Web Application Administrator (Secret Clearance)

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Web Application Administrator to support an Army Enterprise Data Center remotely. The team is seeks a mid level web administrator to help build, configure, harden, patch, and upgrade web and application server environments for the DoD customer.

Clearance : Secret required

Location: Fort Belvoir, VA - 100% remote

Responsibilities of the Web Application Administrator:
• Serve as a Web and Application subject matter expert (SME) for evaluating customer's current application architecture and develop a new architecture to be deployed in Azure and utilizing cloud native application and database services as much as possible (PaaS vs IaaS).
• Collaborate with internal and external parties to transform high-level business and technical objectives into comprehensive technical requirements that can be executed.
• Build and deploy web and application infrastructure for customer applications.

Provide sustainment of customer web and application tier systems to include installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, hardening of systems per STIG guidance and industry best practices, and SSL certificate management.
• Work closely with customer developers for regular project releases and code deployments.
• Provide troubleshooting assistance and root cause analysis for any reported issues.
• Provide on-call support for triage and resolution of after-hours production incidents.
• Assist with identifying and planning potential new cloud services, features, and capabilities.

Qualifications of the Web Application Administrator:
• Secret clearance required
• Must have an active IAT II certification or higher (Sec+CE, CySA+, CCNA Security, etc.)
• Highly preferred - have an active AWS or Azure cloud certification to be considered
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university and 4+ years of professional experience with web applications and software administration
• Web application tier administration experience utilizing mid-tier tools such as IIS, Apache, Nginx, Tomcat, or JBOSS to include building, configuring, hardening, patching, upgrading, and overall administration of the web and application server environments
• Basic system administration knowledge of Linux and Windows Server operating systems.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience effectively managing multiple large-scale projects
• Experience scripting and automating routine administrative tasks utilizing PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform, and other Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Experience utilizing Git.
• Understanding of network, storage, server, and application technologies.

Compensation of the Web Application Administrator:
• Compensation: up to $70,000 - $100,000 + based on years of experience

o 3 labor categories available based on years of experience and degree
• Full Benefits; Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, PTO/Holiday
• Long term program, job stability - program funded through 2027
• 100% remote work

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