AWS Systems Admin III - ACE Product Engineering

BLUE ORIGIN • West Melbourne, FL

29d • $150,931 - $230,513

About The Position

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! This role is part of Advanced Concepts and Enterprise Engineering (ACE), supporting Blue Origin’s mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. The team fosters innovation and drives engineering workflows of the future, shared solutions and standards, simplicity and lower costs, and manufacturable design. Codes and develops software and applications creating distinct code in the design and development of software meant for exclusive purposes or users while providing custom configuration and solutions, however, their role is not customization and configuration of commercial software meant for broad applications and uses. Conducts requirement analysis, documents technical specifications, and writes, reviews, and debugs code. Recommends product revisions or enhancements based on user feedback. Develops and maintains documentation or user manuals. Responsible for the analysis, design, development, test, verification, release, and operations of the software in support of our business and functional units.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ Years professional experience in IT or Engineering.
• 5-7 years of experience in AWS cloud administration.
• Strong understanding of AWS services and architecture.
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, Ansible).
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Experience with Observability, monitoring and logging tools.
• Source Code Management (Git).
• Solid knowledge of networking concepts, security protocols, and best practices.
• RDS database management.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified SysOps .Administrator) are highly desirable.
• Proficiency in both Linux and Windows Server environments.
• Ability to earn trust and maintain positive and professional relationships.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Experience with specific Observability tools highly desirable (Datadog, Splunk, Pagerduty).
• Experience with Change and Configuration Management (ITIL, CMII).
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
• Experience building scaling automations.
• Experience building prescriptive automations based on observability.
• Experience in a fast-paced, agile scrum environment.
• Experience with performance tuning web applications.
• Experience with Git Flow branching.
• Experience with Data Lakes, Data Replication, Graph QL
• Experience with Reporting tools (PowerBI, Tableau, Jaspersoft)
• GPT experience, leveraging AI for administrative and development tasks.
• Database administration (Oracle, MS Sql).
• Understanding of microservices architecture.
• Experience managing infrastructure or administration of N-Tier Architecture Enterprise Applications.
• Test driven development / test automation.
• Knowledge of FA&D industry compliance requirements (Gov Cloud, Fedramp, CUI, ITAR, EAR, Nist 800-171, CMMC, FIPS, ISO, AS 9100, Separation of powers).
• Java, Javascript, C++

Responsibilities

• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Design, deploy, and manage AWS infrastructure, including EC2, VPC, EFS, S3, RDS, ALB, Lambda, and other AWS services.
• Implement and maintain best practices for AWS resource management, including tagging, naming conventions, and cost optimization.
• Automation and Scripting: Develop and maintain automation scripts using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Cloud Formation to streamline deployment and management processes.
• Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) practices to ensure consistency and repeatability.
• Security and Compliance: Implement and enforce security policies, ensuring compliance with AWS Well-Architected Framework and industry standards.
• Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments.
• Manage identity and access management (IAM) policies and roles.
• Monitoring and Performance: Set up and maintain observability solutions using AWS CloudWatch, third-party tools, and custom scripts to ensure system health and performance.
• Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and issues.
• Disaster Recovery and Backup: Design and implement disaster recovery plans and backup strategies.
• Ensure data integrity and availability through regular testing and validation of backup and recovery processes.
• Collaboration and Documentation: Collaborate with development, operations, and other IT teams to support cloud-based applications and services.
• Document configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides to maintain knowledge continuity.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay current with AWS services, features, and best practices.
• Evaluate and recommend new AWS services and tools to improve infrastructure efficiency and effectiveness.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees