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Administer and secure enterprise Windows/Linux systems, implement monitoring, patching, backup, automation, and support 24/7 operations. | Requires 3-6 years system administration experience, scripting skills, active Secret clearance, US citizenship, and relevant certifications. | System Administrator Journeyman *U.S. Citizenship and Active Secret Clearance Required* **Remote -- Must live within 50 miles of Washington, DC or San Antonio, TX** The System Administrator - Journeyman maintains and secures enterprise systems infrastructure supporting continuous operations in a mission-critical environment. This role performs hands-on administration of servers, user access, and system configurations while ensuring compliance with operational and security policies. The administrator implements monitoring, patching, backup, and automation capabilities to sustain system health and availability. The role also troubleshoots incidents across distributed environments and participates in incident response and on-call rotations to support 24/7 operations. Key Responsibilities • Administer Windows and/or Linux servers, including user account management, permissions, group policies, and system configurations in accordance with established operational procedures. • Implement and maintain system monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., Nagios, Splunk, CloudWatch) to provide performance and security visibility across the infrastructure. • Apply patches, updates, and vulnerability mitigations in alignment with approved security baselines and change control processes. • Automate routine administrative tasks using scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, or Python to improve efficiency and reduce operational risk. • Configure and validate backup and recovery solutions to ensure data protection and continuity for critical systems and applications. • Analyze system logs and metrics to detect anomalies, performance degradation, and potential security incidents, escalating and remediating as needed. • Troubleshoot hardware, operating system, and application issues across distributed environments, serving as a primary contact for incident resolution. • Maintain detailed system documentation and standard operating procedures, and participate in incident response activities and on-call rotations to support 24/7 platform availability. Required Qualifications • Requires a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in IT, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Software Engineering, or related field. • At least 4 years of enterprise system administration and automation experience, typically 3-6 years in a systems administrator or related infrastructure role. • Demonstrated experience managing Windows and/or Linux servers, user accounts, permissions, and group policies in an enterprise environment. • Hands-on experience with system monitoring, patch management, backup and recovery, and troubleshooting of hardware and software issues. • Strong proficiency with scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, or Python) for task automation and operational improvements. • Must meet DoD 8140 requirements (Security+ certification) and hold an active Secret clearance. • Must be a US Citizen. Preferred Qualifications • DoD 8140-compliant certification such as Security+ or equivalent. • Experience with virtualization or cloud platforms (e.g., VMware, AWS, Azure). • Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) and modern automation frameworks. • Experience supporting 24/7 operations, including incident response and on-call participation in a mission-critical environment. salary range: $80,000-$110,000 #cjpost

Design and implement secure, scalable cloud infrastructures with automation and governance for mission-critical federal environments. | Requires 10+ years IT experience with 5-8 years cloud engineering, professional cloud certifications, secret clearance, and expertise in multi-cloud IaC and security controls. | This position is a remote role to support the Department of Defense (DoD) Active Secret Clearance required* **Must live near DC Metro area OR San Antonio, TX to be considered** The Cloud Engineer Senior designs, engineers, and integrates secure, scalable cloud infrastructures across public, private, and hybrid environments to support mission‑critical applications in an enterprise or federal IT setting. This role leads Infrastructure as Code implementation, cloud governance guardrails, and automation patterns to standardize provisioning, configuration, and change management across multiple cloud platforms. The engineer owns cloud networking, security controls, observability, and cost optimization while ensuring high availability, disaster recovery readiness, and continuous improvement of the cloud platform. Key Responsibilities • Architect and implement multi‑cloud and hybrid cloud solutions (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) with a focus on security, scalability, and high availability for mission‑critical workloads. • Design and manage cloud networking constructs such as VPCs, subnets, transit gateways, VPNs, and connectivity to on‑premises networks, including routing, DNS, and load balancing. • Implement Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM/Bicep to automate provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management of cloud resources. • Establish and enforce cloud governance policies, guardrails, and landing zone patterns encompassing identity and access management, tagging standards, quota management, and controls for regulated environments. • Configure and operate cloud security services and controls such as security groups, network ACLs, key management, secrets management, web application firewalls, and vulnerability monitoring. • Deploy and tune cloud monitoring, logging, and observability solutions (e.g., CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Stackdriver, ELK) to provide operational visibility, alerting, and performance insights across distributed systems. • Optimize cloud resource utilization and costs through rightsizing, reserved and savings plans, storage lifecycle policies, and