

• Ensuring the stable operation of in-house computer software systems and network connections. This includes planning, developing, installing, configuring, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing all network software and communication links.
• Organizing and directing the configuration and operation of information management systems. 
• Analyzing and resolving end user software program and connectivity issues.  
• Conducting capacity and performance analysis and providing system configuration change and upgrade recommendations.
• Increasing system administrator efficiency and accuracy via the use of automated tools and scripts, developing system administrator procedures, and conducting system administrator training and skills assessment.  
• Providing end user training. 
• Providing recommendations on technology direction to align with business vision.  
• Providing local and remote maintenance support to various operational systems deployed at more than one location. Support includes general maintenance, upgrades, and new installs of servers and applications.  
• Directing the work of other system administrators to provide the day-to-day system administration to include system and resource optimization and user assistance.  
• Applying advanced technical knowledge of application networking, including load balancing applications, and ensuring fault tolerance.  
• Performing vulnerability management. 

Requirements

Candidate must be a U.S. Citizen

Candidate must have an active DoD Secret Clearance or higher

Candidate must have an active 8570 IAT Level II Certification 

Candidate must have one of the following Google Cloud Platform: 

   Google Associate Cloud Engineer          

   Google Professional Cloud Architect 

Plus One of the following:          

   AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner          

   AWS Certified Security – Specialty          

   AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate          

   AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional          

   AWS Certified SysOps Administrator          

   Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate           

   Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert          

   Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate          

   Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Operations           

   Red Hat Certified Engineer           

   Red Hat Certified System Administrator 

Candidate must have a bachelor's degree in a technical discipline with at least 10 years of specialized experience. (Specialized experience is defined as progressive experience in the field of Information Processing, where the majority are specialized in numerous specialized Information Processing disciplines involving a range of hardware/software solutions, at least four years of which are concentrated, hand-on experience in installing, configuring, maintaining, and resolving issues with various software.) 

Candidate must have at least three (3) years of hands-on experience in the following: 

• Supporting Department of Defense (DoD) IT hosting solutions. 
• Vast knowledge and experience with commercial cloud provider hosting solutions (i.e. Google, Microsoft Azure, AWS, OCI) and associated relevant industry certifications. 
• Capacity planning and optimizing cloud hosted resources to maximize the business value of cloud technologies 
• Integrating business programs and software solutions into hybrid cloud environments. 
• Network architecture, security, and routing including virtual private clouds (VPC), load balancers, and firewalls. 
• Diagnosing and resolving complex performance issues related to CPU, memory, disk I/O, and networking 
• Strong understanding of DoD security compliance 
• Cloud capacity planning and FinOps, analyzing requirements and providing a rightsized solution to meet performance and business requirements 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills: Proficiency in problem-solving and troubleshooting 

 

About ANF

Alaska Northstar Federal (ANF) maintains an outstanding work environment that includes competitive compensation, outstanding benefits, and challenging work assignments with opportunities for advancement/career growth. To be considered for employment opportunities you must complete an online application.

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