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Responsible for engineering and administering the mid-tier environment at PD ALTESS including architecting infrastructure installing configuring and hardening application and web servers portals and associated software in Windows and Linux environments. This role ensures secure optimized and highly available systems while supporting development testing and production environments. A key focus is automation security compliance and performance optimization.
Responsibilities:
- Architect install configure and harden application and web servers portals and related software products in Windows and Linux environments.
- Maintain infrastructure to meet availability and performance standards across Dev Test and Prod environments.
- Support middleware technologies such as Tomcat Apache IIS ColdFusion or JBOSS; assist with project releases and troubleshooting outages.
- Develop automation scripts for maintenance tasks using Ansible and PowerShell.
- Work ServiceNow tasks for installing configuring patching or troubleshooting servers; document progress and resolutions in ServiceNow.
- Conduct periodic reviews of Army Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and ensure compliance with ALTESS and ARMY security requirements.
- Document common knowledge and best practices into a Knowledge Management System for team use.
- Stay current with industry trends and technologies to support evolving business requirements.
- Knowledge and 1–2 years of experience managing application servers (IIS Apache Tomcat JBOSS ColdFusion) in large enterprise environments.
- Experience automating maintenance tasks using Ansible and scripting with PowerShell.
- Strong understanding of Windows and Linux administration web application server environments and network architectures (firewall/port troubleshooting).
- Familiarity with SSL/PKI implementation and compliance standards.
- Excellent communication skills for professional interaction with external customers.
- Must live within 50 miles of Radford VA as this job requires in person work at least 3 days per week
- Must hold and maintain an Active DoD Secret clearance
Certifications: CompTIA Security+
- Strong communication organizational and interpersonal skills; able to work independently and as part of a global team.
- Technical knowledge of Web Services (SOAP/REST) XML and related technologies (DTD XSLT Xerces Xalan); familiarity with Cyber Command STIG processes.
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.