auto‑scaling strategies that support variable workloads. • Design and test disaster recovery and business continuity architectures for cloud workloads, including multi‑region deployments, backup and restore processes, and well‑defined recovery objectives. • Collaborate with application, security, and operations teams to provide cloud expertise, conduct architecture reviews, and lead root cause analysis and remediation of complex cloud issues. Required Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. • 10+ years of IT experience, including at least 5-8 years of progressive cloud engineering, infrastructure, or DevOps experience with increasing responsibility in enterprise or government environments. • Minimum 5 years of hands‑on experience with one or more major cloud vendor platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), including production design and operations of highly available, scalable architectures. • Professional‑level cloud certification in AWS, Microsoft Azure, OCI, or Google Cloud (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect - Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Professional Cloud Architect). • Demonstrated expertise with Infrastructure as Code and automation (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep, CI/CD pipelines) for cloud infrastructure provisioning and change management. • Strong experience implementing and managing cloud security controls, identity and access management, and shared responsibility models in regulated environments. • Must have a current secret security clearance and meet DoD 8140 compliance certification requirements (I.e. Security+) Preferred Qualifications • Experience designing and supporting systems in highly regulated or compliance‑driven environments (e.g., FedRAMP, CJIS, HIPAA, PCI) and aligning architectures to relevant frameworks. • Prior responsibility as a lead or subject matter expert for multi‑cloud or hybrid cloud platforms in enterprise or government environments. • Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines that integrate IaC, security scanning, and automated testing for cloud infrastructure changes. • Master’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience demonstrating advanced cloud architecture and leadership capabilities. Salary Range: $121,000- 168,331 #CJpost

Design and implement secure multi-cloud infrastructures with automation and governance controls for government environments. | 4-7 years cloud engineering experience, Infrastructure as Code skills, active Secret clearance, US citizenship. | **Active Secret Security Clearance Required** Compensation range - 95,000 - 120,000 The Cloud Engineer - Journeyman designs, engineers, and integrates secure, scalable multi‑cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructures that underpin mission‑critical enterprise systems in highly regulated government environments. The role focuses on implementing Infrastructure as Code, cloud automation, and governance controls to standardize provisioning, enforce guardrails, and maintain compliant operations across major public cloud platforms. The engineer collaborates with security, networking, and application teams to modernize legacy workloads, improve observability and disaster recovery, and document architectures and operational patterns for ongoing support. Key Responsibilities • Design and implement multi‑cloud and hybrid cloud architectures across major public cloud platforms to support enterprise workloads with strong emphasis on security, reliability, and cost efficiency. • Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates, and automation pipelines to standardize and automate cloud resource provisioning. • Engineer cloud networking constructs including virtual networks/VPCs, subnets, routing, peering, and secure connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute) integrated with on‑premises enterprise networks. • Configure and manage cloud security services and controls such as IAM, security groups, key management, configuration monitoring, and threat detection to align with government security and cloud governance requirements. • Implement cloud monitoring, logging, and observability solutions (e.g., CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Stackdriver, Elastic, Splunk) to provide operational visibility, detect anomalies, and support incident response activities. • Optimize cloud resource utilization through rightsizing, scaling policies, use of reserved and spot instances, and performance tuning to manage spend while meeting service level objectives. • Design and test disaster recovery and business continuity strategies for cloud workloads, including backup, replication, multi‑region architectures, and documented recovery playbooks for mission‑critical systems. • Support DevOps practices by integrating CI/CD pipelines with cloud platforms, container orchestration tools, and configuration management solutions to streamline deployments and reduce operational risk. Required Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in IT, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered. • Approximately 4-7 years of hands‑on experience in cloud engineering, automation, and security within enterprise or government environments, including multi‑cloud or hybrid architectures. • Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates and supporting automated deployment pipelines. • Demonstrated experience configuring and managing cloud networking, identity and access management, and security controls in at least one major public cloud provider. • Experience implementing and operating cloud monitoring and logging solutions and supporting incident response in production environments. • Must hold an active Secret clearance and meet applicable DoD 8140 requirements. • Must be a US Citizen. Preferred Qualifications • AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer. • Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Administrator Associate certification. • Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes in production cloud environments. • Experience working in federal or other highly regulated enterprise IT environments with formal cloud governance frameworks. #cjpost