TS/SCI Cloud Administrator with Poly

Peraton; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 176,000 - 282,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days PTO

Job summary

Peraton seeks a Cloud Administrator to manage Linux systems and AWS cloud resources in a high-security environment. The role collaborates with ISSOs/ISSEs to meet compliance and security requirements, maintains SSP, and implements automation with Ansible/Puppet.

The candidate will handle network configurations, identity solutions, and on-call support across distributed clusters. Applicants should possess a decade of relevant experience, strong Linux and scripting skills, and an active TS/SCI w/

Qualifications

• Ten years of system administration in large, distributed environments; degree may substitute for up to two years of experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field; master’s may substitute for up to four years of experience.
• Experience administering large-scale distributed environments with multiple clusters and 150+ nodes per site.
• Ten years diagnosing and troubleshooting cloud computing environments including Hadoop/Cassandra/Scality etc.
• Ten years scripting in Bash/Perl/Python.
• Strong Linux knowledge including LDAP, DHCP, DNS, and TFTP.
• Experience with Puppet and Salt for configuration management.
• Expert-level Linux PXE/network provisioning, Anaconda Kickstart, RAID utilities, TFTP images, disk detection scripts.
• Experience with remote admin tools (VNC, SoL, IPMI, BIOS).
• Knowledge of OpenSSL and Java keystore management.
• Experience supporting mission-critical systems; on-call rotations required.
• Active TS/SCI w/ Poly is required.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and maintain Linux-based operating systems (RHEL, Amazon Linux) and enforce security controls.
• Collaborate with ISSOs/ISSEs to meet agency compliance and security standards.
• Maintain SSP compliance; manage vulnerability scans, logs, and remediation actions.
• Manage AWS resources (EC2, RDS, S3, serverless) and enforce cloud security policies.
• Configure AWS networking (VPCs, interfaces, API Gateways, Route 53) and troubleshoot connectivity.
• Support cloud-native tech (Step Functions, ECS, Lambda) for deployment automation.
• Implement enterprise identity solutions (GATEKEEPER, CASPORT, PKI).
• Configure, administer, and troubleshoot Nginx, Podman, OpenSSL, PostgreSQL clients, AWS CLI.
• Develop and automate sysadmin tasks with Ansible and Puppet.
• Use Git for version control and collaborate across teams.
• Analyze data flows across environments (eVo, WandS) and ensure secure data movement.

Skills

Linux administration

AWS cloud

Puppet

Salt

Ansible

LDAP

DHCP/DNS/TFTP

VNC

IPMI

PKI

OpenSSL

Java keystore

Network security

On-call

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS CLI

Git

Nginx

PostgreSQL

Podman

Job description

Peraton seeks a Cloud Administrator to manage Linux systems and AWS cloud resources in a high-security environment. The role collaborates with ISSOs/ISSEs to meet compliance and security requirements, maintains SSP, and implements automation with Ansible/Puppet.

The candidate will handle network configurations, identity solutions, and on-call support across distributed clusters. Applicants should possess a decade of relevant experience, strong Linux and scripting skills, and an active TS/SCI w/