Cyber Systems Administration, Lead Associate

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a Cyber Systems Administrator to support a critical program supporting our client located in Laurel, MD.

 

In this role you will be responsible for the following:

• Manages the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure within an organization, including the physical network (e.g., LANs/WANs, servers, terminals) as well as server applications and software (e.g., PeopleSoft, Oracle).
• Configures, installs, maintains, and upgrades server applications and hardware.
• Evaluates, tests, recommends, coordinates, monitors, and maintains information systems (IS) and cyber security policies, procedures, and systems, including access management for hardware, firmware, and software.
• Ensures that IS and cyber security plans, controls, processes, standards, policies, and procedures are aligned with IS standards and overall IS and cyber security.
• Identifies security risks and exposures, determines the causes of security violations, and suggests procedures to halt future incidents and improve security.
• Develops techniques and procedures for conducting IS and cyber security risk assessments and compliance audits, the evaluation and testing of hardware, firmware, and software for possible impact on system security, and the investigation and resolution of security incidents such as intrusion, frauds, attacks, or leaks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience; Master's degree with 3 years of experience
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with Poly
• Five (5) years experience as a Systems Administrator in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexit.
• Shall have experience diagnosing and troubleshooting large scale cloud computing systems including familiarity with distributed systems for storage and retrieval of data e.g. Hadoop, CASSANDRA, SCALITY, SWIFT, Gluster, Lustre, GPFS, Amazon S3, or another other comparable technology for big data management or High performance computing.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently on complex tasks, show a willingness to educate and train more junior technical resources.
• Understanding of the end to end Linux PXE/Network provisioning process to include familiarity with Anaconda Kickstart configurations, RAID controller utilities, TFTP images, and disk detect scripts.
• One of the following certifications are required:
  • Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) Generalist
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect --- Associate
  • Red Hat Certified System Adminstrator (RHCSA)
  • CDP Administrator - Private Cloud Base
  • Elastic Certified Engineer
  • Elastic Certified Observability Engineer
  • Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS)
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator --- Associate
  • AWS DevOps Engineer Professional

Desired:

• Experience with Kubernetes orchestration services and Docker images.
• Experience with log aggregation and search tools including ElasticSearch, logstatsh, filebeats, Grafana, and rsyslog

 

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and participation in an attractive bonus plan.

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.