Cloud Systems Administrator

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support enterprise Windows Server and Linux environments.
• Deploy, configure, and manage cloud infrastructure across AWS and Microsoft Azure.
• Monitor system health, availability, performance, and security while proactively resolving infrastructure issues.
• Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructure solutions.
• Configure and administer IIS web servers and enterprise application hosting environments.
• Manage networking components, including TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, routing, file sharing, and network security.
• Perform server provisioning, upgrades, patch management, backup, disaster recovery, and capacity planning.
• Create, manage, and maintain Azure DevOps projects, Git repositories, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Support middleware platforms, API Management, automation tools, and scheduled job services.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, operating systems, cloud services, networking, and application-related issues.
• Identify opportunities to improve infrastructure performance, reliability, automation, cost optimization, and operational efficiency.
• Develop technical documentation, standard operating procedures, and infrastructure architecture documentation.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, networking, application development, and operations teams to deliver enterprise technology solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and support for infrastructure projects and cloud adoption initiatives.

Required Skills

• 5–8 years of experience in Systems Administration, Infrastructure Engineering, or related IT roles.
• Strong experience administering Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, and 2022.
• Experience with IIS Administration and Windows-based application hosting.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.
• Experience supporting Microsoft Azure cloud environments.
• Knowledge of additional cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a plus.
• Strong Linux administration experience, including Red Hat and Ubuntu.
• Experience with networking concepts including TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, NTFS permissions, and SMB/CIFS.
• Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure, server operations, maintenance, and performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, Git repositories, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience supporting middleware platforms, API Management, automation tools, and scheduled/batch services.
• Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and incident resolution skills.
• Experience implementing infrastructure automation and operational best practices.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-cloud infrastructure and hybrid cloud environments.
• Knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM), Microsoft 365 administration, and enterprise security best practices.
• Familiarity with infrastructure monitoring, security hardening, compliance, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Experience with infrastructure modernization, cloud migration, and application hosting.
• Ability to work effectively in fast-paced enterprise environments supporting multiple concurrent initiatives.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.