Network Designer/Architect 4

Wyetechllc; Maryland; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% contribution to SEP IRA with no matching requirement

PTO plan of up to 200 hours annually

Voluntary benefit plans including health, vision, and dental

Job summary

Wyetech LLC in Maryland is seeking a motivated and experienced Linux Systems Administrator to support federal government customers. This role involves leading and maintaining a modern DevOps architecture, improving availability, reliability, and ensuring security posture.

Candidates must hold a relevant Bachelor's degree and have extensive experience, including TS/SCI security clearance. The position offers competitive benefits including generous PTO, voluntary medical plans, and retirement contributions.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI with agency appropriate polygraph.
• Responsible for secure infrastructure and vulnerability corrections, data security, compliance, and backups and recovery.
• Maintain enclave documentation including network diagram, system names, IP addresses, barcodes.

Responsibilities

• Design, maintain, and support operations and maintenance activities of a large enclave.
• Develop strategies to migrate existing customers to new architecture and technology with minimal impact.
• Evaluate new technologies or equipment for addition to Agency standard solutions.

Skills

Network administration including installing, configuring and maintaining network devices

Experience deploying and maintaining nginx

Familiarity with Docker, MongoDB, and Elastic Search

Knowledge of LatteArt/Biscotti, Netseer, SEAR logging

Education

Bachelor's degree plus 11 years of relevant experience or equivalent

Tools

OpenVAS

Prometheus

Grafana

FIPS

RedHat Satellite

Job description

At Wyetech, you’ll be at the center of an award-winning corporate culture, breaking technological barriers and solving real-world problems for our federal government customers. We are committed to hiring the best of the best, and in return, we offer a world-class, truly unique employee experience that is rare within our industry.

Seeking a motivated and experienced Linux Systems Administrator for a small, diverse team that provides end-to-end software, systems, and network engineering services to support Integrated Discovery Operations (IDO). You will lead, evolve, and maintain a dynamic, modern DevOps architecture, often based on open-source technology and not relying on corporate baselines, to support software developers, phased system upgrades, compliance, and improvements aimed at ensuring continued execution of the IDO mission. We aim to improve availability and reliability, reduce latency, and optimize performance, while maintaining the security posture.

Due to federal contract requirements, United States Citizenship and position appropriate security clearance is required. (e.g. Active TS/SCI security clearance with agency appropriate polygraph).

Responsibilities and Qualifications

• Design, maintain, and support operations and maintenance (O&M) activities of a large enclave comprised of various hardware, software, and network components to include server architecture, virtual machines, managed switches, NAS, VLANs, and VPNs.
• Develop and carry out strategies to migrate existing customers to new architecture and technology with minimal impact.
• Evaluate new technologies or equipment that can be added to Agency standard solutions.
• TS/SCI with agency appropriate polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree plus 11 years of relevant experience or equivalent.
• Network administration including installing, configuring, and maintaining network devices; configuring various routing protocols, troubleshooting multi-hop connectivity, throughput, and latency; setting up firewalls.
• Responsible for secure infrastructure and vulnerability corrections, data security, compliance, and backups and recovery.
• Maintain SSPs, STE/STN requirements via RMF, Netseer, SEAR logging, patching, IAVMs, McAfee, and UAM.
• Responsible for user-level support, including interacting with system-savvy developers and analysts, resolving network, computer, and virtual system issues & anomalies.
• Maintain enclave documentation (network diagram, system names, IP addresses, barcodes, etc.); provide monthly activity report to include system outages.
• Experience deploying and maintaining nginx; system monitoring platforms like OpenVAS, Prometheus and Grafana; SELinux and FIPS.
• Knowledge of LatteArt/Biscotti, Netseer, SEAR logging.
• Familiarity with Docker, MongoDB, and Elastic Search; Ansible and GitLab; RedHat Satellite. Working knowledge of software‑defined networks.

Benefits

Wyetech believes in generously supporting employees as they prepare for retirement. The company automatically contributes 20% of each employee's gross compensation to a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) IRA, with no requirement for employee matching. All contributions are fully vested from day one, ensuring immediate ownership of retirement funds.

Additional benefits include: Wyetech provides a generous PTO plan of up to 200 hours annually, aligned with applicable state leave regulations. Employees have the flexibility to adjust their PTO allocation at the start of each calendar year, ensuring it meets their evolving needs.

Full‑time employees have the option to participate in a variety of voluntary benefit plans including: Choice of Medical Plan Options, some with Health Savings Account (HSA); Vision and Dental; Life and AD&D Benefits; Short and Long‑Term Disability; Hospital Indemnity, Accident, and Critical Illness Insurances; Optional Identity Theft and Legal Protection Services; Employee Referral Bonus Eligibility up to $10,000; Mobility Among Wyetech-supported Contracts; Various contract and work locations throughout Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii and OCONUS; Various team‑building events throughout the year such as: monthly lunches, summer company picnic, and an annual holiday party; Employees receive two complementary branded clothing orders annually.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Wyetech, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Affirmative Action Statement

Wyetech, LLC is committed to the principles of affirmative action in all hiring and employment for minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.

Accommodations

Wyetech, LLC is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need any accommodations during the application or interview process, please contact Brittney Wood at 844-WYETECH x727 or [e-mail]. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to all candidates.