[Remote] Sr. Cloud Administrator

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. AEM (Advanced Environmental Monitoring) is hiring a Sr. Cloud Administrator to support its cloud-based infrastructure. The role manages secure, reliable cloud operations and deployments, improves automation and cost efficiency, and collaborates with internal teams and external service providers.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure)
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure uptime and reliability
• Evaluate and prioritize cloud infrastructure requests from multiple business units by assessing technical complexity and business value
• Ensure cloud infrastructure and operations comply with relevant regulatory frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR) and internal security policies
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins to streamline application delivery and infrastructure provisioning through automation and best practices
• Create, maintain, and improve our Infrastructure as Code use via Terraform
• Own the creation and upkeep of technical documentation that empowers the support team to resolve incidents quickly and accurately
• Manage, discover and drive cloud cost optimization strategies
• Provide off-hours support for critical infrastructure issues on an as-needed basis, ensuring timely resolution of incidents
• Oversee and manage application deployments, ensuring timely and reliable releases to staging, and production environments
• Develop and document standard operating procedures, deployment processes, and troubleshooting guides
• Define and maintain infrastructure reference architectures, standards, and reusable building blocks (patterns/playbooks) that teams and partners must adopt
• Collaborate closely with external Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to oversee cloud operations, ensure service delivery expectations are met, validate technical recommendations, and align managed services with business and security objectives
• Assess, recommend, and implement emerging cloud-native AI services and integration opportunities that support innovation, operational excellence, and business transformation
• Explore and implement AI-driven monitoring, automated defect triage, and operational efficiency tooling

Skills

• 5+ years of progressively responsible, hands-on operations experience utilizing Amazon Web Services Cloud infrastructure and cloud services
• Linux and Windows Server OS management and maintenance
• Instance and container build processes and their tools; Packer, Docker, EC2 Image Builder
• AWS services such as EC2, S3, IAM, CodeDeploy, CloudWatch, Fargate/ECS, Lambda, VPC, ALB, CloudFront, MSK, SQS, SNS, CloudFormation
• CI/CD support utilizing Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins
• Experience with IIS (Internet Information Services), Active Directory, .NET and other applications in the Windows ecosystem
• Basic SQL administration and management capability of database technologies (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB)
• Experience managing networking, routing, firewalls, load balancing, etc in an hybrid environment
• Strong automation and configuration management experience
• Ability to interact with teams in a professional, ar
• Communicates effectively with both technical staff and senior leadership
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Able to learn and adapt to recent technologies through self-directed training
• Must be eligible to work in the U.S. or Canada without company sponsorship, now or in the future, for employment-based work authorization. F-1 visa holders with Optional Practical Training (OPT) who will require H-1B status, TNs, or current H-1B visa holders will not be considered. H1-B and green card sponsorship is not available for this position
• Jira and other Atlassian product experience a plus
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate level or similar
• Amazon architecture design
• Support for customer facing services including API, SaaS (Software as a Service), and DaaS (Data as a Service) support
• Implementing advanced monitoring tools focused on monitoring cloud-based systems

Benefits

• US Benefits include: Medical
• US Benefits include: Dental
• US Benefits include: Vision
• US Benefits include: Life Insurance
• US Benefits include: Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• US Benefits include: 401k match of up to 3%.
• This is a remote opportunity that can be done from anywhere in the continental United States and/or Canada

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