✦ Luna Orbit — System Administration

Senior System Administrator (REMOTE)

at Koniag Government Services

📍 Remote, US Remote Posted April 03, 2026
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Position Details

Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years Minimum 5 years of IT work experience
Education Master’s with 7 years experience or 10 years experience in lieu of education requirement
Category System Administration

About this role

Senior System Administrator to support AWS/Kubernetes-based environments for a government client, including WordPress/Druapl CMS assets, IaC/CI/CD pipelines, and security/compliance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide Tier 1 & 2 support for UJMS
  • Manage ITSM/work tickets
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines
  • Implement IaC with Terraform/Pulumi/Ansible
  • Ensure security/compliance and documentation

Technical Overview

Cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure with emphasis on AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform/Open Source tooling, and CMS hosting (WordPress/Drupal). Strong automation and DevOps skills required, plus ITIL/FedRAMP awareness.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior systems administrator with extensive AWS and Kubernetes experience, strong IaC/CI/CD expertise, and hands-on work with WordPress/Drupal in high-traffic environments. They should thrive in a government setting, handle public trust requirements, and lead automation and DevOps initiatives.

Must-Have Skills

Able to implement and monitor technology configurations in an AWS Kubernetes environmentKubernetesCreate and follow operating procedures mindful of FedRAMP and Change ProceduresKubernetes and understanding traffic pattern for a high-traffic web site running a Content Management System is preferredAmazon web infrastructure and servicesExperience building and supporting YAML based CI/CD pipelinesExperience building and supporting Infrastructure as code (IaC)leveraging tools such asTerraformPulumiAnsibleSaltChefCloud Formationetc.Terraform Open Sourcein CI/CD driven solutionsPowerShellDeep understanding of IaaS and PaaS servicesAgile methodologies especially TDD and ScrumExperience with LEMP & LAMP stacks (LinuxNginxApacheMySQLPHP)Drupal development and customizationDrupal module developmentMySQL performance and scalingJavascript (frontend)Reactvarious Drupal modulesElasticpressElasticsearch and ELK stackAkamaiGitBitbucketDevOps lifecycle and process improvementChange and Configuration Management best practicesAutomation solutions

Required Skills

AWSKubernetesWordPressDrupalCI/CD pipelinesTerraformPulumiAnsiblePowerShellYAMLCloudFormationElasticsearch

Hard Skills

Amazon Web ServicesKubernetesTerraformGitHub ActionsGitLab CIPowerShellYAMLDrupalWordPressElasticsearch

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationproblem solvinganalytical thinkingattention to detailability to work with cross-functional teams

Certifications

Preferred

CompTIA Linux+LPIC-1

Industry & Role

Industry Government/Public Sector
Job Function Lead system administration and cloud/infrastructure engineering for government CMS and applications
Role Subtype Systems Administrator
Tech Domains Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes, WordPress, Drupal, Git

Keywords for Your Resume

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Deal Breakers

Lack of AWS/Kubernetes experience, No ability to obtain/maintain Public Trust, Insufficient experience with IaC and CI/CD tooling

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