Senior Systems Administrator (Active Top Secret Clearance)

Description

Please note : This role is contingent upon a contract award. While it is not an immediate opening, we are actively conducting interviews and extending offers in anticipation of the award.

ICF is a mission-driven company filled with people who care deeply about improving the lives of others and making the world a better place. Our core values include Embracing Difference; we seek candidates who are passionate about building a culture that encourages, embraces, and hires dimensions of difference.?

Our Engineering and Emerging Technologies (EET) team works side by side with customers to articulate a vision for success, and then make it happen. We know success doesn't happen by accident. It takes the right team of people, working together on the right solutions for the customer. We are looking for a seasoned DevOps Engineer who will be a key driver to make this happen.

We are seeking a skilled Systems Administrator to support daily operations of IT systems for a government program, ensuring stability, security, and compliance across infrastructure components. The Systems Administrator will be responsible for maintaining servers, networks, and applications in both classified and unclassified environments while adhering to Department of Defense (DoD) security standards.?

Job Location : Remote role - must be performed within the United States and support U.S. Eastern Time Zone hours. ICF monitors employee work locations, restricts access from foreign IP addresses, and prohibits the use of personal VPNs.

Responsibilities :

Implement best in class cloud-based solutions in AWS using infrastructure as code (Terraform)

Deploy, setup, and run infrastructure configurations for various AWS and on-prem (DISA) services

Architect and implement scalable, reliable, and secure platform solutions

Manage container definitions, deployment pipelines, tuning, and troubleshooting

Work with bash, SQL, Python, and other scripting languages

Engage with technical stakeholders including but not limited to application development, networking, infrastructure, information security, risk, enterprise identity and access management, and security operations

Enable and optimize the automation of application and infrastructure environments

Be part of a team where you collaborate to build cloud infrastructure, with an understanding of Kubernetes, Containers and serverless functions

Develop, maintain and improve continuous?integration / continuous?delivery (CI / CD) pipelines for delivering features, fixes and system updates in development, integration and production environments.

Set up, integrate, and maintain a scalable, stable set of CI / CD tools to support development, testing, and security scanning.

Implement application metrics collection and log aggregation to provide continuous monitoring capabilities, track all aspects of the system, infrastructure, performance, application errors and roll up metrics.

Analyze functional and non-functional business requirements, translate them into technical operational requirements, and propose CI / CD pipelines with tools and plugins.

Making a big impact as part of a small team that's pushing boundaries

Required Qualifications :

Candidate must have an active DoD Top Secret Clearence.

Security+ or equivalent certification required.?

5+ years of experience in Systems Administration and support.

3+ years of experience with containers.

3+ years of experience in setting up CI / CD Pipelines with integration with open-source plugins.

3+ years of experience in DevOps / Agile / Scrum environments and development.

3+ years of experience with monitoring tools like Application Insights, Prometheus, or Datadog.

3+ years of experience with open technologies and related Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, JIRA, including Docker, GitHub, Git and others.

3+ years of strong hands-on experience with configuration management, cloud orchestration and automation tools with AWS environments.

3+ years' experience with provisioning and managing infrastructure as well as applications in AWS cloud environments.

2+ years of experience withidentifying and implementing automation for Continuous?Integration / Continuous?Deployment.

2+ years' experience writing infrastructure as code using Terraform.

Working at ICF

ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, but we're not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future.

We can only solve the world's toughest challenges by building a workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer. Together, our employees are empowered to share their expertise and collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals. For more information, please read our?EEO () policy.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation, please email? Candidateaccommodation@icf.com ?and we will be happy to assist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.?

Read more about? workplace?discrimination?righ t s or our benefit offerings which are included in the? Transparency in (Benefits) Coverage Act.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

At ICF, we are committed to ensuring a fair interview process for all candidates based on their own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate or assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is not permitted. This policy is in place to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the interview process.?

However, we understand that some candidates may require accommodation that involves the use of AI. If such an accommodation is needed, candidates are instructed to contact us in advance at? candidateaccommodation@icf.com . We are dedicated to providing the necessary support to ensure that all candidates have an equal opportunity to succeed. ?

Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is :

$81,094.00 - $166,810.00

Nationwide Remote Office (US99)