Cloud (AWS) Administrator

We are seeking a Cloud (AWS) Administrator for a 12-month contract role based in Sunnyvale, California. This is a hands-on technical position focused on designing, managing, and optimizing enterprise-scale AWS cloud environments while driving automation and modernization initiatives across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage enterprise-scale AWS environments using AWS Control Tower, AWS Organizations, and multi-account architectures
• Lead AWS Landing Zone architecture, governance, security, and operational best practices
• Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) at scale
• Manage and optimize AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, EKS, Lambda, CloudWatch, Route53, and CloudFront
• Drive cloud automation, self-service provisioning, and platform engineering initiatives
• Implement cloud security controls, compliance requirements, monitoring, and operational standards
• Lead cloud cost optimization, reliability improvements, and modernization efforts
• Partner with Engineering, Security, and Infrastructure teams to support mission-critical workloads

Qualifications

• Required

• 8+ years of Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Operations, or Cloud Architecture experience

• 5+ years of deep AWS administration and architecture expertise

• Strong experience with AWS Control Tower, Landing Zones, AWS Organizations, and multi-account governance

• Expert-level Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) skills, including reusable modules, automation frameworks, CI/CD integration, and policy-as-code

• Experience with AWS networking, IAM, security, Kubernetes (EKS), and cloud operations

• Strong automation and scripting skills using Python, Bash, or PowerShell

• Experience implementing cloud security, governance, compliance, and observability frameworks

• Preferred

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification