Senior Cloud Administrator

VIVA USA Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

VIVA USA Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Administrator to design, deploy, and manage AWS GovCloud infrastructure for a critical federal program. You will architect secure, scalable cloud environments and support AI capabilities and containerized workloads.

You’ll implement IaC with Terraform, operate EKS/Kubernetes, enforce NIST 800-53 and FISMA, and collaborate in an agile Jira-driven team to advance cloud strategy.

Qualifications

• Design, deploy, and manage AWS GovCloud infrastructure compliant with federal standards.
• Work with Kubernetes and EKS to run containerized workloads.
• Implement and maintain IaC using Terraform and GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure compliance with NIST 800-53 and FISMA.
• Support AI/ML capabilities and cloud-native solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure on AWS GovCloud platform, ensuring compliance with federal security standards
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Amazon EKS and Kubernetes
• Support emerging AI/ML capabilities and cloud-native solutions
• Build and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and GitLab CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an agile environment using Jira for project management
• Ensure systems meet NIST 800-53 and FISMA compliance requirements
• Automate operational tasks and improve platform reliability
• Contribute to architectural decisions and cloud strategy

Skills

AWS GovCloud

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

Jira

NIST 800-53

FISMA

AI/ML infrastructure

AWS certifications

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Position Requirements

Join our Cloud Architecture and Administration team at the forefront of secure, innovative cloud infrastructure for one of the nation's most critical institutions. We're seeking a talented Senior Cloud Administrator to help architect, deploy, and manage our AWS platforms while supporting emerging AI capabilities and modern containerized workloads.

What You’ll Do

• Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure on AWS GovCloud platform, ensuring compliance with federal security standards
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Amazon EKS and Kubernetes
• Support emerging AI/ML capabilities and cloud-native solutions
• Build and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and GitLab CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an agile environment using Jira for project management
• Ensure systems meet NIST 800-53 and FISMA compliance requirements
• Automate operational tasks and improve platform reliability
• Contribute to architectural decisions and cloud strategy

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS GovCloud experience
• Knowledge of NIST 800-53 controls and FISMA compliance frameworks
• Experience with AI/ML infrastructure and services
• GitLab and Jira experience
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or DevOps Engineer)
• Experience in financial services or federal government environments

VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status