**Security Clearance required:** Able to obtain Public Trust **Do you want to make a difference?** Cognosante employees are passionate about improving people’s lives. With an innovative mindset and an unwavering commitment to those we serve, we partner with healthcare, civilian and defense agencies to deliver exceptional public services and programs. Our multi-faceted technology and customer experience (CX) solutions achieve program outcomes, solve critical challenges and create meaningful change. Whether we are helping Veterans access healthcare faster, ensuring that members of the military complete their missions safely, or helping people obtain health insurance, our work touches millions of people. **Are you ready to make a difference?** **Come Join Our Team** The Healthcare Environment and Logistics Management (HELM) program supports the mission of the Veterans Affairs (VA) HELM Product Line to modernize, standardize, and streamline VA’s logistics and environmental solutions in support of improving operational efficiencies, achieving seamless interoperability among partners and stakeholders, maximizing buying power, and ultimately improving Veteran healthcare. HELM is organized into six sub-product lines each focused on connecting people, systems, and data to enhance healthcare efficiencies and supply chain management operations. **What is the position?** Cognosante is seeking an Infrastructure/System Administrator to join our team, with experience in deploying, monitoring, and maintaining networks and software on Windows systems. The Infrastructure Engineer/System Administrator will ensure that requirements are met for new and existing systems in support of engineering and end-users. The Infrastructure/System Administrator should have experience with the setup and maintenance of Windows systems, network configurations, and network security. **What will I get to do?** + Configure, maintain, monitor, patch, and support Windows servers that are providing websites and integration tools to internal VA team members. + Support logical network infrastructure between on premise, cloud, and VA WAN, in support of development, QA, validation, and production environments. This includes knowledge of DNS, firewalls, load balancers, HTTPS, TLS / SSL certificates, WAF, and similar technologies. + Maintain, deploy and monitor websites hosted in IIS. + Provide tier 2 and tier 3 support to help desk related to above responsibilities. **What qualifications do I need?** + Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering or other engineering or technical discipline. 8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education. + 5 years relevant experience + Proficient in operating systems, specifically Windows Server 2012 r2, 2019, 2022. + Familiar with interconnectivity between databases, API services, websites, and end-users. + Proficiency in ActiveDirectory, Powershell, DHCP, BigFix, ServiceNow, SCCM, VMware, GitHub. + Knowledge of network diagrams and documentation for design and planning network communication systems. + Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. + Must be able to achieve a moderate (Tier 2) VA position of trust. **What additional characteristics will help me thrive?** + Familiarity with telephony platforms + Working knowledge of InterSystems Cache/IRIS + Proficiency in Linux + Knowledge of GitHub best practices, GitHub actions, branch protection rules, and similar + Experience with AWS cloud migrations + Experience with CI pipelines, deployment automation, and monitoring tools. + Understanding of Software as a Service (SaaS) – AWS, Azure + Experience working in the Federal Government, preferably with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) + Active clearance for Public Trust Position **What We Offer**   Our mission is to provide comprehensive and competitive pay, benefits, services, and programs to eligible employees and their dependents that:  + Ensure optimal health and productivity of our employees   + Support employee retention and attraction  + Provide work/life balance to ensure our employees succeed inside and outside of the office  **Compensation** $96,760.98 - $154,817.56 The pay range for this job is determined by various factors, including but not necessarily limited to location, responsibilities of the job, and alignment with market data. When determining a salary for this role, the following factors may be taken into consideration - contract-specific affordability, education, knowledge, skills, competencies and experience. The estimate displayed represents the salary range for this position and is just one component of Cognosante’s total compensation package for employees. It is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific employee. Cognosante will not provide sponsorship for employment-based immigration benefits for this position. **What We Promise**   Cognosante employees are inspired by our bold mission to improve lives. To achieve this mission, we put our people first. No matter where they're located around the nation, our innovative workplaces enable individuals to apply their skills and experience to work toward a greater good. We foster a winning culture of solution creators built on innovation, collaboration, flexibility, and work-life balance. And we invest in the next generation of diverse talent to foster an inclusive, progressive, adaptable workplace that prioritizes advancement for all. As an affirmative action employer, we are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.     Your safety during your job search is important. Recruiting communications will always be sent through one of the following corporate domain emails (@cognosante.com or @accurate.com). We will never send communications through any other domain, including @cognosantecareers.com, @gmail.com or @yahoo.com). We will never request payment from you, nor will we send payment to you, prior to your start date. If you have been asked to send or receive any payment, or if you have any doubt about whether you have been contacted by a Cognosante employee, please contact us at jobs@cognosante.com At Cognosante, we innovate with purpose. Each day, we create meaningful change by delivering mission-driven solutions for healthcare, civilian, and defense government agencies. When you work at Cognosante, you’ll apply your talents and grow your career with an organization that believes in the missions of our customers – and the right every employee has to an inclusive, flexible, and collaborative workplace. Work with us, and you’ll be challenged and supported—and have the platform to elevate your career to wherever your professional aspirations lead.​ **Get to know** **Cognosante** **employees** + We’re driven by our customers’ missions, and measure success by how we improve lives. + We believe innovative solutions start with an innovative culture. + We believe customer understanding is the key to creating innovative solutions. + We know we are stronger together, and we value the diversity of our people. + We believe growth should be a core job benefit. Like many other companies, Cognosante has been targeted by scammers making fraudulent job offers to potential candidates. As shared on our company website (https://cognosante.com/careers/) , communications from Cognosante recruiting are only sent with an official corporate domain email (e.g., @cognosante.com) and not a commercial domain e-mail (e.g., @gmail.com or @yahoo.com)). We will never request payment from an applicant, nor will we send payment to an applicant, prior to that individual’s start date. We want to recommend a couple of ways that you can report this incident and take action against these scams: -The FBI: File a Complaint (https://www.ic3.gov/Home/FileComplaint) -The FTC: Report Fraud (https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/) Also, if you're not sure where to report the scam, you can find some guidance here: Where to report scams | USAGov (https://www.usa.gov/where-report-scams) .