AWS Infrastructure Administrator

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Bellevue, WA, USA
In-Office
67K-124K Annually
Mid level
Information Technology
The Role
Manage, maintain, and optimize AWS cloud environments ensuring availability, security, and cost efficiency. Provision and monitor AWS resources, administer networking and IAM, support backups and disaster recovery, assist with IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation), troubleshoot production incidents, participate in on-call duty, and collaborate with engineering, security, and infrastructure teams.
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Job Description:

DXC Technology is a leading enterprise technology and innovation partner delivering software, services, and solutions to global enterprises and public sector organizations — helping them harness AI to drive outcomes at a time of exponential change with speed. With deep expertise in Managed Infrastructure Services, Application Modernization, and Industry-Specific Software Solutions, DXC modernizes, secures, and operates some of the world's most complex technology estates.

DXC's Insurance Software and BPS (ISB) helps insurers around the world modernize and run their core operations at scale by combining deep industry expertise, proven software platforms, and innovative AI-driven solutions. A global market leader in core insurance platforms, ISB delivers solutions across policy administration, claims, billing, analytics, and digital engagement, supporting Life & Annuity, Property & Casualty, and Specialty insurance markets. You’ll directly contribute to how the world's leading insurers operate by helping transform and maintain the technology environments that support critical business operations.

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced AWS Infrastructure Administrator to manage, maintain, secure, and optimize enterprise AWS infrastructure. The successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day administration and operational support of AWS environments, ensuring high availability, performance, security, and reliability.

This role is highly operations-focused and requires hands-on experience managing AWS infrastructure, monitoring cloud environments, troubleshooting production issues, implementing security and access controls, performing maintenance activities, and supporting automation and Infrastructure as Code initiatives. The ideal candidate is proactive, analytical, and comfortable working in a production environment while collaborating with infrastructure, engineering, security, and application teams.

Key Responsibilities
  • Administer and maintain enterprise AWS infrastructure, ensuring availability, performance, reliability, and operational stability.
  • Provision, configure, manage, and troubleshoot AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, FSx, EBS, IAM, Route 53, CloudWatch, and Systems Manager.
  • Monitor AWS environments, respond to alerts, troubleshoot incidents, and perform root cause analysis and remediation.
  • Manage AWS identity and access controls, including IAM users, roles, policies, security groups, and permissions.
  • Administer AWS networking components including VPCs, subnets, route tables, NAT Gateways, VPNs, Direct Connect, and Elastic Load Balancing.
  • Support AWS Organizations and enterprise multi-account environments.
  • Perform operating system and infrastructure patching, configuration management, maintenance, and lifecycle activities.
  • Support backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and business continuity activities for AWS workloads.
  • Assist with Infrastructure as Code deployments and environment management using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation.
  • Develop and maintain operational automation using PowerShell, Bash, and/or Python.
  • Monitor infrastructure health, capacity, utilization, and performance, and identify opportunities for optimization.
  • Support AWS cost optimization and resource utilization initiatives.
  • Implement and maintain AWS security and operational best practices in accordance with enterprise policies and standards.
  • Maintain accurate infrastructure documentation, configuration records, procedures, and operational runbooks.
  • Collaborate with engineering, security, network, application, and infrastructure teams to support application deployments and ongoing operations.
  • Participate in production incident management, problem management, and change management processes.
  • Participate in on-call support and provide timely response to critical infrastructure incidents as required.
Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 4+ years of IT infrastructure experience, including at least 3 years of hands-on AWS administration experience.
  • Strong infrastructure operations and production support background.
  • Hands-on experience administering AWS core services, including EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, Route 53, EBS, and VPC.
  • Strong understanding of AWS networking, including VPCs, subnets, route tables, security groups, NACLs, VPNs, Direct Connect, and load balancers.
  • Experience supporting AWS Organizations and multi-account enterprise environments.
  • Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
  • Experience with AWS monitoring, logging, alerting, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
  • Knowledge of AWS security, identity and access management, and cloud governance best practices.
  • Experience supporting production environments and resolving infrastructure incidents.
  • Strong troubleshooting, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
  • Ability to work effectively with geographically distributed technical teams.
Preferred Qualifications
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate certification.
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional.
  • Experience with automation and scripting using PowerShell, Bash, and/or Python.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
  • Experience with enterprise monitoring, logging, and observability tools.
  • Experience with AWS cost management, resource optimization, and FinOps practices.
  • Knowledge of Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Experience supporting large-scale, highly available AWS production environments.
  • Experience with ITIL-based incident, problem, change, and service management processes.
Work Environment
  • Work Schedule: 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST.
  • Location: United States — remote/home-based.
  • Candidates may be located anywhere within the United States, with a preference for candidates located in the Western U.S.
  • Participation in on-call support and occasional after-hours maintenance or incident response may be required.

Compensation at DXC is influenced by an array of factors, including but not limited to the experience, job-related knowledge, skills, competencies, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. A reasonable estimate of the current compensation range for this position is $66,700 - $123,900.

Full-time hires are eligible to participate in the DXC benefit program.  DXC offers a comprehensive, flexible, and competitive benefits program which includes, but is not limited to, health, dental, and vision insurance coverage; employee wellness; life and disability insurance; a retirement savings plan, paid holidays, paid time off.

At DXC Technology, we believe strong connections and community are key to our success. Our work model prioritizes in-person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

If you are an applicant from the United States, Guam, or Puerto Rico

DXC Technology Company (DXC) is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other basis prohibited by law. View postings below.

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Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 4+ years of IT infrastructure experience, including at least 3 years administering AWS environments
  • Strong experience with AWS core services including EC2, S3, RDS, EBS, IAM, Route 53, CloudWatch, and Systems Manager
  • Experience administering AWS networking, including VPCs, subnets, NAT Gateways, VPNs, Direct Connect, and load balancers
  • Experience with Security Groups and Network ACLs (NACLs) and AWS security best practices
  • Experience with AWS Organizations and multi-account environments
  • Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or CloudFormation
  • Experience with AWS monitoring, logging, backup, and disaster recovery solutions
  • Experience supporting production environments and resolving infrastructure incidents, including on-call participation
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or Professional
  • Experience with automation using PowerShell, Bash, or Python
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
  • Experience with monitoring tools, cloud cost management, and FinOps
  • Knowledge of Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Experience supporting enterprise-scale AWS production environments

DXC Technology Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about DXC Technology and has not been reviewed or approved by DXC Technology.

  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage includes multiple national carrier options and plan types, with HSA eligibility where applicable. Feedback suggests the medical, dental, and vision lineup is broad and comparable to large-firm offerings.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) program with employer matching and an annual true-up is available, with standard vesting provisions. This structure can help employees capture matching contributions over the year if contribution rates vary.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Flexible or “unlimited” vacation is offered for many U.S. roles instead of accrual-based PTO. Feedback suggests the approach can support work-life balance when team norms allow adequate time away.

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HQ: Ashburn, VA
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Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

DXC Technology is a Fortune 500 global IT services leader. Our more than 130,000 people in 70-plus countries are entrusted by our customers to deliver what matters most. We use the power of technology to deliver mission critical IT services across the Enterprise Technology Stack to drive business impact. DXC is an employer of choice with strong values, and fosters a culture of inclusion, belonging and corporate citizenship. We are DXC.

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