AWS Cloud Administrator / Cloud SME

Job Title: Cloud Administrator / Cloud SME

Location: Dallas, TX (Hybrid)

Duration: 6 Months of Contract

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Administrator with strong hands-on expertise in AWS and Azure cloud environments. The ideal candidate should have experience managing, supporting, troubleshooting, and securing cloud infrastructure in enterprise environments.

Required Skills:

• Strong AWS administration experience with EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS, CloudWatch, and Route53

• Strong Azure administration experience with Azure VMs, VNets, Azure AD, Storage Accounts, Azure Monitor, and Key Vault

• Hands-on experience with cloud networking including VPC/VNET, VPN, Routing, Firewalls, Security Groups, NACLs, and Load Balancers

• Strong understanding of IAM, RBAC, cloud security, and access management

• Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools

• Experience with monitoring, logging, backup, disaster recovery (DR), and high availability (HA)

• Scripting and automation experience using PowerShell, Python, or Bash

• Experience troubleshooting cloud infrastructure and production support issues

• Knowledge of cloud architecture, security hardening, and best practices

• Multi-cloud experience across AWS and Azure environments

Responsibilities:

• Manage and support AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure

• Monitor cloud environments and resolve complex operational issues

• Implement security controls, IAM policies, and cloud governance standards

• Automate infrastructure deployments using Terraform and scripting tools

• Support backup, disaster recovery, and high-availability solutions

• Optimize cloud performance, availability, and operational efficiency

• Act as an escalation point for cloud infrastructure and networking issues