Job Description

AWS Cloud Administrator Cloud Consultant - IT
Johannesburg - GautengOur clients in the Consulting space are seeking a skilled and certified AWS SysOps System Administrator to join their dynamic IT team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in deploying, managing, and operating scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on AWS. You will be responsible for managing and maintaining our cloud infrastructure, ensuring its optimal performance, security, and reliabilityKey Responsibilities:

• AWS Infrastructure Management: Deploy, manage, and operate scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on AWS
• Implement and control the flow of data to and from AWS,
• Select the appropriate AWS service based on compute, data, or security requirements.

Monitoring and Optimization:

• Monitor system performance and availability, and proactively identify issues before they impact operations,
• Optimize AWS services to improve system performance and cost-efficiency, set up and configure AWS monitoring tools like CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Trusted Advisor.

Security and Compliance:

• Implement and manage security policies and procedures, ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements,
• Manage AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles and policies.

Automation and Configuration Management:

• Automate deployment, configuration, and management of AWS services, use configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, or Chef to maintain system configurations,
• Develop and maintain scripts for automated deployments and operational tasks.

Backup and Disaster Recovery:

• Implement and manage backup and disaster recovery strategies, ensure data integrity and availability through regular backups and failover testing, Develop and maintain AWS-based disaster recovery solutions.

Support and Troubleshooting:

• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for AWS-related issues, collaborate with the development and operations teams to resolve operational
• Problems, Maintain documentation of system configurations, processes, and procedures.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• Certification: AWS Certified SysOps Administrator.
• Relevant IT Diploma or Higher.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a System Administrator with a focus on AWS.
• Proven experience in managing AWS services like EC2, RDS, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, and Lambda.

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in Linux/Unix and Windows system administration, Strong scripting skills in languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and auditing AWS environments.

Knowledge:

• In-depth knowledge of AWS architecture and best practices
• Familiarity with networking concepts, including DNS, TCP/IP, VPN, and firewall configurations,
• Understanding of security and compliance frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR).

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