Overview :
Our client is seeking an Application Developer to support the day-to-day administration, monitoring, maintenance, and security of a distributed enterprise application platform hosted in a secure cloud environment.
Per our Federal Government Contract, candidates must be U.S. Citizens with an ACTIVE TOP SECRET CLEARANCE.
Responsibilities :
- Monitor application health, system performance, alerts, and logs to ensure operational availability and stability.
- Administer user accounts, permissions, security roles, and access requests in accordance with security and least-privilege practices.
- Troubleshoot application and infrastructure issues and coordinate resolutions with development, engineering, and other technical teams.
- Support software deployments, patching, maintenance activities, and system upgrades.
- Maintain and follow operational documentation, runbooks, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and escalation processes.
- Perform application and system maintenance, including access provisioning, account administration, and backup verification.
- Review logs and monitoring data to identify potential issues and support incident resolution.
- Maintain accurate audit and compliance documentation.
- Support applications operating in Linux and/or Windows environments.
- Contribute to the ongoing modernization and migration of enterprise applications to secure cloud environments.
- Participate in incident and change management activities in accordance with established processes.
Qualifications :
- Active Top Secret (TS) clearance required on Day 1.
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- 2+ years of experience in systems administration, application administration, or application support.
- 3+ years of experience supporting containerized and/or orchestrated environments such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, or similar technologies.
- Experience administering enterprise applications in Linux and/or Windows environments.
- Experience with AWS cloud services, monitoring tools, dashboards, and alerting.
- Experience monitoring application health, reviewing logs, troubleshooting technical issues, and supporting incident resolution.
- Experience administering user accounts, access provisioning, permissions, and security roles.
- Knowledge of security-focused administration practices, including least-privilege access management.
- Experience supporting system maintenance, patching, and backup verification.
- Experience following runbooks, SOPs, and established escalation procedures.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.
Preferred Qualifications
- Security+ certification
- Experience supporting AWS-hosted environments.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, or similar container technologies.
- Experience with Splunk, AWS CloudWatch, ELK, or similar monitoring and logging tools.
- Experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community, or other Federal programs.
- Exposure to DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of ITIL-based incident and change management processes.
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4 Reasons to Join The Squires Group, Inc.:
1. Our Commitment to You - We offer competitive pay, multi-year projects, and a list of exciting clients.
2. Work-Life Balance - We work hard; we work smart and have quality time for family and "life."
3. Golden Rule - We treat our consultants the way we want to be treated: with integrity, professionalism, and trust.
4. We Care About You – We help you meet your career goals and continuously support your efforts in the field.
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