ECS is seeking a Cloud Systems Administrator to work in our Arlington, VA office.
ECS is looking for a Cloud Systems Administrator for a dynamic and growing team for a DHS component in support of an enterprise engineering and operations program. The purpose of this program is to enhance enterprise services and solutions to this DHS component, as part of an integrated evaluation, integration, strategy, design, implementation, and operational maintenance program.
**This position requires candidates to be on-site 2 days a week in Arlington, VA**
General Duties
- Perform administration activities on AWS such as basic networking, instance creation, AMI development, etc.
- Support hardening of instance images to ensure government security and vulnerability compliance leveraging EC2 Image Builder and Packer.
- Supporting configuration management of instance leveraging Ansible, as well as other scripting and automation functions.
- Must be a US Citizen
- Ability to successfully maintain a DHS Entry on Duty (EOD)/DHS Suitability
- At least 3 years of AWS Cloud Administration experience supporting services/efforts such as EC2, Instance Builder, S3, Lambda, Basic VPC Networking
- At least 3 years of Systems Administration experience (e.g. Patching and Configuration Changes on EC2, building/updating hardened AMIs leveraging AWS Instance Builder, etc.)
- Experience with Ansible and writing/testing Ansible Playbooks
- Experience with Packer
- Experience with automation within systems (e.g. Scripting, Installing Packages, Chron Jobs, etc.)
Top Skills
What We Do
ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries.
ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies.
Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
