Junior DevOps System Administrator

📋 Job Overview

We are seeking a Junior DevOps System Administrator for one of our PRIME CONTRACTS which offers exciting opportunities to support mission focused, enterprise geospatial products, services and systems across the enterprise. Members of the DevOps team are responsible for system analysis of current environments and development of plans for enhancements and improvements, including commercial ArcGIS Enterprise deployments. The selected candidate will be responsible for the administration, maintenance, and support of multiple servers in both unclassified and classified environments, including ArcGIS Enterprise infrastructure. The candidate will also be responsible for implementing operating system and platform enhancements to improve reliability, security, and performance.

🏢 About Freedom Technology Solutions Group

Freedom Technology Solutions Group is a company that offers flexible work environment, team mentality, innovative technologies, competitive compensation and benefits, work-life balance, and opportunities to grow and advance your career. The company provides amazing benefits including matching 401k, fully paid medical, and more. Generous paid time off, competitive salary offerings, paid training and tuition reimbursement, referral bonuses, fully paid life and disability, annual logo wear allowance, and company sponsored events are some of the benefits.

🎯 The Role

The role participates in a shared 24x7 on-call rotation to support critical systems. On-call responsibilities are distributed across the team on a rotating basis, including occasional evenings, weekends, and holidays. The selected candidate will be responsible for the administration, maintenance, and support of multiple servers in both unclassified and classified environments, including ArcGIS Enterprise infrastructure. The candidate will also be responsible for implementing operating system and platform enhancements to improve reliability, security, and performance.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• System analysis of current environments and development of plans for enhancements and improvements, including commercial ArcGIS Enterprise deployments
• Troubleshooting and resolving errors by running diagnostics, documenting problems and resolutions, prioritizing issues, and assessing operational impact
• Managing, evaluating, and installing patches on Windows and Linux systems, including Esri software and dependent components
• Performing cloud deployment and management, including hosting and scaling ArcGIS Enterprise environments
• Performance assessment, monitoring, and recommendation of performance enhancements for both infrastructure and geospatial platforms
• Infrastructure management for multiple disconnected networks, including geospatial systems operating in restricted environments
• Continuous testing at various stages of the development cycle to ensure system stability and reliability
• Writing and maintaining system, deployment, and operational documentation
• Supporting the implementation and maturation of a DevOps culture, including automation, monitoring, and continuous improvement

📌 Required Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline (computer science, computer engineering, cyber security, etc) from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) years of additional system administration experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• DoD 8570 compliance with Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level I required; Level II desired
• Experience with AWS
• Experience with Windows and Linux servers (patching, troubleshooting, security)
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve operational problems independently
• Experience with renewing and replacing PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) certificates
• Experience with Windows server security (Nessus, UAM, CYBORGBUNNY, LATTEART)

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Experience with Esri’s ArcGIS Enterprise software stack
• Knowledge of CI/CD concepts
• Knowledge of PowerShell

🎁 Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• A team mentality – work with friendly, like-minded professionals
• Work with innovative, cutting edge technologies
• Enjoy extremely competitive compensation and benefits
• A work-life balance you can count on
• Opportunities to grow and advance your career on our dime
• Amazing benefits including matching 401k, fully paid medical, and more
• Generous paid time off – including paid site closure days
• Competitive salary offerings
• Paid training and tuition reimbursement
• Referral bonuses
• Fully paid life and disability
• Annual logo wear allowance
• Company sponsored events (game nights, holiday party, summer party, happy hours)