Job Descriptions:

Experienced AWS Cloud Administrator to work alongside web and the application team to support transition and operation of it client web sites / applications in Amazon Cloud.

•             Deploying, managing, and operating scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems on AWS

•             Migrating an existing on-premises application to AWS

•             Implementing and controlling the flow of data to and from AWS

•             Selecting the appropriate AWS service based on compute, data, or security requirements

•             Identifying appropriate use of AWS operational best practices

•             Estimating AWS usage costs and identifying operational cost control mechanisms

•             Communicates orally and in writing to high level public officials, as well as a variety of audiences.

•             Produce weekly activity reports, oral presentations, briefings, standard operating procedures (SOPs), software development life-cycle (SDLC) documents and checklists, risk and issues logs and required artifacts.

Requirements:

•             2 – 3 or more years of hands-on experience operating AWS-based applications

•             Experience provisioning, operating, and maintaining systems running on AWS

•             Ability to identify and gather requirements to define a solution to be built and operated on AWS

•             Capabilities to provide AWS operations and deployment guidance and best practices throughout the lifecycle of a project

•             Experience with application / data migration to AWS

•             Experience scaling an application and/or its hosting environment to support increases in traffic.

•             5 – 7 Experience with Windows and Linux, Virtual Machines

•             Experience with Nagios, NGINX

•             Some experience with - .NET, Drupal, MySQL, WordPress, Puppet

•             Strong analytical and problem solving skills

•             High awareness of customer service

•             Very Focused and Challenged

•             Interpersonal and communication skills, able to build rapport and communicate effectively at all levels and across disciplines

•             Excellent writing skills

•             Ability to work in a collaborative environment

•             Detail-oriented, strong work ethic and high standard of excellence

•             Fast learner, Achiever, sets high personal goals

•             Must be able to work on multiple projects and consistently meet project deadlines

Desired:

•             Experience with application / data migration to AWS

•             AWS Cloud Solution Architect