Sr AWS Cloud Systems Operations Administrator

San Antonio, TX

Location: San Antonio, TX (Onsite/Hybrid)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Clearance: Active TS/SCI Required
Education: Bachelor's Degree or Higher
Salary: $100,000-$120,000

• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate

• DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II Certification (Security+ CE or equivalent)

Metronome is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Systems Operations Administrator to provide subject matter expertise in AWS cloud administration, systems operations, security, and infrastructure modernization in support of a mission-critical DoD environment.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience designing, deploying, securing, and maintaining AWS cloud environments while ensuring compliance with DoD security requirements and AWS best practices.

• Analyze, plan, and develop cloud infrastructure requirements and technical documentation.

• Design and implement AWS cloud architectures and operational solutions.

• Deploy, manage, and maintain AWS workloads using both the AWS Management Console and AWS Command Line Interface (CLI).

• Implement security controls, perform system hardening, patch management, and maintain STIG compliance.

• Support Kubernetes-based environments, including Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS).

• Develop operational procedures and provide technical guidance to engineering and program teams.

• Apply AWS Well-Architected Framework principles to optimize performance, security, reliability, and cost.

• Administer AWS services including EKS, Lambda, networking, IAM, security services, and other cloud-native technologies.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in IT Systems Administration.

• Extensive experience administering Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments.

• Hands-on experience supporting AWS cloud infrastructure and production workloads.

• Experience performing patch management, system upgrades, and STIG compliance.

• Strong understanding of AWS networking, IAM, and cloud security services.

• Experience supporting Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS).

• Minimum of one year of hands-on experience working with Kubernetes and containerized platforms.

• Kubernetes Certified Administrator (CKA) certification is preferred.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

• A Master's degree may substitute for two years of the required experience.