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Senior System Cloud Administrator

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Herndon, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/30/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/27/2026
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We are hiring candidates for Senior System Cloud Administrator to support our Client.

Company Name: - JTSi (Johnson Technology Systems, Inc.)

Title: Senior System Cloud Administrator

Position Location: Herndon, VA

Candidate will need to be on site At Herndon a minimum of 3 times a week (May change based on business needs).

Citizenship: US Person

  • Potential to convert to FTE

DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT AND TASKS:

Required Skills and Experience:

5 years of experience in an IT enterprise System Admin role or Cloud Admin position

4 years with PowerShell or bash scripting for automation

Experience with Ansible for deployments

Experience with Firewalls

Expert level Microsoft Azure Administrator

Senior level Windows admin skills (Active Directory, DNS, Group Policy)

Experience troubleshooting and patching with the following platforms: SUSE, RedHat or CentOS

Must be able to go onsite 3x per week in Herndon, VA

Security Clearance or ability to get a Clearance

Nice To Have Skills And Experience

Bachelors in Computer Science

Professional industry certifications in area of expertise, certification such as MCSE, MCITP, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ900), Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ104), Azure Certified Solutions Architect (AZ303/304)

Experience with integration of SEIM tools, backups, and monitoring tools

Knowledge of Best Practice and security guides (ex. NIST 800-53 rev 4)

Job Description

This position is for a large software client. The Senior Systems Cloud Administrator will be responsible for the overall evaluation, design and daily operation of the Corporate IT SAS (Server and Application Services) environment. This role serves as a "hands-on" server administrator who evaluates complex system requirements and then designs, implements and maintains the most efficient solutions. This role will develop and document technical standards, identify and evaluate new products, interface with vendors to purchase new hardware and software, and collaborate with other IT teams to provide guidance to resolve system and application issues. The Senior Systems Cloud Administrator will be directly responsible for the installation, configuration, upgrade, patching, maintenance and monitoring of the SAS environment across the entire Enterprise, while ensuring compliance to various security and encryption protocols for U.S. national security. Key deliverables for success will be: ensuring 100% availability of the environment; implementing fault and performance management; enforcing corporate network, system and application security procedures.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITES

Create, implement and document the following processes for SAS Infrastructure:

performance monitoring

problem troubleshooting / helpdesk response

utilization, availability and growth patterns (capacity planning)

landscape design, configuration and standards

24/7 support, escalation and SLA models

IMAC (installation, move, add, change) services for systems and applications

change management methodology and communication strategy

Create and maintain server/application diagrams and workflows

Perform/coordinate incident diagnosis, corrective action, and root cause analysis

Vulnerability management and monthly system patching and maintenance

Oversee the configuration, testing, installation, modification, and servicing of all server components and applications

Independently organize work requests based on departmental priorities and system criticality

Manage vendor relationships required for the evaluation, installation, modification, upgrade, repair and preventative maintenance of SAS Infrastructure components

Function as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and consultant to other Infrastructure groups (Cloud Operations, Cyber Security, and Systems Administration).

Plan, lead and perform comprehensive systems analysis and design activities including development of detailed functional requirements for new server infrastructure solutions

Maintain responsibility for end-user (customer) satisfaction

If you are available, interested, planning to make a change, or know of a friend who might have the required qualifications and interest, please call me ASAP on / If you do respond via e-mail ( jinson dot jose at the rate usa dot com ) please include a daytime phone number so I can reach you. In considering candidates, time is of the essence, so please respond ASAP with your updated resume.

Established in 2003, JTSi is a Professional IT & Engineering Services provider with years of documented experience in the Information Technology and Engineering services field. JTSi has a proven track record for successfully delivering mission critical Professional services to the Government and the industry. JTSi SAP team delivers solutions to its clients by clearly understanding their core business problems. We do what we say!

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