Belay Technologies has been voted Baltimore Business Journal's (BBJ) Best Places to Work 2019, runner up in 2020 and a finalist in 2021!     

Belay Technologies is seeking a Mid-Level System Administrator (SA) to join our intel team. The SA provides support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of Information Technology (IT) systems. The SA manages IT system infrastructure and any processes related to these systems. The SA provides support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for all of the client/server/storage/network devices, mobile devices, etc.

Candidates should have the following qualifications: 

TS/SCI with full scope polygraph is required.   Must have Bachelor’s in System Administration or of similar field or scopeMust have at least 5 years of experience
 

Candidates are required to have the following skills:

Python Experience:Ability to demonstrate solid knowledge of Python and XML.Experience with Object Oriented Analysis and DesignExperience with build environments such as Gradle or MavenPreferred - Experience with SQL and NoSQL databasesData Flow/Data Analytics:Exposure to streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka). Log analysis and General Troubleshooting (tuning and optimization, Search and Indexing Operations, mapping, monitoring) understanding on Elastic Stack (Elastic, Logstash, Beats, Kibana, Fluent etc) and knowledge on Opensearch APIs.Experience in Business Analytics application, support, and troubleshooting conceptsExperience with Python, Groovy and/or JavaExperience with continuous integration environments, such as BambooDevOps/Automation:Ability to demonstrate solid knowledge of Python, Java and/or Groovy.  Knowledge of Powershell and/or Bash scripting is a plus.Performing system and subsystem definition, preliminary and detailed design, design implementation, and subsystem and system integration and tests for a system.Develop capabilities to automate deployment of updates and fixesBuild tools to reduce occurrences of errors and improve customer experienceDevelop software to integrate with internal back-end systemsPerform root cause analysis for production errorsKnowledge of RDMS, such as Postgres, desired including:Database design, development and implementationExperience with creating and optimizing queriesExperience with data parsing and data flowDevelopment of data structures for the overall architecture of a system accounting for performance and resiliencyKnowledge of Java and/or Python preferredKnowledge of database storage and retrieval using Cloud technologies preferred.

Candidates are desired to have the following skills:

Creating and managing virtual environments with VMware – Vcenter 6.7.0 or aboveKnowledge of virtual networking – NSX-V/NSX-TScripting experience with PowerShellKnowledge of Dell Chassis (M1000e/MX7000) and Blades (M620-MX740c)Knowledge of EMC products – DataDomain, XtremeIO/PowerStore, and Isilon.Configure and maintain storage (EMC Isilon)Experience with administration and/or architecture of ELK (Elastic, Log Stash, Kibana) includingDiagnosing shard issues and repairing a cluster's healthBacking up and restoring a cluster and/or specific indicesConfiguring a snapshot to be searchableConfiguring a cluster for cross-cluster searchImplementing cross-cluster replicationDefining role-based access control using Elasticsearch Security

Perks and Benefits:

8 weeks paid leave - 4 weeks of personal leave, 3 Yay! days, take off on your birthday,11 paid holidays and optional leave up to 6 days through Belay's volunteer program10% matching in 401(k) contributions vested on day one$5,000 annual training/tuitionStudent Loan Repayment Program100% company funded HSARich medical coverage (100% coinsurance)Dental coverage including orthodontiaUp to $420,000 in life insurance, premiums 100% company fundedAmazon Prime, gym reimbursement, monthly lunches, games and prizesPet adoption program, generous referral bonus program, fun events, and more!

Belay Technologies is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business located in Columbia, Maryland (Baltimore/Washington area). Belay Technologies specializes in systems automation and full stack development. Belay Technologies provides leading technology and engineering solutions to the DoD, as well as state-of-the-art commercial products. We hire software engineers, web designers, test engineers, systems engineers, systems administrators, database engineers and other tech services. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Key words: Full Clearance, Fort Meade, SDVOSB, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, DoD, full scope