Sr. Cloud Administrator (AWS)

CYBREX Technologies•Washington, DC

About The Position

CYBREX Technologies is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Administrator to join our Cloud Architecture and Administration team supporting mission-critical federal environments. This role is ideal for a cloud professional who thrives in highly secure environments and enjoys designing, deploying, and optimizing modern cloud platforms that support containerized applications, automation, and emerging AI capabilities. You will play a key role in managing and evolving our AWS GovCloud infrastructure, driving operational excellence through Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, and cloud-native best practices while ensuring compliance with federal cybersecurity requirements.

Requirements

Hands-on experience designing, administering, and securing environments within AWS GovCloud.
Working knowledge of federal cybersecurity and compliance frameworks, including NIST SP 800-53, FISMA, and related regulatory requirements.
Experience supporting or deploying AI/ML platforms, cloud-based data science environments, or generative AI workloads.
Proficiency with GitLab for source control and CI/CD automation, as well as Jira for Agile project management and workflow tracking.
Industry-recognized AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer.
Experience supporting highly regulated environments within the Federal Government, Financial Services, Defense, or other compliance-driven industries.

Nice To Haves

Experience implementing DevSecOps practices and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
Familiarity with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes and Amazon EKS.
Knowledge of cloud security, continuous monitoring, and automated compliance validation.
Experience supporting cloud modernization, digital transformation, or enterprise platform engineering initiatives.
Work on high-impact federal cloud modernization initiatives.
Help shape secure cloud platforms supporting next-generation technologies.
Collaborate with a highly skilled team of cloud, cybersecurity, and AI professionals.
Opportunity to influence architecture, automation, and strategic cloud initiatives.

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, administer, and optimize secure cloud environments within AWS GovCloud.
Manage and maintain highly available, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure supporting mission-critical applications.
Monitor platform performance, availability, security, and cost optimization initiatives.
Deploy, configure, and support containerized workloads using Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) and Kubernetes.
Implement cloud-native architecture patterns and support modern application deployments.
Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, networking, and container platform issues.
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform.
Build and support CI/CD pipelines utilizing GitLab and modern DevSecOps practices.
Automate operational processes, system provisioning, monitoring, and compliance activities.
Ensure cloud environments comply with federal security requirements, including NIST 800-53, FISMA, and related governance frameworks.
Implement security controls, logging, monitoring, vulnerability management, and cloud security best practices.
Support security assessments, audits, and continuous monitoring activities.
Partner with architects, engineers, developers, and security teams in an Agile environment.
Utilize Jira and related collaboration tools to support project planning and execution.
Contribute to cloud strategy, platform modernization initiatives, and emerging technologies, including AI/ML-enabled cloud services.