Systems Administrator - CLEARED

Summary

The Squires Group, Inc. is seeking an Application Developer to support the administration and operation of a distributed enterprise application platform in a secure cloud environment. The role focuses on monitoring, access administration, troubleshooting, deployments, maintenance, compliance documentation, and modernization of enterprise applications.

Responsibilities

• Monitor application health, system performance, alerts, and logs to ensure operational availability and stability
• Administer user accounts, permissions, security roles, and access requests in accordance with security and least-privilege practices
• Troubleshoot application and infrastructure issues and coordinate resolutions with development, engineering, and other technical teams
• Support software deployments, patching, maintenance activities, and system upgrades
• Maintain and follow operational documentation, runbooks, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and escalation processes
• Perform application and system maintenance, including access provisioning, account administration, and backup verification
• Review logs and monitoring data to identify potential issues and support incident resolution
• Maintain accurate audit and compliance documentation
• Support applications operating in Linux and/or Windows environments
• Contribute to the ongoing modernization and migration of enterprise applications to secure cloud environments
• Participate in incident and change management activities in accordance with established processes

Skills

• Per our Federal Government Contract, candidates must be **U.S. Citizens with an ACTIVE TOP SECRET CLEARANCE.**
• * Active Top Secret (TS) clearance required on Day 1
• * U.S. Citizenship required
• * 2+ years of experience in systems administration, application administration, or application support
• * 3+ years of experience supporting containerized and/or orchestrated environments such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, or similar technologies
• * Experience administering enterprise applications in Linux and/or Windows environments
• * Experience with AWS cloud services, monitoring tools, dashboards, and alerting
• * Experience monitoring application health, reviewing logs, troubleshooting technical issues, and supporting incident resolution
• * Experience administering user accounts, access provisioning, permissions, and security roles
• * Knowledge of security-focused administration practices, including least-privilege access management
• * Experience supporting system maintenance, patching, and backup verification
• * Experience following runbooks, SOPs, and established escalation procedures
• * Strong written and verbal communication skills
• * Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel
• * Security+ certification
• * Experience supporting AWS-hosted environments
• * Familiarity with Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, or similar container technologies
• * Experience with Splunk, AWS CloudWatch, ELK, or similar monitoring and logging tools
• * Experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community, or other Federal programs
• * Exposure to DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines
• * Knowledge of ITIL-based incident and change management processes

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Per our Federal Government Contract, candidates must be **U.S. Citizens with an ACTIVE TOP SECRET CLEARANCE.**
• * Active Top Secret (TS) clearance required on Day 1
• * U.S. Citizenship required
• * 2+ years of experience in systems administration, application administration, or application support
• * 3+ years of experience supporting containerized and/or orchestrated environments such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, or similar technologies
• * Experience administering enterprise applications in Linux and/or Windows environments
• * Experience with AWS cloud services, monitoring tools, dashboards, and alerting
• * Experience monitoring application health, reviewing logs, troubleshooting technical issues, and supporting incident resolution
• * Experience administering user accounts, access provisioning, permissions, and security roles
• * Knowledge of security-focused administration practices, including least-privilege access management
• * Experience supporting system maintenance, patching, and backup verification
• * Experience following runbooks, SOPs, and established escalation procedures
• * Strong written and verbal communication skills
• * Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel

Nice to Haves

• * Security+ certification
• * Experience supporting AWS-hosted environments
• * Familiarity with Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, or similar container technologies
• * Experience with Splunk, AWS CloudWatch, ELK, or similar monitoring and logging tools
• * Experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community, or other Federal programs
• * Exposure to DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines
• * Knowledge of ITIL-based incident and change management processes

Benefits

• Fully Remote
• Multi-year projects
• The Squires Group will pay you for every qualified professional that you refer and we place.
• We help you meet your career goals and continuously support your efforts in the field.