Systems Administrator Washington, DC (on-site) MUST: Active Top Secret Required Experienced Systems Administrator 10 years of experience engineering hardware and designs for large-scale enterprise applications. 5 years of experience with Microsoft Windows and Amazon Web Services (AWS) multiple virtual environments. 5 years of experience coordinating activities of technology product and service vendors and leading technical infrastructure design activities. Experience with PowerShell scripting, system automation, and infrastructure as code. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science required. DUTIES: Provide system administration and O&M support for a production Windows application operating in multiple Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments. Performing O&M support in AWS cloud environment using cutting edge technology. Assist in all facets of development and O&M for the application. Responsible for analyzing and implementing security policies and requirements; troubleshooting and resolving system and application issues; monitoring application stability and vulnerability; responsible for Windows upgrades to include patching and security upgrades. Designing and developing small to medium-scale virtual infrastructures environments using AWS technologies. Managing network protocols to integrate internal systems and applications with external network service providers. Operating, securing, and maintaining multiple AWS VPC Windows virtual environments ensuring continuous operations and availability. Building, customizing, and deploying Windows AWS machine images (AMI), deploying EC2 instances, RDS MSSQL instances, security groups, NACLs, AWS Load Balancers (ALB), custom IAM Roles, S3 storage, CloudFormation stacks/templates, Lambda Functions, CMKs, and CloudWatch/CloudTrail services, and other AWS services as needed. Microsoft SQL Server to include building, deploying, upgrading and maintains multiple databases both stand- alone and mirrored RDS MSSQL databases. Windows Active Directory, DNS, IIS, and MSSQL server technologies. Network routing, subnetting, filtering and host-based firewall technologies. Implementing FISMA/DISA STIG security regulations, guidelines, and mitigation strategies. Implementing AWS security best practices. PowerShell scripting and system automation experience to include YAML or JSON scripting *Progression, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Progression, Inc. is committed to administering all employment and personnel actions on the basis of merit and free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or status as an individual with a disability. Consistent with this commitment, we are dedicated to the employment and advancement of qualified minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans, persons of all ethnic backgrounds and religions according to their abilities.*