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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr. Cloud Administrator (CI Polygraph) - **Company:** Zachary Piper - **Location:** Springfield, VA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $130,000.0 - $150,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Active Directory, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Software Applications, Confluence, JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Spanning Tree Protocols, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Computer Networks, Continuous Delivery, Linux, Elasticsearch, Geospatial Intelligence, Identity and Access Management, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), JSON, Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP), Linux Commands, Linux Servers, Network Architecture, Windows PowerShell, PuTTY, Microsoft SharePoint, Software Engineering, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Virtual Machines, Virtualization Technology, S3 Bucket, Application-Specific Information, Cloud Platform System, Git, SC Clearance, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Bug Reporting, Cloudwatch, Kibana, Devsecops, Servicenow, Vmware - **Published:** June 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/8984653/sr-cloud-administrator-ci-polygraph ## About the Role * Bachelors degree and 5+ years of related experience system administration, cloud administration, IT support * Minimum TS/SCI CI Polygraph clearance * Demonstrated proficiency with the AWS C2S Suite and tools. * Troubleshooting and providing AWS technical support to NGA employees. * Connecting to ec2 instances using an SSH client on MobaX or Putty to check for logs. * Creating IAM users/roles/policies per user requests. * Granting access to s3 buckets by updating bucket policies using Json. * Monitoring Data conditioning and dissemination with Kibana Elastic & Cloud Watch (AWS). * Experience using ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence, etc. * Using LDAP to administer account creation & management on various Linux Servers. * Administrate our clusters and their lifecycle, in order to guarantee a high degree of reliability, security, scalability, and confidence at any given time. * Provide support, improve and implement internal components and applications on top of multiple clusters. ## Description Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Sr. Cloud Administrator to support the National Geospatial Agencies ongoing data modernization program for geospatial intelligence in Springfield, VA . 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