System Administrator (TS SCI Clearance Required)

North Point Technology is seeking an experienced System Administrator to support a mission critical program based in Chantilly, VA. This program requires employees to have an active TS/SCI clearance with ability to obtain a CI Polygraph. A current Security+ certification is required.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and support cloud initiatives to support customer driven needs

• Responsible for user account management and infrastructure requirements.

• Maintain program owned applications in support of a collaborative environment (JIRA, Atlassian, BitBucket, RocketChat)

• Work as a SME to define network requirements, user metrics, maintenance of our PPSM, and support to development needs.

• Responsible for infrastructure patching and OS baseline hardening

• Manage several environments as a Linux SME providing overall support to the program and working with Enterprise Services to ensure compliance with security services and applications.

• Position requires a panama day shift schedule

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline plus 2-4 years of professional experience as a Systems Administrator or similar technical role.

• Security+ Certification

• Proactive self-starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Two or more years of experience with Amazon Web Services (S3 Buckets, EC2, Reserved Instances, etc.)

• Familiar with System Engineering documentation creation (VDDs, network diagrams, data flows, etc.)

• Experience working with Agile Team Collaboration tools such as (Jira, Confluence, RocketChat)

• Strong Linux background and familiarity with best practices of infrastructure management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with AWS and other cloud vendors.

• Experience with Amazon Web Services technical performance versus cost management

• Experience with cloud-based architectures

• Familiar with cross domain architectures at various levels

• Experience with automated testing and monitoring

• Experience with Engineering Review Boards and Change Management

North Point Technology is THE BEST place to work for curious-minded engineers motivated to support our country’s most crucial missions! We focus on long term projects, leveraging the latest technology in support of innovative solutions to solve our customer’s most difficult problems.

At North Point Technology, EMPLOYEES come first! We value our employees by providing excellent compensation, benefits, and a flexible work-life balance. We strive for a close-knit and open atmosphere where the owners are always directly available to our team members.

Come join us! Apply with North Point Technology today!

For positions requiring a federal security clearance, your clearance level must be clearly identified on your resume.