{"id":476,"date":"2025-10-29T17:44:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skillbasedmatching.com\/jobs\/?post_type=jobpost&#038;p=476"},"modified":"2025-10-29T17:44:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:44:29","slug":"senior-system-administrator-government-aws-rhel","status":"publish","type":"jobpost","link":"https:\/\/skillbasedmatching.com\/jobs\/current-jobs\/senior-system-administrator-government-aws-rhel\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior System Administrator \u2013 Government AWS\/RHEL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Fusion Technology<\/strong>, a HUBZone Small Business concern providing IT services to US Government programs and the Intel Community, is seeking a <strong>Senior System Administrator<\/strong>. This role is critical for ensuring the uptime, performance, resources, and security of managed environments.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a <strong>Full-time, Fully Remote<\/strong> position, located in the <strong>Remote, VA, USA<\/strong> area. <strong>Crucially, a DoD Secret Clearance is a mandatory requirement.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Role Summary and Technical Mandate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Senior System Administrator will be a key leader in the deployment, hardening, and maintenance of both RHEL and Windows-based systems. The role emphasizes automation (Ansible\/Jenkins), cloud administration (AWS), and leveraging monitoring tools (Splunk\/Grafana) to support Java-based and Pega applications.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What You&#8217;ll Do:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Deployment &amp; CI\/CD:<\/strong> Lead and assist with functional builds and deployments across non-production and production environments using <strong>Jenkins<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>System Orchestration:<\/strong> Orchestrate the installation, <strong>hardening, testing, and ongoing maintenance of RHEL 7\/8\/9 &amp; Windows-based systems<\/strong>, with a focus on continuous improvement and security enhancement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Automation &amp; Patching:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Automate Application server deployment for <strong>Pega and Tomcat Web Server using Ansible<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use Ansible to apply <strong>OS patches on RHEL 7\/8\/9<\/strong> across multiple environments to introduce efficiency gains.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Application Support:<\/strong> Provide dedicated support to <strong>PEGA developers, Java developers, and DBAs<\/strong>, addressing application upgrades, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Application and RHEL OS issues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Security &amp; Monitoring:<\/strong> Analyze security requirements (Compliance, Standards, etc.) and apply the <strong>latest security patches<\/strong>. Leverage <strong>Splunk, Grafana, and Ansible<\/strong> to manage and enhance Java-based applications, system monitoring, analytics, and automation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Required Experience and Technical Qualifications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The ideal candidate possesses a substantial background in IT, mandatory experience with a wide array of AWS services, deep Linux administration skills (RHEL), and the requisite security clearance.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Security Clearance (Mandatory):<\/strong> Must possess a <strong>DOD Secret Clearance<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Experience &amp; Education:<\/strong> Bachelor&#8217;s Degree in a related field with <strong>7+ years of experience<\/strong> in Information Technology or a related field (or equivalent experience).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Core Systems:<\/strong> <strong>7+ years of experience<\/strong> in upkeep, configuration, and reliable operation of computer systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AWS Infrastructure:<\/strong> Experience in supporting <strong>AWS infrastructure implementation\/administration<\/strong> across a wide array of services: <strong>AWS IAM, VPC, EC2, EBS, EFS, RDS, S3, KMS, ELB, Auto Scaling, Security groups, ACL, Cloud Trail, and Cloud Watch<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DevOps &amp; Monitoring:<\/strong> Extensive experience with <strong>Splunk, Grafana, and Ansible<\/strong> for system monitoring, analytics, and automation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Application Expertise:<\/strong> Experience managing and enhancing <strong>Java-based applications<\/strong> and supporting specific platforms like <strong>Pega<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fusion Technology, a HUBZone Small Business concern providing IT services to US Government programs and the Intel Community, is seeking a Senior System Administrator. This role is critical for ensuring the uptime, performance, resources, and security of managed environments. This is a Full-time, Fully Remote position, located in the Remote, VA, USA area. 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