AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.  U.S. Citizenship Required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance.

As an AWS Cloud Systems Administrator with AMERICAN SYSTEMS, you will have the opportunity to do the following:

• Be on on-call rotation for approximately 2 weeks per year.
• Be responsible for full Life Cycle support of AWS GovCloud hosted Systems i.e. GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, Artifactory, SonarQube, Kubernetes, Twistlock, Xray).
• Work with development and customer support teams, providing technical and operational support activities, including troubleshooting, performance monitoring, tuning, and optimizing the cloud infrastructure environment.
• Evaluate new and existing system software/hardware and recommend changes to improve efficiency and functionality.
• Provide management with status of projects, problem resolution, and/or other system administration statuses that require upward and outward communication.
• Provids the necessary system administration expertise to satisfy business requirements, through the process of documenting and implementing the final system administration solution.
• Implement, monitor, and maintain Cybersecurity compliance vulnerability mitigations, working with the Cybersecurity team.
• Provide Tier II Production and Development support, including DISA ticket submission and tracking.
• Provide On-call for daily maintenance, monitoring, problem resolution, and functionality releases, etc.

• 4+ Years experience as a Cloud Systems Administrator.
• Knowledge/experience with platforms such as GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, Artifactory, SonarQube, K8, Xray, etc.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services - Certification Highly Desired!
• DoD Secret (SSBI) or Top Secret Clearance
• DoD 8570 IAT II Certified (Security + or equivalent)
• Highly proficient oral and written communication with Technical and Management staff required

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $91,600.00/Yr. - USD $153,000.00/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance.

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