HireArt is helping a global leader in AI development find an operations-focused AWS Cloud Ops/System Admin to support infrastructure reliability and lifecycle management.

In this role, you’ll manage and maintain AWS-based infrastructure, ensuring systems remain secure, up-to-date, and operationally efficient. You’ll lead upgrade and remediation efforts across services and dependencies while identifying opportunities to reduce operational overhead through automation and improved monitoring.

The ideal candidate has deep experience in infrastructure management, system lifecycle maintenance, and security best practices within cloud environments.

As an AWS Cloud Ops/System Admin, you will:

• 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.
• 3+ years of experience in AWS administration
• Hands-on experience with core AWS services (e.g., EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, EKS)
• Proven experience managing patching programs and performing system and middleware upgrades with minimal downtime
• Proficiency with infrastructure and configuration management tools (e.g., AWS SSM, Terraform, Atlantis, Kubernetes)
• Experience with scripting (e.g., Bash, Python) for operational automation
• Experience with monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch)
• Strong understanding of system reliability, security, and operational best practices

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience with additional cloud platforms such as Azure or Google Cloud Platform

Benefits:

• 96 hours of PTO accrued per year at a rate of 1 hour for every 20 hours worked
• 13 paid holidays
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Employer (HireArt) Subsidized healthcare benefits
• Flexible Spending Account for healthcare-related costs
• HireArt covers all costs for short and long-term disability and life insurance
• 401k package

Commitment: This is a full-time, ongoing contract position staffed via HireArt. The role is remote and open to U.S.-based candidates, with a preference for candidates who can work PST hours.

HireArt values diversity and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. Unfortunately, we are not able to sponsor visas or employ corp-to-corp.