What are the responsibilities and job description for the Applications Systems Analyst – Senior position at Global Enterprise Services, LLC?
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a relevant technical discipline and 5 years of relevant experience; Additional experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree
- Active Secret with SSBI or Top-Secret security clearance
- Current DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 or higher certification (i.e., CompTIA Security /CE, CASP or CISSP)
- Experience installing, managing and maintaining RHEL 7 Linux servers in a production environment
- Experience troubleshooting and managing virtualized infrastructure in a VMware ESXi environment
- Experience with deploying and managing infrastructure and software applications to the AWS cloud
- Experience applying DevOps concepts and tools to automate repetitive tasks and ensure baseline consistency across multiple environments
- Experience deploying, managing, monitoring and maintaining a variety of complex software products across multiple environments, including WildFly/JBoss, MongoDB, Apache Cassandra, HAProxy, etc.
- Experience with the deployment of McAfee HBSS tools in a Linux environment
- Experience with scripting in Bash and experience in other languages such as Perl or Python
- Thorough knowledge of TCP/IP networking
- Application and configuration of security settings and other IA best practices, such as those as required by DISA STIGs and SRGs
- Experience supporting, installing and configuring enclave Ethernet switches, storage area networks (SAN), and network attached storage (NAS)
Responsibilities:
- Work independently to ensure the reliability, availability and security of the ENET solution by proactively monitoring the system, troubleshooting, and resolving issues to ensure high availability and continuity of operations
- Be able to work in a fast-paced environment and must be able to work independently
- Maintain configuration management and baseline control of development, test, pre-production and production environments
- Conduct regular security scans, analyze results and implement resolutions including testing of new hardware and software and ensure compliance with DISA STIGs
- Operate and maintain the ENET solution, including patching of operating systems and COTS/FOSS/GOTS
- Perform and test regular backups
- Monitor and tune system and network performance, including RHEL and VMWare systems, for optimal system availability
- Configure, manage and maintain components of the SDN solution (application servers, load balancers, databases, operating systems, etc.)
- Deploy ENET systems in the Lab environment, integrate with other systems, perform testing and validation
- Manage, track and maintain configuration items including licenses, SSL certificates and the hardware/software baseline
- Support ENET baseline deployments, upgrades and updates to the production environment including the installation and configuration of new software and hardware
- Lead planning and migration of ENET infrastructure and applications from the Data Center environment to the AWS cloud.
- Create, maintain and implement detailed documentation and maintain standard operating procedures.
- Perform trend analysis on component failures, network/node outages, and system performance parameters
- Interact with software and hardware vendors to evaluate vendor products and make recommendations to purchase hardware and software
- Work with network engineers and developers to troubleshoot environment issues as necessary
- Escalate support issues to vendors as necessary and coordinate resolution
- Manage access including creation and management of user and service accounts
- Provide support on a M-F business hours schedule, also responsible for on-call, extended hour, and weekend support as required by mission or emergency situations
Preferred Qualifications
- Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)/Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)
- Experience managing HPE integrated BladeSystem enclosures, including Onboard Administrator, iLO and interconnect modules
- Experience managing and using Ansible automation tools
- Knowledge of Git and the Git version control model
- Understanding of PostgreSQL, including monitoring, managing and maintaining replicated databases
- Experience supporting, installing and configuring enclave Fiber/Ethernet switches, HPE storage area networks (SAN)/ network attached storage (NAS)
- Experience with a ticketing system such as BMC Remedy and/or Atlassian JIRA
- Experience administering and configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 or higher
Clearance/Citizenship:
- Secret
- Must be US Citizen
This position will involve less than 10% travel
Location: Remote