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We are seeking a mission-focused Cloud Administrator to support and contribute to our government customer’s success in Washington D.C.!
The Cloud Administrator will support cloud systems engineering, administration, and maintenance for a high visibility Executive Branch customer. Your focus will be on leveraging Ansible to automate provisioning, configuration management, and deployment in addition to providing ongoing systems administration, operations, and sustainment support.
This role is hybrid and requires 2 days a week on-site in Washington, DC.
Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities
Support the implementation, operations, and sustainment of the cloud environment.
Implement automations that replace time-consuming, error-prone, manual repetitive configuration and provisioning activities using infrastructure as code solutions such as Ansible, Terraform, and/or custom scripts.
Support Ansible playbook design, role development, and testing in non-production environments, as well as migration to production networks.
Create and maintain Ansible playbooks to automate the installation, deployment, and configuration of cloud resources; maintain source code in the GIT repository.
Manage and monitor Linux systems to ensure optimal performance and availability.
Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to infrastructure, hardware failures, network issues, and performance bottlenecks.
Strong proficiency in Red Hat Linux system administration
Experience using Ansible for automated provisioning, configuration management, and deployment of cloud workloads (Azure environment preferred)
Experience creating Ansible playbooks for automated configuration of Azure resources
Experience with scripting technologies (e.g., Python, YAML, Bash) for automation
Understanding of cloud computing technologies & services with demonstrated hands-on experience in performing systems administration activities in cloud environments.
Knowledge of IT infrastructure including networking, storage, and security in classified environments.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies
Security Clearance Level
Certification
Work Schedule
Benefits Offered
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