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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Administrator/ AWS Cloud Engineer/ Linux Engineer - Expert - **Company:** Cornerstone Defense - **Location:** Herndon, VA, United States - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, C Sharp (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Configuration Management, Databases, Linux, Federated Identity Management, Hyper-V, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), MySQL, Oracle (Applications), Role-Based Access Control, Ansible, Security Information and Event Management, VMware Infrastructure, Scripting, Enterprise Software Applications, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Cloudformation, Amazon Relational Database Service, Opsworks, Puppet, Vmware - **Published:** June 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=1943700e2bf6013e ## About the Role Do you have experience in Workflow management (operations management method)?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, The successful candidate will be a self-motivated, innovative, cloud engineer to join in and contribute to a team environment. The candidate will be part of a team that supports the cloud infrastructure for an enterprise environment. This position requires a broad knowledge of system administration, knowledge of automation technologies, and scripting. This position also requires a knowledge of security and accreditation practices and procedures the ability to work with several enterprise resources and teams in the operation of an enterprise digitization infrastructure. Mandatory: * Must have hands-on experience with AWS and Linux in a production environment. * Experience patching and maintaining system's databases, to include RDS, MySQL, and Oracle * Proven experience troubleshooting and solving technical problems * Knowledge of Federated Identity, RBAC, authentication & authorization solution, etc. * Understanding of secure-cloud configuration, (e.g., CloudTrail, AWS Config), cloud-security technologies (e.g., VPC, Security Groups) and Access Control (IAM). * Experience with configuration management (e.g., Puppet, Chef, Ansible, CloudFormation, etc.) * Experience with security, such as NGFW, WAF, SIEM, endpoint security. * Ability to work in a fast-paced agile environment * Bachelor's Degree in IT related field or equivalency in related work experience * Demonstrated on-the-job experience working and solving technical problems independently as a system administrator. * Experience using a scripting language. * Demonstrated ability to monitor and troubleshoot enterprise workflow applications, to include: installing, starting, and stopping background, processes, analyzing log and event files, and patching and troubleshooting. * Demonstrated ability creating and managing a virtual infrastructure, such as AWS, Azure, Hyper-V, or VMWare. Optional: * Experience with an enterprise application development language, such as Python, Java, or C#, to include writing simple applications or modifying existing ones. ## Description Cornerstone Defense is expanding our System Administration team. 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