System Administrator

About the Organization

Now is a great time to join Redhorse Corporation. We are a solution‑driven company delivering data insights and technology solutions to customers with missions critical to U.S. national interests. We’re looking for thoughtful, skilled professionals who thrive as trusted partners building technology‑agnostic solutions and want to apply their talents supporting customers with difficult and important mission sets.

Redhorse transforms the way government uses data and technology to support its mission. We are seeking an elite System Administrator to serve as the technical authority for the design, development, and deployment of a mission‑critical web‑based internal tool. This role demands deep expertise in architecting and engineering secure, scalable applications within the Sponsor’s classified AWS environment (C2S/C2E). The Lead will be responsible for driving application architecture, implementing robust Sec Dev Ops  practices, and ensuring all technical solutions meet stringent Sponsor and federal regulatory requirements.

This is a crucial position that bridges technical execution with compliance and program management needs.

• System Design & Deployment:
  Lead the complete lifecycle—design, development, and deployment—of the web‑based tool utilizing AWS cloud services within the Sponsor's classified systems.
• Architecture & Compliance:
  Drive and implement a highly resilient and compliant application architecture, ensuring alignment with all Sponsor and federal regulatory requirements.
• Code Quality Assurance:
  Oversee and enforce stringent coding standards, conduct comprehensive code reviews, and lead Quality Assurance (QA) practices across the development team.
• Integration & Data Management:
  Drive the integration of necessary services, including APIs, relational databases, and No
  
  SQL data solutions, to deliver seamless functionality for non‑technical users.
• Regulatory Partnership:
  Partner directly with Compliance Officers, Legal, and Program Managers to ensure all development, system documentation, and reporting activities strictly meet regulatory and Authorization and Accreditation (A&A) expectations.
• Requirements Translation:
  Work closely with the IT Program Manager and Sponsor stakeholders to accurately and efficiently translate complex operational requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions.
• Continuous Operations:
  Continuously improve system reliability, operational monitoring, and automation capabilities, utilizing IT operational status tools such as Splunk dashboards or Elastic Search for situational awareness.

• Security Clearance:
  Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.
• Experience & Education (Tier
  1):
  Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, or Information Systems AND 3+ years of combined experience in IT systems administration, IT system/software development and integration, IT system/software testing, Cybersecurity Compliance, IT system troubleshooting, and incident response.
• Experience & Education (Tier
  2): OR High School Diploma AND 5+ years of combined experience in IT system/software testing, cybersecurity compliance, IT system troubleshooting, and incident response.
• Sponsor System Administration: 2+ years of experience in system administration of Sponsor Systems.
• IC Development: 3+ years of experience in the design, development, and deployment of applications on classified IC systems.
• Cloud Expertise: 4+ years of combined experience in the Sponsor’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment (C2S or C2E), including cloud systems administration, containerization, cloud environment management, and compliance assessments.
• Sec Dev Ops :
  Expertise with Sec Dev Ops  tools, including Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), code repositories, and testing suites.
• Technical Stack:
  Extensive experience with object‑oriented programming languages, designing and administering relational databases, No
  
  SQL data solutions, IT system/software testing, and configuration management practices.
• Monitoring & Logs:
  Experience utilizing IT operational status tools…