System Administrator

Optimus Technology, Inc.; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium health, dental, and vision

Company funded HRA

401k company contributions

Life insurance policy

Tuition assistance and career dev.

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Referral bonuses

Company outings

Job summary

Optimus Technology, Inc. is seeking a skilled IT Infrastructure Engineer to support the deployment, troubleshooting, and maintenance of enterprise IT systems across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud environments.

You will work in a fast-paced team, ensuring security, reliability, and performance of critical applications while collaborating with engineering to modernize infrastructure and implement automation using AWS, Ansible, Terraform, and other DevOps tools.

Qualifications

• Familiar with cloud platforms and automation tooling.
• Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, or automated deployment processes.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of IT systems for enterprise applications.

Skills

Cloud platforms familiarity

DevOps experience

CI/CD pipelines

Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

Vulnerability remediation

System hardening

Security compliance (ATO/RMF)

Linux expertise

PowerShell scripting

Bash scripting

Tools

AWS

Ansible

Docker

ElasticSearch

Terraform

Jenkins

Linux

Windows

GitLab

Job description

• Work on a fast paced-team providing support for the implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of Information Technology (IT) systems supporting critical enterprise applications.
• Manage IT system infrastructure and associated processes, ensuring the availability, reliability, security, and performance of enterprise applications and services.
• Provide day-to-day operations, monitoring, maintenance, and problem resolution for client systems, servers, storage platforms, network devices, and related infrastructure.
• Provide Tier 1 (Help Desk) and Tier 2 (Escalation) support, including problem identification, diagnosis, troubleshooting, and resolution.
• Support the escalation process and communicate systems status, issues, and resolutions to agency management and internal stakeholders.
• Assist with hardware support activities, dispatch processes, and issue resolution through completion.
• Configure, administer, and maintain Windows and UNIX/Linux operating systems, including software installation, patching, system hardening, and performance tuning.
• Maintain the integrity and availability of infrastructure components while implementing enhancements to improve reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with engineering and development teams to support infrastructure modernization efforts, including evaluating, testing, and implementing technology solutions that enhance system capabilities.
• Participate in the assessment of existing systems and architectures, providing operational and technical input for initiatives involving automation, DevOps practices, cloud technologyes, and application modernization.
• Support the planning, testing, deployment, and sustainment of infrastructure and application changes across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-hosted environments, as applicable.
• Assist in analyzing operational, security, compliance, and technical considerations associated with infrastructure changes and technology migrations.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, standard operating procedures, and system configuration baselines.
• AWS
• Ansible
• Docker
• ElasticSearch
• Terraform
• Jenkins
• Windows
• GitLab

• Work on a fast paced-team providing support for the implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of Information Technology (IT) systems supporting critical enterprise applications.
• Manage IT system infrastructure and associated processes, ensuring the availability, reliability, security, and performance of enterprise applications and services.
• Provide day-to-day operations, monitoring, maintenance, and problem resolution for client systems, servers, storage platforms, network devices, and related infrastructure.
• Provide Tier 1 (Help Desk) and Tier 2 (Escalation) support, including problem identification, diagnosis, troubleshooting, and resolution.
• Support the escalation process and communicate systems status, issues, and resolutions to agency management and internal stakeholders.
• Assist with hardware support activities, dispatch processes, and issue resolution through completion.
• Configure, administer, and maintain Windows and UNIX/Linux operating systems, including software installation, patching, system hardening, and performance tuning.
• Maintain the integrity and availability of infrastructure components while implementing enhancements to improve reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with engineering and development teams to support infrastructure modernization efforts, including evaluating, testing, and implementing technology solutions that enhance system capabilities.
• Participate in the assessment of existing systems and architectures, providing operational and technical input for initiatives involving automation, DevOps practices, cloud technologyes, and application modernization.
• Support the planning, testing, deployment, and sustainment of infrastructure and application changes across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-hosted environments, as applicable.
• Assist in analyzing operational, security, compliance, and technical considerations associated with infrastructure changes and technology migrations.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, standard operating procedures, and system configuration baselines.

Technology Stack:

• AWS
• Ansible
• Docker
• ElasticSearch
• Terraform
• Jenkins
• Linux
• Windows
• GitLab

Desired Skills:

• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS
• Experience with infrastructure automation, configuration management, or Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience supporting DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, or automated deployment processes.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes.
• Experience performing vulnerability remediation, security patching, and STIG implementation.
• Experience supporting Authority to Operate (ATO) processes, RMF activities, and security compliance initiatives.
• In depth Linux experience.
• Familiarity with PowerShell and Bash scripting languages.
• Experience with system hardening.
• Experience working with ISSOs for system compliance.

Optimus Technology is a SDVO (Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned) small business founded in 2010. We are known for our exceptionally talented group of Engineers and Technical experts with superior knowledge and experience in Cyber Technologies and the latest technology trends. Our dedication in pairing the right Optimus Technologist with the right customer solution is at the core of our Partnership commitment and critical to the performance and satisfaction of our employees, the pinnacle of the Optimus culture.

Why us?

We strive to provide the best well-rounded benefits package available.

• Premium health, dental, and vision package
• Company funded HRA
• 401k company contributions
• Employer paid group term life insurance policy
• Tuition assistance and career development
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Paid time off
• Referral bonuses
• Company outings, giveaways & more

Optimus practices a policy of non-discrimination and is fully committed to the principles of equality in employment and opportunity for all employees. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, gender, race, religion, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, or any other non-merit based factor.