Apply to Systems Administrator (Expert) - $179K – $199K

Senior/Expert System Administrator supporting a technical development program in the IDAM/ICAM and Attribute Services space. The role focuses heavily on AWS/cloud-native infrastructure, Linux administration, automation, security, and mission-critical operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, implement, and maintain cloud-native AWS infrastructure
Provide technical leadership and engineering guidance to development/mission teams
Administer and support Linux servers in AWS
Perform security patching and privileged-access/system administration
Maintain a mission-critical service operating 24/7/365
Support an LDAP-based COTS service providing attribute data to hundreds of systems
Participate in an on-call rotation approximately 1 week every 2 months
Work across development, systems engineering, security, compliance, and QA teams

Required Qualifications:

TS/SCI with Polygraph
Bachelor's degree + 11–15 years relevant experience
Expert-level Linux administration
Strong Bash scripting
AWS/cloud experience and infrastructure-as-code knowledge
Security accreditation experience
Experience with Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Beats)
DevOps/CI/CD experience with tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Puppet, Docker, Rundeck
AWS Console and CLI experience
Enterprise cloud architecture/design understanding
Agile experience and strong communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

AWS Associate certification
CKAD/Kubernetes or container certification
LDAP experience
CloudFormation
IAM/IDAM/ICAM, authentication, authorization, or attribute services
Highly sensitive data experience
3+ years C2S experience
Tomcat experience
Experience managing Sponsor relationships and requirements

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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