AWS Infrastructure Administrator

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure, ensuring availability, performance, and reliability.
• Provision, configure, and manage AWS resources including EC2, S3, RDS, FSx, EBS, IAM, Route 53, CloudWatch, and Systems Manager.
• Monitor cloud environments, respond to alerts, and perform troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and issue resolution.
• Manage user access, IAM roles, security groups, network ACLs, and AWS security best practices.
• Support AWS networking components including VPCs, subnets, NAT Gateways, VPNs, Direct Connect, and load balancers.
• Perform system patching, backup validation, disaster recovery support, and maintenance activities.
• Assist with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and/or CloudFormation) deployments and ongoing environment maintenance.
• Monitor cloud utilization and support AWS cost optimization initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with security policies, audit requirements, and operational standards.
• Maintain documentation for cloud environments, operational procedures, and configuration changes.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, and infrastructure teams to support application deployments and cloud operations.
• Participate in on-call support and production incident response as required.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 4+ years of IT infrastructure experience, including at least 3 years administering AWS environments.
• Strong experience with AWS core services including EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, Route 53, EBS, and VPC.
• Experience administering AWS networking, including Security Groups, NACLs, VPNs, Direct Connect, and Load Balancers.
• Experience with AWS Organizations and multi-account environments.
• Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
• Experience with AWS monitoring, logging, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Knowledge of AWS security best practices, identity management, and compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting production environments and resolving infrastructure incidents.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (preferred).
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional.
• Experience with automation using PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience with monitoring tools, cloud cost management, and FinOps.
• Knowledge of Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a plus.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale AWS production environments.

Compensation

A reasonable estimate of the current compensation range for this position is $66,700 - $123,900.

Benefits

• Full-time hires are eligible to participate in the DXC benefit program.
• DXC offers a comprehensive, flexible, and competitive benefits program which includes, but is not limited to, health, dental, and vision insurance coverage; employee wellness; life and disability insurance; a retirement savings plan, paid holidays, paid time off.