Web & Application Administrator

Job Title: Web & Application Administrator

Responsibilities of the Web & Application Administrator
EDC Consulting LLC (EDC) is seeking candidates a remote Web & Application Administrator to support the U.S. Army. This role involves serving as a Web and Application Administrator supporting commercial cloud customers hosted on Microsoft Azure (DOD). The focus is on supporting enterprise application owners in migrating their systems to Microsoft Azure and providing ongoing sustainment services. The Web and Application Administrator will deliver a comprehensive suite of web and application administration capabilities.

The Web & Application Administrator will:

• Act as a Web and Application subject matter expert (SME) to assess the customers current application architecture and develop a new architecture for deployment in Azure emphasizing the use of cloud-native database services (PaaS vs IaaS).
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to translate high-level technical objectives into detailed technical requirements.
• Construct and implement web and application infrastructure for customer applications.
• Provide sustainment for customer web and application tier systems including installation configuration patching upgrades system hardening per STIG guidance and industry best practices and SSL certificate management.
• Collaborate closely with customer developers for regular project releases and code deployments.
• Offer troubleshooting assistance for any reported issues.
• Assist in identifying and planning potential new cloud services features and capabilities.
• Make recommendations for enhancements to security scalability manageability and performance across a range of network storage computer and mid-tier technologies.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in related field plus 12 years of hands-on experience or Masters degree in related field plus 10 years of hands on experience.
• Mid to senior level SQL web and application tier administration experience using mid-tier tools such as IIS Apache Nginx Tomcat or JBOSS.
• Fundamental system administration knowledge of Linux and Windows Server operating systems.
• Experience effectively managing multiple large-scale projects.
• Familiarity with Gitlab Azure DevOps Server or similar.
• Proficiency in building CI/CD Pipelines.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and Containers is desired.
• Experience automating routine administrative tasks is desired.
• Understanding of network storage server and application technologies.
• Strong knowledge of automation concepts tools and scripting languages (PowerShell Ansible Terraform Puppet Chef etc.).
• Working knowledge of DoD STIGs and IA Vulnerability Management (IAVM).
• CompTIA Security (Or equivalent IA cert) and computing environment certification (i.e. MCSA - SQL Server etc.).
• Active Security Clearance