Xenith Solutions

System Administrator

• Leading technical efforts in directing and monitoring the operations of our information systems.
• This position is crucial for supporting the successful delivery of customer-defined systems, hardware refresh initiatives, and software projects, particularly those leveraging secure cloud technologies and designed to meet stringent government requirements.
• Providing technical expertise in designing, implementing, and managing secure and compliant cloud-based solutions within a government or highly regulated environment, with a strong emphasis on AWS GovCloud or equivalent secure cloud offerings.
• Responsible for the support of a broad range of AWS services in a secure government context, including but not limited to: EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) within a secure VPC configuration, S3 (Simple Storage Service) with appropriate encryption and access controls, VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) design and management for segmented networks, RDS (Relational Database Service) with robust security configurations, IAM (Identity and Access Management) for granular privilege management, CloudWatch for monitoring and logging of security and performance events, Route 53 for secure DNS resolution, ELB/ALB (Elastic Load Balancing/Application Load Balancing) for resilient application delivery.
• Manage full lifecycle of system engineering, including design, build, configuration, deployment, maintenance, and decommissioning of mission-critical server infrastructure that supports critical operational functions.
• Provide support with the administration and secure hardening of both Linux and Windows Server operating systems, with a focus on implementing security controls and mitigating vulnerabilities.
• Support teams in planning and executing the migration of on-premises infrastructure to secure cloud environments, understanding the unique challenges of government data transitions.
• Support teams in migrating and modernizing legacy applications and systems, particularly those supporting critical system functions, to current or cloud-based platforms.
• Manage planning and executing SharePoint migrations, especially into secure government environments.
• Support database administration for systems handling sensitive information, including installation, configuration, performance tuning, robust backup and recovery strategies, and security hardening for common database systems (e.g., SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Establish and maintain strong, collaborative working relationships with diverse internal teams, stakeholders, other government agencies, and prime contractors.
• Commitment to providing exceptional service and support to government stakeholders, understanding their operational needs and the importance of reliable IT systems.
• Clear, concise, and effective verbal communication skills, particularly when reporting technical status, risks, and solutions to a variety of technical and non-technical government personnel.
• Ability to understand complex operational challenges, translate them into actionable technical problems, and devise and implement robust, secure, and compliant solutions that meet CBP mission requirements.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact and responder for a majority of system-related incidents and requests.
• Evaluating and recommending hardware and software enhancements as needed, including managing and testing system updates and patches to maintain performance and security.
• Troubleshooting configuration and integration issues across development, test, and production environments, ensuring smooth transitions and minimal service disruption.
• Creating and maintaining a variety of scripts to automate routine tasks, improve system efficiency, and support operational needs.
• Monitoring and optimizing system performance, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing recommended changes.

Systems Administrator

Database Administrator

• Help shape the future of how some of the nation’s most complex and challenging data are used to enhance national security and protect the lives of Agents, Officers, and those entering the country
• Provide high-level architectural guidance, technical innovation, and analytical expertise to teams across CBP
• Champion all aspects of data architecture, analytic methodology, and visualization functions including engineering standards
• Work with database developers and administrators across multiple product teams
• Serve as a data and technology expert across a broad and diverse set of mission critical applications
• Actively participate in Agile Scrum sprint planning, artifact creation, sprint testing, regression testing, demonstrations, retrospectives and solution releases
• Analyze project-related problems and create innovative solutions involving technology, analytic methodologies, and advanced solution components
• Deliver deployable software in short sprints
• The ability to be adaptable and work constructively with a technically diverse and geographically separated team is crucial