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The OCIO provides centralized life cycle management, direction, guidance, and support for the acquisition, sustainment, maintainability, supportability, and implementation of the PAE, Information Mission Area (IMA). PAE FIRES is an approved Data Center providing hosting to multiple organizations throughout the US Army Acquisition community.\nWe are seeking an experienced Senior Systems Administrator to design, deploy, administer, secure, and maintain enterprise infrastructure and mission-critical applications across hybrid Windows, Linux, virtualization, and containerized environments.\nThe ideal candidate will possess advanced technical expertise in Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, GitOps automation, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), enterprise application deployment, authentication technologies, and infrastructure lifecycle management.\nThis position requires a highly technical, hands-on engineer capable of independently troubleshooting complex infrastructure and application issues, implementing enterprise solutions, and collaborating with cybersecurity, networking, development, and server teams.\nPrimary Focus: Enterprise Applications, OpenShift, Kubernetes, GitOps, VMware, and Infrastructure 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Enterprise Virtualization\n· Administer and maintain VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter Server, and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments.\n· Perform virtual infrastructure provisioning, upgrades, patching, performance optimization, and capacity management.\n· Troubleshoot complex virtualization, storage, networking, and high-availability issues.\n· Support VMware vSAN, distributed networking, resource allocation, and virtual machine lifecycle management.\n· Coordinate infrastructure maintenance, backup, disaster recovery, and service restoration.\n· Maintain infrastructure compliance with applicable security baselines and organizational requirements.\nEnterprise Application Deployment and Administration\n· Design, install, configure, integrate, and maintain enterprise applications hosted on Windows, Linux, virtual machines, and container platforms.\n· Administer Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), including application pools, HTTPS bindings, certificates, and application 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and TLS configurations.\n· Troubleshoot authentication failures, SAML assertions, identity claims, token validation, and access-control issues.\n· Implement role-based access control, multifactor authentication, and least-privilege access principles.\nSystems Administration, Security, and Patching\n· Administer Windows Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments.\n· Plan, test, and execute operating system, hypervisor, application, and infrastructure patching.\n· Maintain Red Hat Satellite repositories, content views, software packages, and lifecycle environments.\n· Implement and maintain DISA STIGs, security baselines, and vulnerability remediation requirements.\n· Investigate application and operating system vulnerabilities and coordinate corrective actions.\n· Troubleshoot system services, performance issues, logs, resource utilization, and network connectivity.\n· Develop and maintain technical documentation, standard operating procedures, and recovery procedures.\nAutomation and Engineering\n· Develop and maintain automation using PowerShell, Bash, YAML, and infrastructure-as-code tools.\n· Implement repeatable infrastructure and application deployments using GitOps and automation frameworks.\n· Build monitoring, logging, and alerting capabilities to improve system availability and troubleshooting.\n· Provide technical guidance, escalation support, and mentorship to junior and mid-level administrators.\nQUALIFICATIONS\nRequired Certifications\nSecurity+ce at start\nEducation, Background, and Years of Experience\nHigh School Diploma/GED\n7+ years of progressive systems administration, infrastructure engineering, or platform engineering experience.\n\nADDITIONAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS\nRequired Skills\nActive Secret Security Clearance \nAdvanced experience administering Windows Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.\nHands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift or enterprise Kubernetes environments.\nExperience implementing GitOps deployments using Argo CD and Git.\nExperience deploying and administering Kubernetes workloads and OpenShift Operators.\nStrong VMware vSphere administration experience, including ESXi and vCenter.\nExperience with VMware Cloud Foundation or equivalent enterprise virtualization architecture.\nExperience deploying and troubleshooting enterprise applications, including IIS-hosted applications.\nWorking knowledge of SAML, OIDC, OAuth, LDAP, Active Directory, PKI, and TLS.\nExperience performing enterprise patch management, vulnerability remediation, and security hardening.\nStrong troubleshooting skills across operating systems, applications, networking, storage, and authentication.\nExperience developing automation using PowerShell, Bash, or similar scripting languages.\nAbility to independently lead technical implementations and resolve complex infrastructure problems.\nPreferred Skills\nRed Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Red Hat OpenShift certification, or Certified Kubernetes 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