[Hiring] Senior System Administrator @Koniag Government Services, LLC

Role Description

Koniag IT Systems, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Senior System Administrator to support KITS and our government customer. This position requires the candidate to be able to obtain a Public Trust. The position is remote.

The duties of this project team include:

• Serve on the engineering team to support a WordPress site on AWS running a Kubernetes CI/CD pipeline.
• Work with the cloud architect to implement, support, and maintain all environments across the web assets.
• Manage a production environment running WordPress on AWS that will handle a high volume of traffic.
• Establish monitoring and operational procedures to ensure business continuity.
• Be available for infrequent production troubleshooting outside of 9-to-5 hours.
• Maintain, support, and troubleshoot all other environments, including developer, testing, and pre-production environments.
• Work closely with AWS Architect, Product Owner, Scrum Master, engineers, and security engineers.
• Implement security policy, WAF firewall rules, and user authentication best practices.
• Participate in and support a team coordinating various solutions for AWS Cloud.
• Implement proof of concepts/pilots for various solutions and create documentation for AWS and WordPress VIP.
• Build and implement all cloud infrastructure for production support calls.

Qualifications

• Able to implement and monitor technology configurations in an AWS Kubernetes environment.
• Create and follow operating procedures mindful of Fedramp and Change Procedures.
• Main POC for Help Desk after hour support to diagnose production problems.
• Preferred knowledge of Kubernetes and traffic patterns for high-traffic websites running a CMS.
• Experience with Amazon web infrastructure and services.
• Passionate about identifying constraints/bottlenecks in engineering lifecycles and automating them.
• Focused on building a culture of collaboration, transparency, and automation.
• Experience building and supporting YAML based CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitlabCI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, CircleCI, etc.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, Salt, Chef, Cloud Formation, etc.
• Proven knowledge in PowerShell with the ability to build and understand logical scripts.
• Deep understanding of IaaS and PaaS services on cloud platforms.
• Experience with Cloud-Native and Hybrid architectures.
• Able to design data, system, and component architectures.
• Experienced with Agile methodologies, especially TDD and Scrum; Kanban is a plus.
• Experience with LEMP & LAMP stacks, Drupal development, MySQL performance, and scaling.
• Well versed in the DevOps lifecycle and process improvement strategies.
• Proven knowledge of Change and Configuration Management best practices.
• Partner with development and operations teams to develop practical automation solutions.

Requirements

• Ability to obtain a Public Trust.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Extraordinary benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401K with company matching.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Paid holidays.
• Three weeks paid time off.
• And more.