Cloud/System Engineer – Journeyman

DecisionPoint Corporation

. Install, configure, administer, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot enterprise servers and supporting infrastructure .

Posted 10/26/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in administering and supporting enterprise servers and cloud infrastructure, with a strong focus on virtualization technologies and security compliance. Proficient in troubleshooting, configuration management, and implementing Infrastructure as Code practices.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Active Secret ClearanceCloud Infrastructure ExperienceVMware vSphere AdministrationTerraform and Ansible ProficiencyDISA STIG Compliance

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Hard Skills

Windows Server AdministrationLinux AdministrationVirtualization TechnologiesBackup and Recovery SolutionsInfrastructure AutomationCloud Operations SupportConfiguration ManagementIncident ResponsePerformance MonitoringSystem Migration

Soft Skills

Troubleshooting SkillsAnalytical SkillsDocumentation SkillsTeam CollaborationCommunication Skills

Tools & Technologies

VMware vCenterAWS CloudFormationPowerShellPythonBashLoad BalancersDNS ManagementVirtual Private CloudsMonitoring ToolsInfrastructure Appliances

Certifications & Qualifications

AWS Certified CloudOps EngineerAWS Certified Solutions ArchitectMicrosoft Certified Azure AdministratorRed Hat Certified System AdministratorVMware Certified ProfessionalCompTIA Server+ITIL Foundation

Industry Keywords

Federal EnvironmentDepartment of DefenseCybersecurityRMFATOIAVACND DirectiveDisaster RecoveryOperational ContinuityConfiguration Records

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityDNSLinuxPythonTerraformVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Install, configure, administer, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot enterprise servers and supporting infrastructure
Support Windows Server, Linux, and other approved enterprise operating systems
Configure and maintain physical and virtual servers, operating-system services, enterprise applications, and infrastructure appliances
Administer enterprise virtualization platforms, hypervisors, management servers, clusters, hosts, and virtual machines
Monitor server and virtualization availability, performance, utilization, capacity, health, and operational status
Diagnose and resolve operating-system, server, virtualization, appliance, storage, cloud-connectivity, and performance issues
Support integration of infrastructure appliances with network, storage, virtualization, identity, monitoring, logging, backup, and security services
Support cloud operations and integration among cloud, on-premises, continuity, and remote environments
Assist with configuration and troubleshooting of Virtual Private Clouds, DNS, load balancers, API connectivity, certificates, and related cloud services
Implement approved infrastructure configurations, technical changes, security updates, and operational procedures
Apply operating-system updates, vendor patches, firmware upgrades, security patches, and approved configuration changes
Test updates and configuration changes before production implementation when required
Support server, virtualization, software, appliance, and infrastructure-component refreshes
Stage, install, configure, migrate, test, validate, and document replacement components
Support lifecycle planning, inventory validation, configuration management, equipment refresh, and disposition activities
Maintain accurate system, asset, configuration, warranty, licensing, and lifecycle records
Support workload migrations, platform upgrades, hardware replacements, and infrastructure-modernization initiatives
Develop or execute implementation plans, migration procedures, test steps, validation criteria, rollback procedures, and outage contingencies
Participate in Outage Response Team activities
Support incident diagnosis, mitigation, workarounds, recovery actions, restoration, and service validation
Gather logs, configuration details, monitoring data, timelines, and technical evidence for incident investigation and root-cause analysis
Escalate complex technical issues to senior engineers, vendors, cloud providers, and other support organizations
Track restoration activities, technical dependencies, assigned actions, and corrective measures through completion
Configure and support backup, restoration, replication, high-availability, fault-tolerance, disaster-recovery, and continuity capabilities
Conduct backup and recovery testing
Support VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, Site Recovery Manager, NSX, or comparable virtualization technologies
Support infrastructure automation and configuration-management activities using approved tools and scripts
Assist with Infrastructure as Code implementations using Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, or comparable technologies
Configure systems and appliances in accordance with DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides and approved security baselines
Support remediation of IAVAs, CND Directives, vulnerabilities, POA&M items, and security-control deficiencies
Collect and maintain evidence supporting RMF, ATO, cybersecurity, audit, and inspection activities
Follow approved incident, problem, change, configuration, release, availability, and service-continuity processes
Maintain system diagrams, configuration records, build documents, operational procedures, field guides, standard operating procedures, and troubleshooting documentation
Identify recurring issues, capacity constraints, obsolete components, configuration risks, and modernization opportunities
Recommend improvements to system availability, automation, security, scalability, supportability, and operational efficiency
Work with the Cloud / System Engineering Lead, network teams, application teams, cybersecurity personnel, service-management teams, Government stakeholders, and vendors

Requirements

What you’ll need

Active Secret clearance or higher
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field
Minimum of 6 years of relevant cloud engineering, systems engineering, systems administration, virtualization, or enterprise infrastructure experience
Current professional certification relevant to systems, cloud, operating systems, virtualization, or enterprise infrastructure engineering
Experience supporting enterprise systems or cloud infrastructure in a federal or Department of Defense environment
Experience administering Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or comparable enterprise operating systems
Experience with VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, Site Recovery Manager, NSX, VMware Cloud Foundation, or comparable virtualization technologies
Experience supporting Amazon Web Services, AWS GovCloud, Microsoft Azure Government, or another Government-authorized cloud environment
Experience configuring or troubleshooting VPCs, DNS, load balancers, APIs, digital certificates, compute, storage, monitoring, and cloud connectivity
Experience integrating infrastructure appliances with enterprise network, storage, virtualization, identity, monitoring, logging, backup, and security services
Experience performing server, virtualization, appliance, software, and infrastructure-component refreshes
Experience supporting system migrations, platform upgrades, hardware replacements, and modernization activities
Experience supporting outages, service restoration, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action tracking
Experience with high availability, fault tolerance, backups, restoration, replication, disaster recovery, and continuity of operations
Experience using Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, PowerShell, Python, Bash, or comparable automation and Infrastructure as Code technologies
Experience applying DISA STIGs and supporting DoD RMF, ATO, IAVA, CND Directive, vulnerability-remediation, and POA&M requirements
Experience maintaining system diagrams, configuration records, build documents, implementation plans, test results, and standard operating procedures
Certifications such as AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator, Red Hat Certified System Administrator, VMware Certified Professional, CompTIA Server+, or equivalent credentials
ITIL Foundation or higher certification
Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation, configuration-management, and team-collaboration skills
Ability to support after-hours outages, deployments, maintenance windows, upgrades, migrations, and component-refresh activities when required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote work arrangement
After-hours work may be required during outages, deployments, upgrades, maintenance windows, and component-refresh activities
Opportunity to support an active competitive government contract bid
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer