Job Requirements
Fairfax, VA Denver, CO
Top Secret/SCI Polygraph not specified
Mid Level Career (5+ yrs experience)
$130,000 - $215,000
Job Description
Shadowgate Partners is seeking a Cloud Systems Engineer for our client, who for over 40 years, has been a leading provider of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and specialized communications systems to the Intelligence Community, with deep expertise across strategic and tactical missions.
This is a fully funded position with the client serving as prime on the contract, available for immediate start. This role is **100% onsite** at the client's facility either in Fairfax, VA or Denver, CO.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain cloud-native systems supporting mission operations
- Readily adapt to evolving requirements; stay current on emerging technologies; help evaluate and implement new tools and platforms to enhance system capability
Technical Requirements
- Experience with Linux (Red Hat and CentOS preferred)
- Enterprise services — Active Directory, LDAP, DNS
- System security, hardening, and accreditation (e.g., DCID 6/3, ICD-503)
- Automated OS and cloud infrastructure deployment
- Cloud virtualization
- Configuration and administration of NAT, DNS, LDAP, NIS, NFS, iptables, FreeIPA
- System performance monitoring and tuning
- Design, execution, and monitoring of system backup plans
- Scripting and automation (Bash, csh, Perl, Ruby, Python, Expect)
- Automation of repetitive administrative tasks
- Foundational knowledge of switching, routing, IP addressing, and networking
- Experience with multicast
- Ability to train others on system maintenance procedures
- Source code control — use and administration (CVS, Subversion, Git)
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Gluster, Ceph
Education
Bachelor's degree in a computer-related discipline preferred but not mandatory; relevant work experience may be substituted.
Security Clearance
TS/SCI with the ability to obtain a CI polygraph after starting in role.
Salary Range
$130,000–$210,000
Benefits
Our Client offers an incredible benefits package including a 25% 401(k) company contribution, an additional 25% Individual Benefits Account (IBA) contribution covering health insurance premiums, 8 weeks of PTO, and 100% tuition and books reimbursement.
This is a fully funded position with the client serving as prime on the contract, available for immediate start. This role is **100% onsite** at the client's facility either in Fairfax, VA or Denver, CO.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain cloud-native systems supporting mission operations
- Readily adapt to evolving requirements; stay current on emerging technologies; help evaluate and implement new tools and platforms to enhance system capability
Technical Requirements
- Experience with Linux (Red Hat and CentOS preferred)
- Enterprise services — Active Directory, LDAP, DNS
- System security, hardening, and accreditation (e.g., DCID 6/3, ICD-503)
- Automated OS and cloud infrastructure deployment
- Cloud virtualization
- Configuration and administration of NAT, DNS, LDAP, NIS, NFS, iptables, FreeIPA
- System performance monitoring and tuning
- Design, execution, and monitoring of system backup plans
- Scripting and automation (Bash, csh, Perl, Ruby, Python, Expect)
- Automation of repetitive administrative tasks
- Foundational knowledge of switching, routing, IP addressing, and networking
- Experience with multicast
- Ability to train others on system maintenance procedures
- Source code control — use and administration (CVS, Subversion, Git)
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Gluster, Ceph
Education
Bachelor's degree in a computer-related discipline preferred but not mandatory; relevant work experience may be substituted.
Security Clearance
TS/SCI with the ability to obtain a CI polygraph after starting in role.
Salary Range
$130,000–$210,000
Benefits
Our Client offers an incredible benefits package including a 25% 401(k) company contribution, an additional 25% Individual Benefits Account (IBA) contribution covering health insurance premiums, 8 weeks of PTO, and 100% tuition and books reimbursement.
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