Thursday, 9 April 2015

AWS Cloud Administrator, Cherry Choke Street, Rockville MD

Job Title: AWS Cloud Administrator
Location: Cherry Choke Street, Rockville MD
Duration: 6Months +
Client:  IBM
Candidates submitted must be US Citizens able to obtain or possess a US Government security clearance

Job Description: 
IBM is seeking a full-time, experienced Cloud Administrator to work alongside web and the application team to support transition and operation of it client web sites / applications in Amazon Cloud. 

Responsibilities include
Deploying, managing, and operating scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems on AWS
Migrating an existing on-premises application to AWS
Implementing and controlling the flow of data to and from AWS
Selecting the appropriate AWS service based on compute, data, or security requirements
Identifying appropriate use of AWS operational best practices
Estimating AWS usage costs and identifying operational cost control mechanisms
Communicates orally and in writing to high level public officials, as well as a variety of audiences. Produce weekly activity reports, oral presentations, briefings, standard operating procedures (SOPs), software development life-cycle (SDLC) documents and checklists, risk and issues logs and required artifacts.

Desired Experience/Education:  
4 – 5 or more years of hands-on experience operating AWS-based applications
Experience provisioning, operating, and maintaining systems running on AWS
Ability to identify and gather requirements to define a solution to be built and operated on AWS
Capabilities to provide AWS operations and deployment guidance and best practices throughout the lifecycle of a project
Experience with application / data migration to AWS
Experience scaling an application and/or its hosting environment to support increases in traffic.
5 – 7 Experience with Linux, Virtual Machines
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Experience with Nagios, NGINX
Some experience with - .NET, Drupal, MySQL, WordPress, Puppet 
High awareness of customer service
Very Focused and Challenged
 
Other Desired Skills: 
Experience with application / data migration to AWS
Interpersonal and communication skills, able to build rapport and communicate effectively at all levels and across disciplines
Excellent writing skills
Ability to work in a collaborative environment
Detail-oriented, strong work ethic and high standard of excellence
Fast learner,   Achiever, sets high personal
Must be able to work on multiple projects and consistently meet project deadlines

 
Desired Certifications:
AWS Cloud Solution Architect

We have a very good relationship with the Hiring Manager and for the right candidate we can arrange an interview within a few days.
Look forward to connecting with you.

Thanks & Regards

Aravind
COMPQSOFT, Inc.
HUB Zone, SDB, MBE Certified
An ISO 9001:2008 & ISO 27001:2005 Certified
Phone: 281-978-4434  І  Fax: 281-657-6717