Job Title: Cloud Security Administrator
Posted by: Cognosante on Nov 18, 2019
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Job Description
Cognosante is seeking to fill a Cloud Security Administrator position in support of VA (Veterans Affairs) Cloud Operations and Migration Services (COMS) capability to provide operational input and support for the operations, maintenance, and refinement of VA's Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) environment, execution support for migrating new and legacy VA applications and services to cloud computing and continuous improvement of VA's IT infrastructure. The candidate will support our VA clients in their cloud operations to enhance, optimize, and maintain their computing capabilities across their technical landscape. This includes working with our Cloud Architects when interviewing clients to understand application and infrastructure current state. Working with our Cloud Architects leading client working sessions to identify, categorize, prioritize and analyze data and information to work into cloud migration action plans. Working with the larger project teams to migrate legacy applications to their cloud platform.
Key Responsibilities
Assist Cloud Architects to provide operations and migration services that enable VA to tailor the availability and delivery of cloud computing services based on business and technical requirementsUtilize the future VA Enterprise Cloud Operational Tools (VAECOT), CSP native portals and tools, and/or other VA TRM-approved tools necessary to provide operations and migration supportUtilize automation tool such as Terraform, Ansible, or similarAssist with upgrading, installing, and configure monitoring solution for AWS for Windows and Linux serversMaintain gold images/scriptsAssisting with reporting on current infrastructure status, and planning for future usage
Required Qualifications
A minimum of 5 years of relevant work experienceBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering or other Engineering or Technical Discipline or equivalent (8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education)A Senior System Administrator has the thorough knowledge to create plans to assure effective management, operations, and maintenance of systems and/or networksManages teams of system admins and is able to prioritize work and identify high risk critical problems and dedicate appropriate resourcesA Senior System Administrator has extensive knowledge of a wide variety of systems and networks to include high volume/high availability systemsAble to pass a background check to obtain a Public Trust (High-Risk) PositionMust be a U.S. citizen
Candidates that do not meet the minimum qualifications will not be considered.
Preferred Qualifications
Active clearance for Public Trust (High-Risk) PositionProvide technical support for the Nessus scanning solution including execution of scans, scan result breakdown and remediation of findingsDeveloping and analyzing security policies, procedures and technical standardsExperience implementing, migrating, managing, and operating systems/applications in an enterprise cloud computing environmentExperience with network and/or systems administration in Linux/Unix and/or Windows environmentsExperience conducting security assessments as it relates to Risk Management FrameworkMaintain knowledge of security regulations, best practices, countermeasures, compliance standards and current threatsCreate technical documents and how-to guides and other deliverablesProvide assistance to system users relative to information systems security mattersExperience working in a CMMI-DEV or CMMI-SVC environment at Maturity Level 3 or abovePrevious Federal Government experience preferably at VAA minimum of 2 years of relevant hands-on experience cloud experience in administering Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure
Job Description
Cognosante is seeking to fill a Cloud Security Administrator position in support of VA (Veterans Affairs) Cloud Operations and Migration Services (COMS) capability to provide operational input and support for the operations, maintenance, and refinement of VA's Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) environment, execution support for migrating new and legacy VA applications and services to cloud computing and continuous improvement of VA's IT infrastructure. The candidate will support our VA clients in their cloud operations to enhance, optimize, and maintain their computing capabilities across their technical landscape. This includes working with our Cloud Architects when interviewing clients to understand application and infrastructure current state. Working with our Cloud Architects leading client working sessions to identify, categorize, prioritize and analyze data and information to work into cloud migration action plans. Working with the larger project teams to migrate legacy applications to their cloud platform.
Key Responsibilities
Assist Cloud Architects to provide operations and migration services that enable VA to tailor the availability and delivery of cloud computing services based on business and technical requirementsUtilize the future VA Enterprise Cloud Operational Tools (VAECOT), CSP native portals and tools, and/or other VA TRM-approved tools necessary to provide operations and migration supportUtilize automation tool such as Terraform, Ansible, or similarAssist with upgrading, installing, and configure monitoring solution for AWS for Windows and Linux serversMaintain gold images/scriptsAssisting with reporting on current infrastructure status, and planning for future usage
Required Qualifications
A minimum of 5 years of relevant work experienceBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering or other Engineering or Technical Discipline or equivalent (8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education)A Senior System Administrator has the thorough knowledge to create plans to assure effective management, operations, and maintenance of systems and/or networksManages teams of system admins and is able to prioritize work and identify high risk critical problems and dedicate appropriate resourcesA Senior System Administrator has extensive knowledge of a wide variety of systems and networks to include high volume/high availability systemsAble to pass a background check to obtain a Public Trust (High-Risk) PositionMust be a U.S. citizen
Candidates that do not meet the minimum qualifications will not be considered.
Preferred Qualifications
Active clearance for Public Trust (High-Risk) PositionProvide technical support for the Nessus scanning solution including execution of scans, scan result breakdown and remediation of findingsDeveloping and analyzing security policies, procedures and technical standardsExperience implementing, migrating, managing, and operating systems/applications in an enterprise cloud computing environmentExperience with network and/or systems administration in Linux/Unix and/or Windows environmentsExperience conducting security assessments as it relates to Risk Management FrameworkMaintain knowledge of security regulations, best practices, countermeasures, compliance standards and current threatsCreate technical documents and how-to guides and other deliverablesProvide assistance to system users relative to information systems security mattersExperience working in a CMMI-DEV or CMMI-SVC environment at Maturity Level 3 or abovePrevious Federal Government experience preferably at VAA minimum of 2 years of relevant hands-on experience cloud experience in administering Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure
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About Cognosante
Cognosante is a leading provider of health IT technology solutions, business process outsourcing services, and consulting. We provide our clients with meaningful insights, increased performance, and greater integration across programs, systems, and populations. With deep expertise in areas including health insurance marketplaces, health data standards, and Medicaid enterprise systems, we apply an innovative, integrated approach to navigating the challenges of healthcare reform. Our experts solve the most complex problems with creativity, flexibility, and efficiency. Our success is driven by our obsession with positive results: we simply do not let problems stand in our way. As a result, our relationships with clients and partners endure.
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