Systems Engineer (Azure, Ansible, CI/CD) - Secret Clearance

Location: Ft. Meade, MD - HYBRID REMOTE
Clearance: Active SECRET Clearance

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Master’s degree with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience
• Experience building, configuring, patching and maintaining Windows and Linux servers
• Experience planning and executing the integration of services and appliances into Azure or other secure IaaS environments
• Thorough understanding and experience with Azure Cloud services
• Knowledge of basic networking and network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, routing, firewalls, SSH, VPNs)
• Hands-on experience reviewing and analyzing system logs and events to resolve issues
• Experience developing and providing solutions to complex technical issues and problems that impact development, test and production environments
• Experience implementing and maintaining Entra ID and/or Microsoft Active Directory environments
• Experience documenting standard operating procedures or other documentation to assist operations teams or end users
• Experience developing and deploying Infrastructure as Code (IaC), utilizing continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools, and leveraging automation platforms such as Ansible or Azure Functions
• Understanding of Federal Government application, server, and network security requirements such as NIST, FedRAMP, and FISMA
• Familiarity with the Atlassian suite, including Jira and Confluence
• Ability to obtain IAT Level II (or higher) Certification such as Security + or CISSP within 60 days after start date of assignment.