Monitoring Administrator - Cloud

JOB DUTIES –

Build new cloud based data center services environments for DoD cloud initiatives.
Assist with identifying and planning potential new cloud services, features, and capabilities.
Serve as overall subject matter expert on Monitoring Administrator technology and market capabilities/trends.
Design and operate secure monitoring solutions that provide availability and performance insight into Operating Systems, applications, and network infrastructure using a variety of management protocols
Ensure ongoing availability of monitoring solutions through sound management of monitoring infrastructure components
Create customized health monitors and alerts as needed
Collaborate with internal and external parties to transform high-level technical objectives into comprehensive technical requirements.
Formulate detailed network, storage, and compute design specifications for stable and secure computing operations in a dynamic cloud based environment.
Make recommendations for improvements to security, scalability, manageability, and performance across a wide variety of network, storage, and compute technologies.

Required skills:
Mid to senior level Monitoring Administrator experience in a cloud environment
Security+ (Or equivalent IA cert) and computing environment certification (i.e. MCSA, GMON, etc.)
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Experience effectively managing multiple large-scale projects
Experience automating routine administrative tasks desired
Understanding of network, storage, server, and application technologies
Strong understanding of WMI and SNMP
Strong knowledge of automation concepts, tools, and scripting languages (Powershell, DSC, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, etc.)
Working knowledge of DoD STIGs, and IA Vulnerability Management (IAVM) - preferred