Site Reliability Engineer with Security Clearance

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Job description

BridgePhase specializes in designing, building, implementing, and operating digital services that help advance the mission of our Federal Government while preparing for new challenges ahead. We are currently seeking a highly skilled and motivated IT Operations Specialist to supporting our prime contract with the Unified Platform Software Factory in San Antonio, Texas. In this role, you will perform IT Ops and System Administration support needed to maintain the current environment, while also gaining some exposure with the implementation of DevSecOps tools and practices. Role Responsibilities:
-Perform operations and sustainment engineering and systems administration activities on the system, its components, platforms, and applications.
-Improve system, platform, and applications operations and functionality, monitoring, and optimization of resources.
-Conduct continuous monitoring activities as required.
-Conduct vulnerability management and remediation activities.
-Continually seek to improve components functionality, security, etc., and proactively make recommendations in that regard.
-Support cybersecurity taskers, initiatives, activities, and/or actions as required.
-Support maintenance of the accreditations to include performing routine STIGing of system components, POA&M remediation, etc.
-Execute and maintain appropriate configuration management activities and best practices to ensure accountability and documentation of system resources.
-Minimize downtown during peak hours and upgrades and installs planned to occur outside of the peak times the mission users need to access the environments.
-Ensure systems/apps/components are operated, maintained, and disposed of in accordance with internal security policies and practices outlined in the security plan.
-Ensure that all users have the requisite security requirements, authorization, and need- to-know, and are aware of their security responsibilities before granting access to the Platform and/or its components.
-Produce documentation as needed on relevant systems operations and maintenance procedures to inform changes to applications and/or the platform.
-Configure, deploy, improve and administer cloud-based resources and cloud native resources, specifically AWS.
-Diagnose and troubleshoot issues related to the operating system(s), infrastructure, platform, network components and software, as they arise.
-Administer access control and identity and access management policies and best practices to ensure the security and integrity of the system, platforms and its components.
-Document and propose improvements to business processes workflows.
-Support efforts to automate application deployment that leverages container technology through cloud-based environment through tools such as GitLab, and other CI/CD tools and technologies.
-Build, operate, and maintain technologies and processes that enable Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Configuration as Code (CaC), and other DevSecOps best practices.
-Administer application/software version upgrades, patches, remediate and fix vulnerabilities or other issues as they arise.
-Operate and maintain the platform and pipelines clusters, user access permissions, and ensure the security and integrity of data transfer between the clusters.
-Integrate DevSecOps tools and services to enable an automated pipeline that supports customer applications throughout their SDLC. Required Qualifications:
-Ability and supporting experience to perform tasks associated with duties and responsibilities above
-Proven ability working in system administration role supporting a wide variety of software applications.
-Prior experience working with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
-Exceptional communication skills and desire to work in a 'badgeless" collaborative team environment consisting of Government clients, other Contractors, and Stakeholders
-Strong desire to work in team environment and learn new skills
-Existing Top-Secret clearance is required. This is a hybrid position - with both onsite and remote work supported. All candidates must be local to the San Antonio area in order to support the onsite requirements. Position Benefits:
-Competitive compensation package
-Flexible PTO plan
-401k plan with employer matching
-Excellent health, medical and vision benefits
-Professional development budget that can be used to obtain certifications and attend conferences
-Social and community outreach opportunities
-Impactful work on a long-term project

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