AWS Systems Administrator

University of Dayton, Ohio•Dayton, OH

About The Position

UDRI is seeking an experienced AWS Systems Administrator & Cloud Developer to design, deploy, and maintain cloud-based infrastructure supporting UDRI’s research mission. This role focuses on AWS cloud engineering, automation, DevOps workflows, and application hosting across secure federal environments. The ideal candidate is a builder who specializes in cloud-native solutions, infrastructure-as-code, automation, and secure development within a regulated research environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field and three years of experience.
Security+ certification or the ability to obtain within first six months of employment.
Experience architecting and administering AWS cloud environments.
Experience with cloud automation tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, CI/CD pipelines, scripting).
Strong understanding of cloud networking, IAM, and secure workload design.
Experience supporting compliance frameworks such as NIST SP 800-171, FedRAMP, or CMMC.
Strong documentation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Due to the requirements of our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be a U.S. person (i.e., a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee) and ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.
Valid driver’s license with low-risk driving record.

Nice To Haves

AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, SysOps, Developer).
Experience with hybrid cloud integrations, application modernization, or container platforms (ECS, EKS, Docker).
Experience supporting DevOps or cloud development teams in a research or federal environment.
Automation and development experience with Python or similar languages.

Responsibilities

Architect, deploy, and manage AWS environments, including IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, and CloudFormation.
Develop automation for provisioning, configuration, compliance monitoring, and application deployments (IaC, CI/CD).
Integrate AWS systems with identity platforms such as IAM Identity Center (formerly SSO).
Support development teams with cloud architectures, container services, serverless patterns, and modern DevOps approaches.
Develop scripts, automations, and cloud workflows using tools such as Python, PowerShell, Terraform, or CloudFormation.
Create and maintain architecture documentation, cloud security baselines, runbooks, and lifecycle plans.
Ensure AWS implementations align with NIST SP 800-171, CMMC Level 2, and federal cybersecurity standards.
Conduct performance optimization, cost modeling, and right-sizing cloud environments.
Serve as a subject-matter expert for Tier 3 cloud issues, troubleshooting, modernization, and workload migrations.
Evaluate new cloud technologies and recommend solutions to enhance capability, automation, and resiliency.