Cloud Systems Administrator
Apply NowCompany: Criterion Systems
Location: Denver, CO 80219
Description:
Overview
At Criterion Systems, we developed a different kind of business-a company whose real value is a reputation for excellence built upon the collective skills, talents, perspectives, and backgrounds of its people. By accepting a position with Criterion Systems, you will join a group of professionals with a collaborative mindset where we share ideas and foster professional development to accomplish our goals. In addition to our great culture, we also offer competitive compensation and benefit packages, company-sponsored team building events, and advancement opportunities. To find out more about how Criterion can help you take your career to the next level please visit our website: www.criterion-sys.com. Criterion Systems is a Military/Veteran Friendly Company therefore we encourage Veterans to apply.
We are seeking a Cloud Engineer/System Administrator to help our government customer's success in Denver, Colorado!
***ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED***
Responsibilities
This position is on a program at the forefront of developing and operating Geospatial Intelligence analysis software. This team builds and maintains an exceptionally powerful platform enabling our users to address challenging real-world problems by converting disparate data into actionable information. We work directly with operational users to design, develop, and maintain capabilities that empower analysts to create actionable intelligence from the massive volumes of Geospatial Intelligence data to give our intel and combat organizations the decision advantage over our near-peer adversaries.
As a Senior Cloud Engineer/System Admin on the System Team, you will work with Release Trains, Agile Teams, Security, and the rest of the Systems Team by providing and maintaining the environments needed to develop and fielding advanced intelligence capabilities. This includes configuration management of hardware and software environment, supporting the Desktop development environment, providing cloud solutions, implementing infrastructure as code, and asset management and procurement.
Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities
Qualifications
Required Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies
Preferred Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies
Security Clearance Level
Certification
Work Schedule
Pay Rate
Benefits Offered
Criterion Systems, LLC and its subsidiaries are committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination at all levels of our organization. We believe in treating all applicants and employees fairly and make employment decisions without regard to any individual's protected status: race, ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex/gender, gender identity/gender expression, sexual orientation, physical and mental disability, marital/parental status, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), age, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit https://careers-criterion-sys.icims.com/.
At Criterion Systems, we developed a different kind of business-a company whose real value is a reputation for excellence built upon the collective skills, talents, perspectives, and backgrounds of its people. By accepting a position with Criterion Systems, you will join a group of professionals with a collaborative mindset where we share ideas and foster professional development to accomplish our goals. In addition to our great culture, we also offer competitive compensation and benefit packages, company-sponsored team building events, and advancement opportunities. To find out more about how Criterion can help you take your career to the next level please visit our website: www.criterion-sys.com. Criterion Systems is a Military/Veteran Friendly Company therefore we encourage Veterans to apply.
We are seeking a Cloud Engineer/System Administrator to help our government customer's success in Denver, Colorado!
***ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED***
Responsibilities
This position is on a program at the forefront of developing and operating Geospatial Intelligence analysis software. This team builds and maintains an exceptionally powerful platform enabling our users to address challenging real-world problems by converting disparate data into actionable information. We work directly with operational users to design, develop, and maintain capabilities that empower analysts to create actionable intelligence from the massive volumes of Geospatial Intelligence data to give our intel and combat organizations the decision advantage over our near-peer adversaries.
As a Senior Cloud Engineer/System Admin on the System Team, you will work with Release Trains, Agile Teams, Security, and the rest of the Systems Team by providing and maintaining the environments needed to develop and fielding advanced intelligence capabilities. This includes configuration management of hardware and software environment, supporting the Desktop development environment, providing cloud solutions, implementing infrastructure as code, and asset management and procurement.
Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities
- Build and maintain infrastructure as code for cloud-based services
- Procure, build and maintain configuration management for on-prem hardware
- Provide and maintain standard Linux and Windows operating systems environments
- Responsible for asset management reporting and tracking
- Procure, install, and manage software licenses
- Assist in establishment, maintenance and troubleshooting of cloud-based and on-prem networking
- Automate development and operation processes to ensure reliability and repeatability
Qualifications
Required Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies
- An active TS/SCI security clearance, preferably with CI polygraph
- Five (5) years of related experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience
- Possess a strong grasp of Linux
- Experience with AWS Infrastructure
- Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) concepts
- Experience managing unclassified and classified development environments including workstations, servers, and GPU assets
- Knowledge on how to build, configure, and administrate all aspects of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 & 8
- Must be able to apply security hardness according to DISA STIG requirements
- Understanding of network configuration in cloud and on-prem environments
- Experience with building and deploying Elastic Stack clusters for data and logs
- Information Assurance/DoD 8570 certification IAT Level II or higher (like Security+) or willing to obtain within 6 months
Preferred Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies
- Experience with Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or similar IaC technology
- Experience procuring equipment for government contracts and asset management
- AWS Certification - SysOps or DevOps or Architect
- Experience managing hybrid on-prem / cloud operating environments
- Experience with CICD pipelines and GitOps (like ArgoCD)
- Experience with container management/orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, RKE2) and/or Platform as a Service (e.g., Openshift)
- Experience with Helm charts, Kustomize, and/or updating k8s manifests
Security Clearance Level
- TS/SCI with an adjudicated CI polygraph or ability to obtain a CI polygraph
Certification
- Information Assurance/DoD 8570 certification IAT Level II or higher (like Security+) or willing to obtain within 6 months
Work Schedule
- Full-time on-site at a designated facility - Hybrid schedule with accommodating team environment.
Pay Rate
- The projected compensation range for this position is $135,000 - $181,000. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Criterion Systems considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits Offered
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Tuition/Training Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, and Holidays.
Criterion Systems, LLC and its subsidiaries are committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination at all levels of our organization. We believe in treating all applicants and employees fairly and make employment decisions without regard to any individual's protected status: race, ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex/gender, gender identity/gender expression, sexual orientation, physical and mental disability, marital/parental status, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), age, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit https://careers-criterion-sys.icims.com/.