****This position requires an active DoD Clearance (Secret, Top Secret, Top Secret/SCI) or the ability to be obtain an (Interim Secret, Interim Top Secret)****

***Because an active or interim DoD clearance is required, U.S. Citizenship is required***

Description:

ALTESS stands for, Acquisition, Logistics, Technology, Enterprise, System and Services and they support the PEO-EIS for the US Army. This stands for Program Executive Office of Enterprise Information Systems. ALTESS is an enterprise datacenter located in Radford, VA that supports the US Army, Joint Forces, and Department of Defense.

ALTESS is a premier technology service provider that delivers military-strength data security, innovative solutions, and a best-in-class customer support experience to enable mission readiness and success for the most critical applications. ALTESS’s enterprise data centers serve millions of users around the world, supporting system environment needs for organizations throughout the Joint Forces, Department of Defense, and Army.

This datacenter supports over 150K users in the US Army and hosts over 80 applications for the departments of the US Army.

ALTESS is a US Army Managed Service Provider, supporting Army IT applications across varying hosting scenarios.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

This is a managed service provider (MSP) for Army IT systems and we support enterprise applications owners in migrating their systems into AWS and also provide sustainment services to support their applications. This position is for an administrator to support these applications from a migration, modernization, and sustainment role.

JOB DUTIES:

• Deploy and sustain cloud infrastructure to support customer applications.

• Provide daily administration of the Citrix Infrastructure.

• Harden the Citrix based services per commercial best practices and the required government cybersecurity controls.

• Troubleshooting and root cause analysis of any Citrix issues within the AWS environment

• Coordinate and perform major version upgrades of Citrix Software.

• Develop and maintain system, infrastructure, and process documentation (system diagrams, network topology, software configurations, device configurations, standard operating procedures).

• Develop, deploy, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for deployment and sustainment of Citrix based services

• Troubleshooting and root cause analysis of customer application issues to include network, storage, operating system, and application-level analysis.

• Amazon AWS Portal administration in support of the ALTESS cloud customers –add/modify/delete AWS resources, configuration of alerting and notifications, and general oversight of AWS resources.

• Provide on-call support for triage and resolution of after-hours production incidents.

• Make recommendations for improvements to security, scalability, manageability, and performance across a wide variety of network, storage, and compute services and technologies.

Skills:

Citrix

Top Skills Details:

Citrix

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

The below are the desired skills for all of the positions tied to this AWS work.

• 3-5 years of experience in cloud security engineering, with a focus on RHEL and SAP environments

• Expertise in building and maintaining RHEL images, specifically for SAP applications

• 3+ years of experience with developing cloud system requirements (AWS and Azure) and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and Ansible

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (GitLab, Jenkins)

• In-depth understanding of security practices, including identity and access management, encryption, and network security (NIST and CIS Security frameworks)

• Experience with STIGs and their application in securing systems

• Experience in using Nessus for vulnerability scanning and remediation

Experience Level:

Expert Level

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms.  If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) 

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