Copper River Cyber Solutions is seeking a Senior Cloud Administrator to join our team in support of a new contract at the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Responsiveness. This position will be performed remotely with the occasional need for an onsite meeting in the Washington D.C. area.
The Senior Cloud Administrator is responsible for the administration aspects of our client’s AWS cloud environment, including creating, managing, fine tuning, and maintaining. Working with Project Team Leads and Project Managers to produce high quality products.
Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):
- Serve as a Senior Cloud Administrator
- Develop cloud formation templates to build immutable infrastructure on AWS
- Able to work in an agile, cross-functional team
- Drive technical innovation and efficiency in infrastructure operations via automation and orchestration Conduct capacity planning analysis and cloud budget planning
- Manage the monitoring, updating, optimization, redundancy, stability of cloud systems
- Perform AWS environment troubleshooting and setup
- Meet customer SLAs and managing communication in case of issues
- Configure and maintain cloud backup, monitoring and alerting systems for multiple clients
- Administrate automated deployments and scripting using Bash, yaml, PowerShell
- Assist other teams with provisioning and getting appropriate access to AWS resources
- Work with the team to estimate the cost footprint of new AWS resources and services and conduct general forecasts for our AWS architecture
- Support AWS infrastructure changes during planned maintenance windows, as well as ad-hoc support for unplanned outages
- Ensure Cloud orchestration and automation capability is operating based on target SLAs with minimal downtime
- Advises of feasibility of potential future projects to management
- Producing quality documentation
- Working with end-users
- Participate in internal planning and reporting processes
- Work with Project Team Leads
- Ensure standards are followed as directed by Project Team Leads
- Participate in special projects as required
Requirements:
- Clearance:
- Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance
- Education:
- Bachelors degree or prior, relevant experience in lieu of a degree
- Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience
- Experience with implementation and administration of AWS cloud environments
- Experience designing, implementing, troubleshooting, analyzing, and maintaining AWS cloud environments
- Experience managing, configurating, and supporting AWS cloud environments
- Experience performing AWS cloud upgrades
- Experience creating and presenting technical specifications and requirements
- Experience producing quality documentation
- Experience working with Federal government clients
- Preferred Skills:
- AWS Cloud knowledge and experience
- Microsoft 365 knowledge and experience a plus
- SharePoint knowledge and experience a plus
- Platform and data migration knowledge and experience a plus
- Cyber Security knowledge and experience a plus
About Copper River & The Native Village of Eyak:
Owned by the Native Village of Eyak (NVE), a federally recognized Alaska Native Tribe, the Copper River Family of Companies are a collection of entities that deliver a complementary set of solutions and services to support the diverse missions and requirements of our clients. Proud participants of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 8(a) Business Development Program since 2006, our companies consist of both current and graduation SBA 8(a) entities. It is our collective purpose to support the Tribe and diversify the NVE’s ability to facilitate economic advancement.
The income generated from our companies helps the Native Village of Eyak fund health and social services, economic development, natural resource/environmental education, jobs, job training, and other benefits to the NVE in a manner that is consistent with Alaskan Native cultural values and traditions.
Copper River’s Culture
The Copper River Family of Companies has a positive, supportive, and thriving culture. At the foundation of our culture is a focus on collaboration. No matter your role or which operating company you work for, we are ONE TEAM working toward the same goals for our customers and for our collective owner- The Native Village of Eyak. How we treat each other is just as important as the work we deliver.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
- Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
- Retirement 401(k) with employer match
- Open leave policy and paid holidays
- Additional benefits including tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!
Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, regular associates at Copper River.
Disclaimer:
The Copper River Family of Companies provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
What We Do
Welcome to Copper River Shared Services!
The Shared Services Division of the Copper River Family of Companies provides long-term strategic business planning, new company startup and acquisition strategies, complete back office support services, regulatory training, compliance, and governance oversight to ensure the continued growth and prosperity of the Copper River Family of Companies. We are proud to be owned by the Native Village of Eyak, a Federally recognized Alaska Native Tribe located in Cordova, Alaska. With over 500 professional industry leading experts, the Copper River Family of Companies are driven to support the needs of our clients and their missions both at home and abroad. We stand ready.
Our mission is to Diversify the Native Village of Eyak’s Ability to Facilitate Economic Advancement; it’s what binds us now and into the future. We accomplish this through the work of our strategic alliance of agile Operating Companies, guided by our core values of Collaboration, Integrity, and Empathy.
