Junior Amazon Web Services Cloud Administrator

Applied Information Sciences • Reston, MA

2d

About The Position

When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success. At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles. At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Infrastructure Engineer. As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Junior Amazon Web Services Cloud Administrator. AIS is supporting federal customer with a program focused on architecture and infrastructure.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 2+ years of relevant experience supporting enterprise cloud and/or infrastructure environments.
• Certifications: IAT-2, 1 or more cloud certifications.
• Active Secret clearance (or higher).
• Experience working in regulated environments and following secure engineering / documentation practices.
• Ability to manage routing/switching and network security.
• Ability to manage multi‑OS environments.
• Ability to manage virtualization (e.g., VMware/Hyper‑V).
• Ability to manage core cloud services.
• Ability to manage release of IaC via pipelines.
• Ability to automate common admin tasks.
• Ability to plan and execute upgrades/migrations.
• Ability to configure network devices and services.
• Ability to respond to incidents.
• Ability to monitor performance.
• Ability to manage resources.
• Ability to implement proactive monitoring.
• Ability to produce accurate documentation.
• Ability to improve processes.
• Ability to work independently within project scope.
• Ability to partner with peer teams.
• Ability to share knowledge.
• Ability to coordinate changes.
• Ability to report progress.
• Ability to support/train users.
• Ability to advise internal teams on solutions and tools.
• Ability to evaluate technologies.
• Ability to recommend optimizations.
• Ability to coordinate vendor support.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting DoD/IC programs and mission systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintains smooth operation of different cloud-based systems, including coordination with network administrators.
• Sets up administrator and service accounts, maintains system documentation for cloud infrastructure and tenant inventory, tunes system performance, installs system wide software and allocates mass storage space.
• Respond to large-scale events involving instantiation of virtual resources such VMs and storage.
• Fix critical software and system failures.
• Propose, drive and implement technical solutions for automation, efficiency and scalability.
• Develop/improve tools, reports, and processes to monitor the health of cloud environment.

Benefits

• Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.
• Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
• Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.
• Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees