AWS Admin

Job Description:

AWS Admin 

Work alongside application development teams to support transition and operation of data-driven applications into AWS

Deploying, managing and operating AWS environments

Ensuring that all AWS environments adhere to Experian security standards

Identifying appropriate use of AWS operational best practices

Estimating AWS costs and identifying operational cost control mechanisms

Create technical documentation and keep it up to date

Proactively keep up to date on AWS services and developments

Automation of environment provisioning

Lead data and application migration projects.

Improvement of resources and work on the resources which will designate costs required for planning of governance, budgeting, and reporting.

Upgrading software, patching the kernel and er patching; managing the disaster recovery and creating the data backups.

Maintaining Data Integrity and access control by making use of the AWS application platform; effectively monitoring charging and cost optimization strategies.

Creating a disaster recovery plan for the company’s AWS environment, including identifying backup storage locations and testing restore capabilities.

Monitoring security threats to the company’s data and infrastructure to ensure that systems are protected from unauthorized access and malicious attacks.

Installing, configuring, and maintaining systems such as web servers, databases, operating systems, virtualization platforms, network security devices, load balancers, firewalls, and other network services.

Managing the company’s private cloud computing environment by monitoring usage, updating software, and troubleshooting issues.

Installing additional applications such as data warehouses, business intelligence tools, or ERP systems.

Monitoring usage of computing resources such as CPU usage, memory consumption, storage capacity, and network bandwidth utilization to ensure that the cloud environment is performing efficiently.

Performing routine tasks such as updating software packages, patching operating systems, and backing up data on virtual machines.

 

Qualifications

5+ years of experience provisioning, operating and maintaining systems running in AWS

Significant experience with application and data migrations into AWS

Experience working within an Agile development framework

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Experience leveraging Cloud Formation to provision AWS infrastructure as code

Deployment experience using common AWS technologies like VPC, EC2, EMR, Docker and more

Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and DevOps tools such as Jenkins or GitLab

Experience with Kubernetes or Big Data Systems administration a plus

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering discipline

Strong verbal and written communication skills in English

Strong analytical and software design skills