AWS Administrator with AD

Padmore Global Connections LLC; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Padmore Global Connections LLC is seeking a Senior AWS Administrator to design and support Active Directory within AWS. The role requires deep AWS expertise, strong AD experience, and ability to integrate cloud and on-premises environments.

The candidate will implement AD DS, AD FS, and AD CS in AWS, automate provisioning, monitor costs, and ensure security and compliance across multiple AWS accounts. Strong Linux/Windows administration is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8+ years of cloud administration experience.
• Strong knowledge of Windows and Linux server administration.
• Automation experience with configuration management tools (SaltStack, Puppet, Chef, Ansible).
• Experience with AWS Config and AWS CloudTrail for compliance.
• Security and network fundamentals experience.

Responsibilities

• Establish configuration, compliance, and audit program to manage AWS accounts and resources.
• Implement and manage Active Directory services in AWS (AD DS, AD FS, AD CS).
• Integrate AWS Managed Microsoft AD with on-premises AD or other clouds.
• Set up and manage AD FS in the cloud for secure identity management.
• Automate provisioning and management of AD resources in AWS.
• Monitor rightsizing, elasticity, and cost allocations across accounts and workloads.
• Maintain patching, backups, and firewall configurations in cloud environments.
• Use AWS Config to monitor resource configurations and drift remediation.
• Use AWS CloudTrail for compliance audits and event logging.

Skills

AWS

Active Directory

Windows Server

Linux

Automation

ITIL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS Config

AWS CloudTrail

Puppet

Ansible

SaltStack

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior AWS Administrator with experience in managing and supporting Active Directory environments.

Complete Description:

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS), including its infrastructure, services, and best practices, as well as expertise in implementing, configuring, and maintaining Active Directory solutions within AWS environments. The role involves managing cloud infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration with on-premises systems, and troubleshooting complex environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish configuration, compliance, and audit program to effectively manage AWS accounts and resources Review cloud resources and cost drivers, compute, storage, network, managed services, database and service licenses, marketplace, and accounts.
• Implement and manage Active Directory (AD) services, including AD Domain Services, AD Federation Services, and AD Certificate Services in AWS environments.
• Integrate AWS Managed Microsoft AD with on-premises ADinfrastructure or other cloud environments.
• Set up and manage Active Directory Federation Services(ADFS) in the cloud, ensuring secure access and identity management.
• Automate the provisioning and management of ActiveDirectory resources within AWS.
• As part of our Managed Services offering for clients;monitor rightsizing, elasticity, storage optimization, and identify unusedresources.
• Maintain cloud-based servers patching vulnerabilities, backup/restore operations, provision new servers, configure firewalls, configure monitoring systems.
• Manage account containerization and tagging for internalcost centers and end client billing feeds. Monitor cost allocations, securitycompliance, budgets and set alerts across accounts, workloads, and users.
• Use AWS Config to monitor and track resource configuration. Set standards for resource configurations, evaluate configuration compliance, and risk, and remediate configuration drift.
• Use AWS CloudTrail for compliance audits by recording and storing event logs for actions made within AWS accounts.
• Set controls to monitor to assure compliance. Experiencewith monitoring tools, middleware software and ITSM tools a plus. Qualifications bachelors degree in computer science or a related field from anaccredited college or university. Eight (12) years of Cloud AdministrationExperience.
• Excellent technical knowledge of IT Infrastructure, including switches, routers, server operating systems and hardware, storagearrays, and security applications.

Strong system administration experience in Windows and Linux environments. Experience with automation using an established framework (SaltStack, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, etc.).

Strong technical knowledge of current protocols, operating systems, and standards. Able to read and understand technical manuals and procedural documentation.

Experience in public cloud environments, including AWS and/or Azure. Experience working in an ITIL-driven environment and working knowledge of ITIL principles and processes.