Senior AWS TechOps Administrator - Manager

Who we are looking for: We are seeking AWS Administrator with 12–15 years of overall IT experience, including 7–10 years of hands-on AWS administration and AWS Infrastructure & Security Engineer to manage, secure, optimize, and continuously improve our AWS environment. This individual will work collaboratively with technical leadership and engineering teams to maintain production infrastructure, strengthen operational security, remediate vulnerabilities, improve system reliability, and support ongoing infrastructure modernization. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in AWS administration with strong troubleshooting, automation, security, and problem-solving skills. This is a hands-on engineering position requiring independent technical judgment, operational accountability, and a commitment to continuous improvement. Due to the role requirements this job needs to be performed primarily in the office with some flex work opportunities available.   These skills will help you succeed in this role: The candidate should have Cloud AWS Infrastructure Administrator experience in supporting enterprise applications and including ability to manage security, monitor/maintain Application platforms. AWS Infrastructure Administration: Provision, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot AWS services, including EC2, EBS, S3, RDS, VPC, Elastic Load Balancing, Route 53, Lambda, and related technologies. Administer Linux and Windows servers, including system configuration, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management. Manage AWS networking, including VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, NACLs, VPN connectivity, and DNS. Maintain infrastructure availability, performance, reliability, and capacity. Cloud Security & Operational Hardening: Implement and maintain security controls across AWS compute, storage, networking, identity, and database infrastructure. Administer IAM policies, roles, permissions, MFA, and federated identity, enforcing least-privilege access. Monitor and remediate security findings using AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector, CloudTrail, AWS Config, and related tools. Perform security configuration reviews, vulnerability remediation, system hardening, and security patch management. Manage encryption controls, AWS KMS, Secrets Manager, and secure credential management. Investigate security incidents, support containment and remediation activities, and implement preventive measures. Maintain secure infrastructure configurations and support internal security policies, compliance requirements, and audit activities. Infrastructure Hardening & Continuous Improvement: Partner with technical leadership and engineering teams to assess and improve the security, reliability, and maintainability of existing AWS infrastructure. Identify configuration weaknesses, security risks, technical debt, and opportunities for modernization. Develop and implement remediation plans for infrastructure vulnerabilities and operational deficiencies. Establish standardized configurations, security baselines, and repeatable operational processes. Recommend and implement improvements to infrastructure architecture, resilience, automation, and efficiency. Monitoring, Incident Response & Troubleshooting: Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and dashboards using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and related technologies. Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, operating system, and application connectivity issues. Respond to production incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive actions. Participate in change management, incident management, and on-call support activities as required. Develop and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and troubleshooting procedures. Automation & Infrastructure as Code: Develop and maintain automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar scripting languages. Provision and manage infrastructure using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or equivalent infrastructure-as-code tools. Automate recurring administration, monitoring, configuration, and maintenance activities. Apply version control and change management practices to infrastructure configurations. Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to support deployment automation and CI/CD processes. Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity: Implement and maintain backup strategies using AWS Backup, EBS snapshots, and other appropriate services. Validate backup integrity and periodically test recovery procedures. Support high-availability configurations and disaster recovery planning. Maintain recovery procedures aligned with established RPO and RTO requirements. AWS Governance, Cost Optimization & Capacity Planning: Monitor AWS infrastructure utilization, performance, and operational costs. Identify opportunities for resource right-sizing, cost reduction, and performance optimization. Maintain resource tagging, account governance, and configuration standards. Support AWS Organizations, Service Control Policies, and centralized account management. Evaluate capacity requirements and recommend appropriate scaling and infrastructure improvements. Database & Application Infrastructure Support: Administer AWS database infrastructure, including RDS configuration, availability, backups, monitoring, and maintenance. Support database migrations, infrastructure upgrades, and recovery operations in coordination with development and database teams. Troubleshoot infrastructure-related application performance and connectivity issues. Collaborate with application teams to support stable and reliable production systems. Technical Collaboration & Leadership: Work closely with technical leadership, development, security, and infrastructure teams on operational and improvement initiatives. Provide technical expertise and recommendations concerning AWS infrastructure, security, and operational best practices. Participate in infrastructure planning, technical reviews, and problem-solving activities. Mentor less-experienced engineers and contribute to team knowledge sharing. Independently manage assigned technical initiatives through implementation and successful completion. Strong written and verbal communication skills is a must.    Preferred Certifications: AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate (formerly SysOps Administrator – Associate). AWS Certified Security – Specialty. AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional.   Core/Must have skills: Deep practical knowledge of AWS compute, storage, networking, monitoring, identity, and security services. Demonstrated experience implementing AWS security controls, performing infrastructure hardening, and remediating vulnerabilities. Strong understanding of IAM, least-privilege access, network security, encryption, and secure infrastructure configuration. Experience with AWS security and monitoring services such as GuardDuty, Security Hub, Inspector, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and AWS Config. Strong Linux administration skills, with Windows Server administration experience desirable. Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think critically about complex technical challenges.  Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.  Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code, preferably Terraform or CloudFormation. Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or PowerShell. Strong networking knowledge, including TCP/IP, DNS, routing, VPNs, firewalls, and load balancing. Familiarity with SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, or similar security and compliance frameworks. Experience with Docker, ECS, EKS, CI/CD pipelines, or other relevant DevOps technologies. Experience with production troubleshooting, incident response, patch management, backups, and disaster recovery. Excellent communication, documentation, analytical, and problem-solving skill