JOB DUTIES –

•  Build new cloud based data center services environments for DoD cloud initiatives. 
•  Assist with identifying and planning potential new cloud services, features, and capabilities.
•  Serve as overall subject matter expert on Monitoring Administrator technology and market capabilities/trends.
•  Design and operate secure monitoring solutions that provide availability and performance insight into Operating Systems, applications, and network infrastructure using a variety of management protocols
•  Ensure ongoing availability of monitoring solutions through sound management of monitoring infrastructure components
•  Create customized health monitors and alerts as needed
•  Collaborate with internal and external parties to transform high-level technical objectives into comprehensive technical requirements.
•  Formulate detailed network, storage, and compute design specifications for stable and secure computing operations in a dynamic cloud based environment.
•  Make recommendations for improvements to security, scalability, manageability, and performance across a wide variety of network, storage, and compute technologies.

Required skills:

•  Mid to senior level Monitoring Administrator experience in a cloud environment
•  Security (Or equivalent IA cert) and computing environment certification (i.e. MCSA, GMON, etc.)
•  Strong verbal and written communication skills
•  Experience effectively managing multiple large-scale projects
•  Experience automating routine administrative tasks desired
•  Understanding of network, storage, server, and application technologies
•  Strong understanding of WMI and SNMP
•  Strong knowledge of automation concepts, tools, and scripting languages (Powershell, DSC, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, etc.)
•  Working knowledge of DoD STIGs, and IA Vulnerability Management (IAVM) - preferred