Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Source One is a consulting services company seeking a remote consultant to support a global leader in AI development. The AWS Cloud Ops/System Administrator will manage AWS infrastructure reliability and lifecycle maintenance, including upgrades, patching, EOL/EOS remediation, automation, monitoring, and operational burden reduction.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end planning and execution of software and version upgrades across AWS environments, including services, runtimes, and dependencies
- Identify and remediate systems approaching end-of-life or end-of-support (EOL/EOS), including operating systems, managed services (e.g., RDS, ElastiCache), and third-party components
- Manage large-scale patching initiatives and perform upgrades with minimal downtime and operational impact
- Identify repetitive operational tasks and implement automation, self-healing mechanisms, and monitoring improvements
- Monitor system health and performance using tools such as Datadog and CloudWatch, driving optimization and reliability
- Maintain and improve infrastructure using tools such as AWS SSM, Terraform, Atlantis, and Kubernetes
Skills
- - Minimum of 3 years of experience in AWS administration
- - AWS: Experience with core AWS services - EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, EKS
- - Patching & Upgrades: Proven track record of managing large-scale patching programs and performing major version upgrades for OS and middleware with minimal downtime
- - Operational Tooling: Proficiency with AWS SSM, Terraform, Atlantis, and Kubernetes for configuration management and automation
- - Scripting: Familiarity with functional scripts (Bash, Python, etc.) that automate operational workflows - focused on system management rather than application development
- - Monitoring & Metrics: Experience using Datadog, CloudWatch, or similar tools to monitor system health and drive optimization efforts
- - Multi Cloud Experience: Experience with Azure, Google Cloud Platform is a bonus
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