System Administrator (TS Clearance Required)

North Point Technology is seeking an experienced System Administrator to work on cloud-based systems with a mission operations team. The team is involved in operations and sustainment of multiple operational cloud deployed geospatial solutions. A successful candidate will have experience with installation, configuration, administration, support and maintenance of cloud-based systems. 

 A successful candidate will have experience with installation, configuration, administration, support and maintenance of cloud-based systems.

This program requires employees to have an active TS clearance with ability to obtain SCI and a CI Polygraph.

Responsibilities:

• taking a leadership role in system changes and improvements
• working directly with government and contractor POCs to troubleshoot and responding to security reports
• proactively monitor all operational systems and perform some of the more complex health checks
• Deploy security patches and bug fixes to test and operational environments
•  update critical databases with new data; author and update operational and security documentation, including troubleshooting guides and SOP

Core Qualifications:

• TS/SCI Clearance w/ CI Poly (or ability to pass CI Poly upon hire)
• DOD 8570 Certification (Security+ or equivalent or higher)
• Typically requires BS degree and 8 - 12 years of prior relevant experience or master’s with 6 – 10 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience in AWS/Cloud technologies
• Advanced Linux administration experience with RHEL 7 or higher
• Must have experience with Microsoft Windows Server
• Knowledge of Systems, Architectural, SW Development and SW Sustainment Practices
• Windows administration
• Proactive self-starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Organizational Skills: Can plan and prioritize work. Follow tasks to their logical conclusion and make sure that everything has been done to the right standard. Good attention to detail.
• Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently with team members and clients, verbally and in writing. Able to present ideas in a variety of ways depending upon audience and context.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with ArcGIS/ESRI automation and deployments
• Understanding of RDS and SQL Technology
• AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Developer, Certification(s)
• Experience with IC Cloud Architecture implementation methodologies
• Team Collaboration tools and administration (Jira, Confluence, RocketChat)
• In-depth knowledge of NiFi Apache (orchestration software), Python machine learning algorithms, and Machine Learning (ML) skills with experience in unstructured text parsing, and Tomcat.