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Systems Administrator - $181K – $199k

Reston, VA
This position supports a government sponsor's Identity and Access Management (IDAM/ICAM) services. The administrator will help design, implement, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure in AWS, provide technical leadership to development teams, and ensure mission-critical systems remain operational. The role includes participation in a 24/7 on-call rotation (approximately one week every two months).

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead technical implementation and provide engineering guidance.
  • Administer and support Linux-based systems in AWS environments.
  • Perform security patching and system maintenance.
  • Support cloud-native service architectures and enterprise software solutions.
  • Maintain high-availability services, including LDAP-based attribute services used by numerous customer systems.
  • Collaborate with development, security, compliance, QA, and engineering teams.
  • Support DevOps and infrastructure-as-code practices.

Required Qualifications
  • Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
  • Bachelor's degree plus 11–15 years of relevant experience.
  • Expert-level Linux administration and strong Bash scripting skills.
  • Experience with:
    • AWS cloud services and administration.
    • Security accreditation/compliance processes.
    • Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Beats).
    • Infrastructure as Code and cloud architecture concepts.
    • Agile environments and DevOps tools (GitHub, Jenkins, Puppet, Docker, Rundeck, etc.).
    • AWS Console and CLI.
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills.
  • Ability to support privileged-access duties and on-call operations.

Preferred Qualifications
  • AWS Associate-level certification or higher.
  • Kubernetes/Container certifications (especially CKAD).
  • Experience with LDAP technologies.
  • Experience handling highly sensitive data.
  • C2S experience (3+ years).
  • CloudFormation expertise.
  • IAM/IdAM/ICAM, authentication, authorization, and attribute-management experience.
  • Experience with Tomcat.
  • Ability to manage stakeholder relationships and requirements gathering.

RCT Systems offers:
  • Competitive benefits package (medical, dental, vision, life insurance)
  • Immediate 401k vesting
  • Generous PTO and flexible schedules
  • $500.00 annual technology allowance
RCT Systems is committed and proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex (to include pregnancy and related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other federally protected class.
 

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