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Description of Task to be Performed:
Come join our growing team and make a difference every day! AnaVation is seeking an experienced Cyber Defense Infrastructure Support Specialist for a high priority cyber-focused work program. The successful candidate will have experience with Information Technology system administration, operations, and maintenance and cyber capability development within federal government environments.Key responsibilities include:· Provide information technology subject matter expertise to ensure the administration, operations, maintenance, engineering, and lifecycle of information technology systems and tools.· Ensure operations and maintenance (O&M) best practices are adhered to for cloud and on-premises environments, systems, applications, and tools.· Enhance system operations through the design, development, and sustainment of new and existing system functionality to support configuration management, automated building, automated testing, automated deployment, and automated monitoring and notification.· Create and maintain bare-metal and virtual machines with the appropriate distribution of Operating Systems and network configuration, using configuration management tools and automation where possible.· Provision/configure the required software onto servers, such as web servers and databases.· Evaluate, improve, and maintain information security throughout the infrastructure.· Monitor and correct server issues and process for failures and performance bottlenecks.· Manage and monitor all installed systems and infrastructure.· Design, develop, deliver, and sustain new and existing cybersecurity technologies · Support Government personnel in documentation, to include system design documents, standard operating procedures, operations and maintenance manuals/procedures, software development plans, and related documentation.
· Provide program design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation. · Recommend and utilize the appropriate programming language for each component or workload based upon performance requirements, supportability, integration with existing components, maintainability, and other selection criteria deemed applicable. · Manage large scale development efforts, including the technical lead of other development teams. · Develop all components and services using industry best practices such as test-driven development, centralized source code management, code reviews, and automated testing. · Utilize continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) workflows to the maximum extent possible for all published components. · Produce DevOps best practice templates to enable rapid implementation of DevSecOps development workflows. · Employ agile software design procedures. · Mentor junior staff and ensure quality of technical support and contractual deliverables.
This position is on-site with our customer in Huntsville, AL. This position requires an active Top Secret clearance and the ability to successfully pass a polygraph and obtain SCI accesses.
Required Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in related field, or equivalent combination of relevant experience and education (degree strongly preferred)
- Experience: 10 years (minimum)
- Required:
- Experience with Linux Based Environment Administration.
- Experience Testing, Implementing, Deploying, Maintaining, and Administering Infrastructure Hardware and Software for Cybersecurity
- Experience Developing, Creating, Modifying, and Maintaining Computer Applications, Software, or Specialized Utility Programs for Cybersecurity
- Knowledge base in DNS, DHCP, LDAP, SMTP, NTP, and integration with infrastructure services to solve technical and functional issues.
- Proficient understanding of networks, storage, and LAN/WAN systems and applications as well as their dependencies.
- Technical knowledge of all phases of applications systems analysis and programming.
- Agile software design experience and be able to create/consume stories within a sprint structure.
- Understanding of containerization technologies and ability to pack and deploy developed solutions using container based best practices.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience Integrating Third-Party Components, the introduction of new custom capabilities, modification of existing code, process improvement recommendation, and automation of Operations and Maintenance tasks.
- Experience with Splunk, Oracle/SQL Based Platforms, and Python.
- Preferred Certifications:
- Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA)
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Associate
Benefits
·Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents ·100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents ·100% company paid long-term and short term disability insurance ·100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents ·401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting ·Competitive Pay ·Generous paid leave and holiday package ·Tuition and training reimbursement ·Life and AD&D Insurance
About AnaVation
AnaVation is the leader in solving the most complex technical challenges for collection and processing in the U.S. Federal Intelligence Community. We are a US owned company headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. We deliver groundbreaking research with advanced software and systems engineering that provides an information advantage to contribute to the mission and operational success of our customers. We offer complex challenges, a top-notch work environment, and a world-class, collaborative team. If you want to grow your career and make a difference while doing it, AnaVation is the perfect fit for you! Apply for this job
