Senior AWS Cloud Systems Administrator — Remote

Syms Strategic Group, LLC; Orlando (FL); Remote; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator for a 100% remote role supporting the Veterans Affairs (VA) department. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of system administration experience with strong AWS cloud expertise, Windows and Linux/Unix proficiency, and a Public Trust (MBI) clearance.

This W-2, full-time position emphasizes high availability, security, and scalable cloud infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/IT.

Responsibilities

• Perform high-level maintenance and upgrades for complex operating systems and server hardware.
• Coordinate software installations and upgrades to OS and software packages.
• Monitor and tune systems for optimum performance.
• Plan server modernization and implement SOPs and schedules.
• Ensure data backups and recoverability.

Skills

Communication skills

Linux/Unix experience

Windows experience

Problem solving

On-call readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

AWS EC2

AWS S3

AWS RDS

AWS VPC

AWS Lambda

AWS IAM

AWS CloudFormation

AWS CloudWatch

AWS Route53

Terraform

AWS CDK

Docker

Kubernetes

ECS

EKS

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator for a 100% remote role supporting the Veterans Affairs (VA) department. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of system administration experience with strong AWS cloud expertise, Windows and Linux/Unix proficiency, and a Public Trust (MBI) clearance.

This W-2, full-time position emphasizes high availability, security, and scalable cloud infrastructure.