Applications for this position will be accepted through 11/23/26.
Koniag Data Solutions, LLC a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Platform DevOps Administrator to support KDS and our government customer. The position is remote. This position requires the candidate to be able to obtain a Public Trust. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement.
The successful candidate is a security-focused Platform DevOps Administrator who automates rather than repeatedly performs manual administration. The individual STIG requirement, or production incident and independently determining how to address it.
A key measure of success in this position is the ability to transform recurring security and operational activities into controlled, repeatable Ansible automation—particularly for patching, STIG compliance, security baselines, CVE/KEV remediation, and platform —while maintaining the stability and availability of 24×7 production systems.
The Platform DevOps Administrator is a security-focused infrastructure and platform operations professional responsible for maintaining, securing, automating, and supporting enterprise Linux and COTS application environments.
This position emphasizes security compliance, vulnerability remediation, platform automation, patching, middleware administration, and production operations. The Platform DevOps Administrator will develop and maintain Ansible playbooks and automation to deploy patches, enforce security baselines, remediate vulnerabilities, and
The ideal candidate has strong Linux administration skills and understands STIG compliance, CVE and Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) remediation, PKI, SSL/TLS.
This individual must be capable of independently identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving technical and security issues with minimal direction while maintaining a strong customer-service focus. The position operates within a production environment requiring disciplined ITIL-based and may provide support for 24×7 mission-critical systems.
Primary Responsibilities:Platform Security & Vulnerability Management:
Maintain secure and compliant Linux, middleware, web server, and COTS platform environments.
Implement, maintain, and remediate systems against applicable DISA STIG security baselines.
Review vulnerability scan results and identify required remediation activities.
Analyze and remediate Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs).
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog.
Coordinate patching and vulnerability remediation based on severity, exploitability, operational impact, and required remediation timelines.
Perform root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions for recurring security and operational issues.
Support compliance with applicable NIST standards and security controls. middleware, and COTS products.
Support corrective actions.
Validate remediation activities and provide supporting evidence when required.
DevOps & Security Automation:
Develop, maintain, test, and execute Ansible playbooks and roles for system administration, patching, security hardening, and vulnerability remediation.Use Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) to centrally manage and execute infrastructure and security automation.
Automate Linux operating system patching and security updates.
Automate application and COTS product patching where technically feasible.
Develop and maintain automated
Automate remediation of recurring.
Maintain version-controlled automation artifacts and technical documentation.
Identify manual administration and security processes that can be standardized and automated.
Ensure automation is repeatable, controlled, documented, and appropriate for production environments.
Linux Platform Administration:
Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments.Support environments that may include RHEL 6, 7,…