Sr. Multi-Cloud Systems Administrator

Think Consulting; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Think Consulting in Gaithersburg, MD, is seeking a Sr. Multi-Cloud Systems Administrator to lead cloud governance and engineering across Azure and AWS in a remote-capable role with quarterly travel to Gaithersburg.

The ideal candidate will manage multi-cloud environments, automate deployments with IaC, enforce FinOps practices, and collaborate with DevSecOps teams while maintaining secure, compliant cloud resources.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 4+ years in managing compute environments.
• Extensive experience with Azure and AWS cloud environments.
• Knowledge of cloud security, Azure Sentinel, and regulatory compliance.
• Ability to automate infrastructure tasks and configurations.
• Strong independent work and communication with teams.
• Ability to obtain public trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Manage multi-cloud environments and governance models.
• Deploy cloud resources with IaC and DevOps pipelines.
• Monitor FinOps dashboards and cloud costs.
• Ensure data streams integrity and performance.
• Implement network architectures and security in hybrid-cloud.
• Collaborate with DevSecOps teams and document systems.
• Identify cost-saving improvements and efficiencies.
• Participate in application development lifecycles as code.

Skills

Cloud Administration

Automation

DevSecOps

FinOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar

Master's degree in Computer Science or similar

Tools

Azure

AWS

Azure Sentinel

IaC (Terraform/ARM)

Job description

Sr. Multi-Cloud Systems Administrator

Gaithersburg, MD 100% Remote - candidates must be willing to travel quarterly to Gaithersburg Maryland

Public Trust required

The Civil Group at Client is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to join our growing team. The successful candidate will be a seasoned professional with robust experience and proficiency in managing multi-cloud environments and architectures. You will play a vital role in engineering solutions, establishing and enforcing governance models, delivering efficiency through automation, and enforcing regulatory compliance of cloud resources.

Responsibilities

• Cloud Administration
• Deployment of cloud resources and managing resource lifecycles, compliance, and access rights.
• Development and execution of deployments using infrastructure-as-code and usage of DevOps pipelines to operate cloud-native services and deployments.
• Monitor and manage FinOps dashboards and overall cloud and resource costs.
• Ensure the integrity and functional performance of data streams.
• Develop and implement cloud governance strategies including but not limited to finops, guardrails, compliance, & tagging strategies.
• Network Infrastructure
• Implement highly available network architectures and manage network security and network routing in a hybrid-cloud environment.
• Manage IP based access rules, network address sourcing, and CIDR whitelists/blacklists.
• Implement and operate cloud based VPNs, VPN Gateways, peering connections, private-links, and endpoint services.
• Collaboration
• Communicate effectively and promptly with DevSecOps teams to implement appropriate cloud-native solutions and maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation of the system and network infrastructure including diagrams, configuration details, and operational procedures.
• Participate in in-house training programs to foster and spread knowledge and awareness to project teams, promote and empower decision making, and manage incident reports.
• Identify and implement cost-saving improvements and operational efficiencies over the lifespan of projects and resources.
• Enable successful project outcomes by participating in application development lifecycles and building applications-as-code.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar field and 4+ years experience in managing compute environments. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Azure and Amazon cloud environments.
• Demonstrated understanding of cybersecurity; implementation and operation of Azure Sentinel, and skillsets in managing regulatory compliance of cloud resources.
• Proficiency with administering network architectures and concepts such as DNS, VPN, DHCP, TLS, IP subnetting and routing.
• Demonstrated ability to automate infrastructure tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to independently isolate and resolve problems.
• Self-starter that can work independently while possessing the communication skills to work effectively with software development teams and customers.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
• Ability to obtain public trust clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science or similar field.
• Cloud or security related certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, and Certified Information System Security Professional.
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Intune, Azure Policy, or Azure EntraID.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status