Cloud Systems Administrator – 12 month term

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We are seeking an experienced AWS Associate Level Solutions Architect to join our team on a 12-month contract basis. The successful candidate will be based in Alberta and have the opportunity to work on a variety of cloud-related projects.

The Cloud Systems Administrator – Architecture provides technical administration capabilities in the analysis, design, development, implementation, security, and testing of technical enhancements in the cloud infrastructure to support strategic, operational, or project-based objectives. The Cloud Systems Administrator ensures these activities are executed in accordance with standard operating procedures and in compliance with all IT policies and procedures.

• Deploy and Maintain Infrastructure: Deploy, configure, and maintain cloud, hybrid, and on-premises compute and storage infrastructure in a secure, performant, and cost-effective manner using infrastructure-as-code and automation tools.
• Incident Response: Respond to incidents, perform root cause analysis, remediate issues, and write incident reports for senior leadership.
• Resiliency: Design and implement high availability, redundancy, failover solutions, and processes.
• Disaster Recovery: Design and implement repeatable and scalable backup and recovery solutions that meet business requirements for RPO and RTO.
• Observability: Ensure system observability through metrics, logs, and notification mechanisms.
• Documentation: Write clear and comprehensive documentation for system and network architecture, infrastructure as code, and system integrations to improve maintainability and knowledge sharing.
• Continuous Learning: Keep up with industry trends, new technologies, and best practices.

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years' progressive experience in Cloud Systems Administration, with an emphasis on cloud architecture implementation projects or related technology implementations.
• Certification: AWS Associate-level Solutions Architect certification required.
• Education: Diploma or degree in computer science, management, or engineering, recognized in Canada. In lieu of a degree or diploma, additional experience over and above the minimum requirement may be considered.
• AWS Certifications: AWS Advanced Networking specialty certification preferred. Additional AWS certifications desired.
• Cloud Knowledge: Understanding of current cloud best practices, design principles, market trends, and emerging technologies.
• Networking Knowledge: Solid understanding of networking/distributed computing environment concepts and principles of routing, client/server programming, and managing network services.
• Security Knowledge: Experience applying cloud security rules, network security, and securing web transactions, applications, and forms.

David Aplin & Associates Inc., operating as Aplin, and its associated brands, CompuStaff and Impact Recruitment, is an award-winning employment agency connecting diverse, top-tier talent with exceptional organizations across North America. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and charge no fees to apply or engage with our recruiters. Our clients partner with us to help expand and diversify their teams. Please note that all applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada, including holding any necessary work permits.