This is a contract role for a Cloud System Administrator to manage AWS-hosted environments and support application deployments across development, staging, and production platforms. The position is remote and available for a duration of 9+ months.
Responsibilities
Manage EC2-based environments (DEV, QA, STG, PRD), including configuration of security groups, IAM roles, and instance profiles
Support AWS infrastructure components including Application Load Balancer (ALB), Route 53, and S3 integrations
Monitor instance health and system performance; assist with patching and OS hardening
Support post-migration stabilization following lift-and-shift cloud migrations
Maintain and enhance Jenkins pipelines to support build and deployment automation
Troubleshoot pipeline failures and manage environment configuration for releases
Improve deployment reliability and establish rollback procedures
Manage the SSL certificate lifecycle, including generation, installation, renewal, and expiration monitoring
Maintain certificate chains and intermediate validation; automate SSL review processes
Support deployments and troubleshooting for AEM and IIS/.NET applications
Maintain Solr configuration and health
Monitor logs and resolve infrastructure-related issues
Identify opportunities to automate manual operational tasks and improve monitoring and alerting processes
Support documentation, runbooks, and long-term cloud optimization strategy
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Qualifications
Required
Strong experience with AWS, particularly EC2-centric environments
Windows Server and/or Linux administration experience
Hands-on Jenkins pipeline administration
Experience managing SSL certificates in enterprise environments
Strong troubleshooting skills across infrastructure and application layers
Preferred
Prior on-premise system administration experience
Experience supporting lift-and-shift cloud migrations
Experience with IIS, AEM, and application deployments
Familiarity with basic infrastructure automation, such as Terraform or scripting
Understanding of CI/CD and deployment operations