GA DHS - AWS Administrator

Expedite Technology Solutions LLC; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consulting firm based in Atlanta, Georgia, is seeking an experienced AWS Administrator. The role involves establishing compliance programs, managing AWS resources, and optimizing containerized applications using Amazon EKS. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and extensive Cloud Administration experience, particularly with AWS and automation frameworks. This is a full-time position offering mid-senior level responsibilities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Cloud Administration experience.
• Strong system administration experience in both Windows and Linux environments.
• Ability to monitor and track resource configuration compliance.

Responsibilities

• Establish configuration, compliance, and audit program for AWS accounts.
• Deploy, manage, and optimize Amazon EKS clusters.
• Use AWS CloudTrail for compliance audits.

Skills

Cloud Administration experience

Windows and Linux administration

Automation frameworks (SaltStack, Puppet, etc.)

Technical knowledge of IT infrastructure

Experience with AWS and/or Azure

Knowledge of ITIL principles

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

AWS CloudTrail

AWS Config

Job description

Overview

The Georgia Client (Client), Office of Information Technology, is seeking the temporary contractor staffing position of AWS Administrator based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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.
• Monitor rightsizing, elasticity, storage optimization, and identify unused resources as part of Managed Services.
• Maintain cloud-based servers: patching vulnerabilities, backup/restore operations, provisioning new servers, configure firewalls, configure monitoring systems.
• Deploy, manage, and optimize Amazon EKS clusters for containerized applications, ensuring high availability and efficient resource usage.
• Implement Kubernetes best practices such as auto-scaling, high availability, and fault tolerance; manage deployments, services, secrets, ConfigMaps, and other resources within EKS.
• Manage account containerization and tagging for internal cost centers and end client billing feeds. Monitor cost allocations, security compliance, budgets and set alerts across accounts, workloads, and users.
• Use AWS Config to monitor and track resource configuration and set standards for resource configurations; evaluate configuration compliance and risk; remediate drift.
• Use AWS CloudTrail for compliance audits by recording and storing event logs for actions within AWS accounts; set controls to monitor to assure compliance.
• Experience with monitoring tools, middleware software and ITSM tools is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field from an accredited college or university.
• Eight (10) years of Cloud Administration experience.
• Excellent technical knowledge of IT infrastructure, including switches, routers, server operating systems and hardware, storage arrays, 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; ability 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 knowledge of ITIL principles and processes.

Employment details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Other
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting