System Administrator II (Cloud) - Container Admin

Founded in 1995, ESN is a Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB). ESN delivers trusted solutions that support our nation's defense. For more than two decades, we have been providing our military and government customers with mission-critical services including engineering and technical support, strategic and program management, testing and evaluation, operations support, and information technology. We are committed to proven, repeatable corporate quality management processes and are certified CMMI Maturity Level III - Development/Services & ISO 9001:2015.

Candidates may be located within a 30-mile radius of any NIWC LANT Lab facility (Norfolk, DC area, Charleston, or NOLA.)

ESN is seeking a System Administrator II (Cloud) - Container Admin to support a contract with Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC), Atlantic, in Norfolk, VA. The contract to support NIWC LANT consists of Independent Validation & Verification, Operations, Sustainment, and Installation support. The Maintenance Figure of Merit (MFOM) systems provide near real-time material-based readiness reporting to the Defense Readiness Reporting System-Navy (DRRS-N) and provides three additional primary capabilities to the Fleet including Ashore and Afloat systems. This support includes Cybersecurity, automated software testing, Scrum Master support, operating in the AWS Cloud, management of JIRA/Confluence, and project support.

Position Description:

• Planning, implementing, upgrading, and/or monitoring Cloud Containers.
• Schedule is Monday through Friday with some weekend support required.
• Performs other duties and works schedules as assigned by management, which may include changes to duties, responsibilities, or work hours as required to meet contractual obligations, mission requirements, or the needs of the organization.

Minimum Requirements:

• Required Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Systems.

• Required certification - Security Plus and AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (Preferred certifications include AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, Microsoft Technology Associate, Certified SAFe Agilist).
• Three (3) years of experience systems administration to include supporting daily operational requirements of computer network systems including workstation, file servers, and web servers. Duties include installation of hardware, software, systems upgrades, network accounts, network security, and web page design, interface and updates, and local system design documentation. Individual shall have experience maintaining, troubleshooting, and implementing network security tools including firewalls, anti-virus, and intrusion detection services.
• Specific Experience - One (1) year experience designing, implementing, troubleshooting, and maintaining cloud based solutions to include networking, compute instances, and associated support services.

Active DoD Secret Clearance Required