Systems Administrator

Concept Plus, LLC; Dayton, Northern (OH, KY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Performance bonuses

Tuition reimbursement

Unlimited training

Job summary

Concept Plus is seeking a Systems Administrator to provide senior technical leadership for federal IT systems, with focus on infrastructure, environment management, and platform sustainment. You will integrate with DevSecOps, CI/CD, and Cloud operations to ensure security, availability, and performance across environments.

The role requires knowledge of federal IT processes, Oracle/Java stacks, and a proactive approach to modernization in Cloud deployments.

Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain a Tier-3 Secret Clearance.
• 5–7 years experience as Cloud/DevSecOps Systems Administrator.
• 2+ years with GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, Artifactory, SonarQube, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS.
• 2+ years in an AWS environment supporting Federal Government.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering, CS or related field; master’s preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage and troubleshoot environments (network, server, certificates).
• Patch, upgrade, and develop deployment plans and maintenance activities.
• Support and manage AWS development environments.
• Apply STIGs and IAVMs for continuous monitoring.
• Collaborate with customer and development teams to derive requirements.

Skills

DevSecOps

AWS

GitHub

Jenkins

Ansible

Artifactory

SonarQube

Kubernetes

ECS

EKS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/Engineering/Computer Science

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

GitHub

Jenkins

Ansible

Artifactory

SonarQube

Kubernetes

ECS

EKS

Job description

About Concept Plus

Concept Plus is a mission-focused technology solutions provider that transforms IT concepts into impactful solutions for federal agencies. Headquartered in Fairfax, VA, we bring the agility, responsiveness, and customer intimacy of a small business combined with the quality and infrastructure of a larger firm.

Recognized as an award-winning Oracle partner, we have delivered innovative solutions across Defense, Intelligence, Civilian, Health IT, and Tribal sectors. Our highly certified experts build systems that drive efficiency, accelerate modernization, and ensure mission outcomes with certainty.

We offer competitive pay, comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, paid life insurance, paid time off, 11 paid holidays, performance bonuses, tuition reimbursement, unlimited training, and the opportunity to thrive in a collaborative, flexible, and innovative environment.

Concept Plus is seeking a Systems Administrator to provide senior technical leadership supporting federal IT systems development and operations, with a focus on system infrastructure, environment management, and platform sustainment. This role requires knowledge and understanding of federal IT processes and technology stack (DevSecOps CI/CD, Oracle, Java). Federal systems are deployed in classified and unclassified environments in Cloud.

The Systems Administrator provides thought leadership in modernizing and enhancing federal systems through secure, scalable, and reliable infrastructure and platform capabilities, and serves as a primary interface with the customer/Program Management Office. The Systems Administrator supports and coordinates with capability delivery teams including development Scrums, Cloud Engineering, and DevSecOps Platform to ensure system availability, performance, security, and operational stability across all environments.

What you\'ll do

• Management and troubleshooting of environments, as needed (related to network, server, certificate, etc).


• Patching, upgrading, developing deployment plans and other maintenance activities.


• Support and management of AWS development environments.


• Evaluating and applying federal Security Technical Implementation Guidelines (STIGs) and IAVMs in support of a continuous monitoring approach.


• Work with development team and customer to derive new requirements as well as implement changes.


• Create and update system documentation.


• Recommend process and technical improvements to continuously improve the posture of the system and efficiencies.


• Responsible for sustainment and enhancements of the customers AWS operating environment.


• Responsible for supporting the Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) activities of multiple software teams who design, develop, and deploy web technologies.


• Work within an environment of rapid growth and must anticipate and respond effectively to mission needs as they emerge.


• The position duties include monitoring and sustaining the DevSecOps pipeline (i.e. GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, Artifactory, SonarQube, K8, Xray).


• Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation of CI/CD processes using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, Ansible, or Terraform.


• Manage end-to-end software releases, providing traceability, monitoring, and Troubleshooting in Dev, Stage, and Production environments.


• Must understand federal cyber security requirements and be very familiar with security aspects of maintaining servers and applications (patching, analyzing possible vulnerabilities).


• Should possess very solid experience in system design and management, especially as relates to supporting web applications.


• Good understanding of Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).


• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to communicate information in a timely and accurate manner.


• Knowledge of various protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP, HTTPS, SOAP and REST

Required Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain a Tier-3 Secret Clearance


• 5-7 Years experience as a Cloud/DevSecOps Systems Administrator


• 2+ Years Knowledge/experience with platforms such as GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, Artifactory, SonarQube, K8, ECS, EKS, etc.


• 2+ Years in an AWS Environment supporting Federal Government


• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field; master’s degree preferred.


• Experience with AWS management and migrations

Concept Plus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. As such, we will give your application full consideration without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.