Senior Principal Cyber System Engineer Administrator ...

Senior Principal Cyber Systems Engineer/Administrator: Job Description: The selected Systems Administrator will work on site in the program''s Herndon SCIF 4 or 5 days/week and serve as a privileged user/PUA for assessments and other activities. Duties include: * Creating and following DevOps procedures using tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, and AWS CloudFormation. * Assisting in conducting certification and accreditation assessment and authorization (A&A) on applications IAW within RMF. * Implementing, verifying, and maintaining DISA STIG compliance, including implementing automated STIG compliance. * Supporting ISSOs with technical expertise * Creating and updating documents and diagrams required to fulfill security accreditation requirements. * Willing to learn new technologies and ask for help when stuck Required Qualifications: * A Bachelor''s degree with 9+ years of relevant experience OR a Master''s degree with 7 years of relevant experience OR a PhD with 4 years of relevant experience; an additional 4 years of experience maybe considered in lieu of a degree requirement. * Experience with developing, deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting AWS cloud-based software solutions. * Hands-on system administrator. * Security+ or other IAT Level II certification (required to obtain PUA). * Active TS/SCI CI Poly Desired Qualifications: * Experience with AWS CloudFormation. * Knowledge of scripting languages, such as Bash and Python. * Basic understanding of an Object-Oriented Programming Language, preferably Java. * Experience with Chef, Ansible, or Terraform for automation and configuration. * Experience integrating Jenkins and Docker for automated CI/CD pipelines * Basic understanding of Kubernetes or OpenShift Container Platform. * Experience with Git for Source Control. * Experience with one or more of these technologies is a bonus: Kafka, JumpMind, Immuta, Axway, NiFi (especially tuning NiFi)

Created: 2025-11-15