Cloud Systems Admin

This long-term contract position is a multi-year assignment that may have the opportunity for contract-to-hire. The role requires 4 days per week onsite with the client and focuses on administering secure, scalable infrastructure across Windows and Linux environments in a multi-cloud setting, while partnering with technical teams to improve reliability, automation, and performance.

Responsibilities

• Administer and configure Windows and Linux servers across cloud infrastructure platforms, ensuring stable and secure system performance.
• Guide cloud infrastructure initiatives from planning through execution, aligning technical solutions with organizational standards and operational needs.
• Assess cloud-native and container-based services, recommending platform capabilities that strengthen resilience, scalability, and overall efficiency.
• Integrate new technologies into the enterprise cloud environment and support the expansion of public and private cloud solutions.
• Assist with the migration of on-premises workloads to cloud platforms while maintaining compatibility with existing enterprise systems.
• Deliver advanced troubleshooting and operational support for compute, storage, and container environments in the cloud.
• Build and maintain automation for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and routine administrative tasks.
• Produce and update technical documentation, operational procedures, and infrastructure standards to support consistent cloud operations.
• Develop monitoring and alerting approaches that improve visibility into system health, workload behavior, and cloud cost management.
• Coordinate with managed service providers and external support partners to address escalated infrastructure issues and sustain service quality.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of experience managing enterprise cloud infrastructure in complex production environments.
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform services.
• Strong background working with Linux and Windows server administration in cloud-based environments.
• Experience with Kubernetes platforms, including Amazon EKS and Red Hat OpenShift.
• Hands-on expertise with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible, CloudFormation, Terraform, Python, Chef, Puppet, or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with emerging infrastructure approaches such as DevOps practices, hyperconverged environments, and container-based platforms.
• Relevant cloud certifications, such as AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or AWS Certified Solutions Architect, are preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance.
• Eligibility to enroll in the company 401(k) plan.

Schedule

4 days per week onsite with the client.