Cleared Member​/Senior Information Systems Architect, Onsite

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• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

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The Threat Analysis Technologies group is seeking an Information Systems Architect.

On any given day, you may be called on to perform:

• On premises cloud management
• VM management [vm Backup, vm Restore, vm Mount, vmFsck, vmView, etc.]
• ZFS snapshot maintenance, backups/data mirroring
• Web services administration
• State of health monitoring and system management
• PXE Boot OS imaging system maintenance
• Other daily systems administration activities (smbldap‑passwd, addUserAcct, addUserDir, add Group, mod Group, lsusers, lsgroups, …)
• Reposiroty mirroring to off net environments
• KMS server activation and maintenance
• Linux and Windows Desktop Support
• End point auto‑configuration and automation
• Network maintenance
• Clonezilla imaging
• Equipment management
• Offending technology mitigation within equipment
• Git Lab usage and team collaboration

$85,100 - $164,100

* Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• A higher‑level degree (MS, PhD) in relevant discipline may also be considered in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree
• Equivalent experience in lieu of degree must be directly related experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of the job
• Minimum of 3‑5 years of meaningful experience in a computer‑related field or equivalent experience + education
• Experience with deploying information services in a high‑security production environment
• Understanding of enterprise and network services like DNS, NTP, DHCP, databases, firewalls, network and routing equipment, distributed storage systems, etc.
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting network equipment
• Ability to translate technical terms to layperson’s terms and present them to a diverse set of technical staff/researchers
• Active US DOE Q‑level security clearance
• Ability to obtain and maintain a required US DOE security clearance and SCI, which may require a polygraph

• Bachelor’s degree and/or the equivalent of 13 years of experience
• Experience with scripting languages
• Ability to learn new IT system technologies
• Strong customer service ethic
• Ability to work closely with customers and suppliers to define expectations and mutual responsibilities
• In‑depth knowledge of Linux
• Ability to thrive in a teaming environment
• Understanding of Systems Engineering disciplines particularly Requirements Management and Configuration Management
• Understanding of Cloud Computing such as VMware, Open Stack, and QEMU/KVM, and Proxmox
• Ability to research and propose networking solutions which satisfy requirements
• In‑depth knowledge of network devices like switches, routers, VPNs and firewall devices
• Experience with and the ability to utilize collaboration tools like Wikis, Mattermost, Jira & Git Lab
• Experience with process improvement activities and full life‑cycle development…