Senior System Administrator (REMOTE)

Koniag IT Systems, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Senior System Administrator to support KITS and our government customer. This position requires the candidate to be able to obtain a Public Trust. The position is remote.

We offer competitive compensation and an extraordinary benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401K with company matching, flexible spending accounts, paid holidays, three weeks paid time off, and more.

Koniag IT Systems, LLC, is seeking a highly skilled Sr System Administrator to support the Global Public Affairs Office of the US Department of State. The duties of this project team include the Architecture, Engineering, Operations, Development, UI/UX, User Training and Agile Project Management of their web assets hosted on Cloud Architecture running a Content Management System (WordPress). We offer competitive compensation and an extraordinary benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401K with company matching, flexible spending accounts, paid holidays, three weeks paid time off, and more.

Essential Functions, Responsibilities & Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Serve on the engineering team to support a WordPress site on AWS running a Kubernetes CI/cd pipeline and work with the cloud architect to implement, support and maintain all environments across the web assets to include lower environments. Later a migration to WordPress VIP is expected and the candidate will have to learn how to configure the Platform-As A Service(PAAS) correctly to achieve uptime, monitoring and business continuity goals of the enterprise.
• M anage a production environment running WordPress on AWS that will handle a high volume of traffic and traffic spikes to include establishing monitoring and operational procedures to ensure business continuity.
• Be available to help outside 9-to-5 hours for infrequent production troubleshooting when necessary or when you are Tier 2 POC for Help Desk.
• Maintain, support, and troubleshoot all other environments, including developer environments, testing environments, and pre-production environments using Kubernetes or WordPress VIP utilities.
• Work closely with the AWS Architect, Product Owner, Scrum Master, engineers, and security engineers to maintain and implement engineering plans and troubleshoot production problems.
• Possess knowledge of best practice operational procedures regarding implementing security policy, WAF firewall rules, user authentication, business continuity and document those standards.
• Participate in and support a team that is charged with coordinating and implementing various solutions required to support the AWS Cloud.
• Implement proof of concepts/pilots for various solutions, develop operational plans for supporting all the solutions developed, and create documentation and implementation plans for various solutions used to access and leverage AWS and WordPress VIP.
• Build and implement all cloud infrastructure to be the first field of any production support calls .

Qualifications:

• Able to implement and monitor technology configurations in an AWS Kubernetes environment.
• Create and follow operating procedures being mindful of Fedramp and Change Procedures.
• Be the main POC, for Help Desk after hour support to diagnose production problems and identify risk.
• Kubernetes and understanding traffic pattern for a high-traffic web site running a Content Management System is preferred.
• Amazon web infrastructure and services.
• Passionate about identifying constraints/bottlenecks in engineering lifecycles and automating them
• Focused on building a culture of collaboration, transparency, and automation
• Experience building and supporting YAML based CI/CD pipelines, leveraging tools such as, GitlabCI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, CircleCI, etc.
• Experience building and supporting Infrastructure as code (IaC), leveraging tools such as, Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, Salt, Chef, Cloud Formation, etc.
• Experienced with Terraform Open Source, in CI/CD driven solutions
• Proven knowledge in PowerShell, with demonstrable ability to build and understand logical scripts, utilizing statements such as, if/else, foreach, try/catch, etc.
• Deep understanding of IaaS and PaaS services offered on cloud platforms and understand how to use them together to build complex solutions
• Research, analyze, design, propose and support the delivery of solutions that are appropriate for business and technology strategies
• Experienced with Cloud-Native and Hybrid architectures
• Able to design data, system, and component architectures; and design and share in simple language with executive leadership
• Experienced with Agile methodologies especially TDD and Scrum; Kanban is a plus
• Experience with LEMP & LAMP stacks (Linux, Nginx, Apache, MySQL, PHP), Drupal development and customization, Drupal module development, MySQL performance and scaling, Javascript (especially frontend), React, experience with various Drupal modules, Elasticpress, Elasticsearch and the ELK stack, Akamai, Git, Bitbucket. Some ASP.net experience may be helpful to support the outgoing site for a short period of time
• Well versed in the DevOps lifecycle and process improvement strategies
• Proven knowledge of Change and Configuration Management best practices
• Partner with development and operations teams to develop practical automation solutions and custom modules. Troubleshoot automation issues and find practical solutions that move projects forward promptly.

Security Requirement:

• Ability to obtain a Public Trust

Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

The company is an equal opportunity employer. The company shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, religion, creed, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity (except where gender is a bona fide occupational qualification), national origin or ancestry, age, disability, citizenship, military/veteran status, marital status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We are committed to equal employment opportunity in all decisions related to employment, promotion, wages, benefits, and all other privileges, terms, and conditions of employment.

The company is dedicated to seeking all qualified applicants. If you require an accommodation to navigate or apply for a position on our website, please get in touch with Heaven Wood via e-mail at accommodations@koniag-gs.com or by calling 703-488-9377 to request accommodations.

Koniag Government Services (KGS) is an Alaska Native Owned corporation supporting the values and traditions of our native communities through an agile employee and corporate culture that delivers Enterprise Solutions, Professional Services and Operational Management to Federal Government Agencies. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Koniag, we apply our proven commercial solutions to a deep knowledge of Defense and Civilian missions to provide forward leaning technical, professional, and operational solutions. KGS enables successful mission outcomes for our customers through solution-oriented business partnerships and a commitment to exceptional service delivery. We ensure long-term success with a continuous improvement approach while balancing the collective interests of our customers, employees, and native communities. For more information, please visit www.koniag-gs.com.

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