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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Systems Administrator - **Company:** Sienna Systems - **Location:** Alexandria, VA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $127,500.0 - $132,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Active Directory, Active Directory Federation Services, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Application Virtualization, Audit Trail, Cloud Computing, System Configuration, Data Files, VMware ESX Servers, Identity and Access Management, Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft SQL Server, Networking Basics, Performance Tuning, Windows PowerShell, Aws Command Line Interface (CLI), Ansible, Service Pack, Microsoft SharePoint, TCP/IP, Virtualization Technology, Backup and Restore, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Performance Monitor, Cloud Migration, Opsworks, Cloudwatch, Plan of Action and Milestones, Vmware - **Published:** August 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=73c8456c54c76636 ## About the Role Able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust suitability determination At least 2 years of cloud computing administration experience At least 7 years of systems administration experience AWS experience including VPC, EC2, AMI, GuardDuty, Bastion, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS Systems Manager, and AWS Config integration Extensive Active Directory experience: design, deployment, and management; users, groups, and permissions hierarchy; OUs and GPOs; ADFS Experience managing VMware ESX/ESXi Experience working with IIS and SQL Server Experience administering SharePoint environments Strong understanding of TCP/IP and other networking principles Critical-thinking skills to analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve issues in a small, complex IT environment with or without direction from the government IT team Proven effective written and verbal communication, teaming, and customer service skills Ability to work independently, prioritize workload, and provide guidance to others Preferred Qualifications: Scripting experience with Ansible, AWS CLI, or PowerShell Federal cloud or compliance experience including FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, or FISMA AWS certification (Solutions Architect or SysOps) or VMware VCP Experience supporting cloud migrations Familiarity with Section 508 accessibility standards ## Description Sienna Systems is seeking a capable Cloud Systems Administrator to join our Social Security Administration Special Notice Option (SNO) team in Alexandria, Virginia. SNO is how SSA delivers notices to beneficiaries who need them in an alternate format - Braille, large print, audio, and data files. This is the senior technical seat on the team: the cloud and directory backbone that everything else in the program runs on. The team is lean, so you will own real systems end to end rather than filing tickets for someone else to action. You will work on-site alongside the government IT staff, with room to shape how the environment gets automated and hardened., Administer and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure and the systems hosted in it. Design, deploy, and manage Active Directory including users, groups, systems, permissions and hierarchy, organizational units, and group policy objects; build and integrate AD Federation Services. Manage and maintain virtualized environments and support operating system and application virtualization. Analyze, design, develop, and deploy systems in a technically complex environment. 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