What are the responsibilities and job description for the GA DHS - AWS Administrator with AD position at TekWissen LLC?
Overview :
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients worldwide. Our client provides a full range of services including web portal providing information on the state business and economic development public safety Learning law justice health education Corrections transportation IT Social Services and culture. It also supplies information on government services and current job openings.
Position : GA DHS AWS Administrator with AD
Location : Atlanta GA 30334
Duration : 6 Months
Job Type : Contract
Work Type : Remote
Job Description :
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS) including its infrastructure services and best practices as well as expertise in implementing configuring and maintaining Active Directory solutions within AWS environments.
The role involves managing cloud infrastructure ensuring seamless integration with onpremises systems and troubleshooting complex environments.
Key Responsibilities :
Establish configuration compliance and audit program to effectively manage AWS accounts and resources Review cloud resources and cost drivers compute storage network managed services database and service licenses marketplace and accounts.
Implement and manage Active Directory (AD) services including AD Domain Services AD Federation Services and AD Certificate Services in AWS environments.
Integrate AWS Managed Microsoft AD with onpremises AD infrastructure or other cloud environments.
Set up and manage Active Directory Federation Services(ADFS) in the cloud ensuring secure access and identity management.
Automate the provisioning and management of Active Directory resources within AWS.
As part of our Managed Services offering for clients; monitor rightsizing elasticity storage optimization and identify unused resources.
Maintain cloudbased servers patching vulnerabilities backup / restore operations provision new servers configure firewalls configure monitoring systems.
Manage account containerization and tagging for internal cost centres and end client billing feeds.
Monitor cost allocations security compliance budgets and set alerts across accounts workloads and users.
Use AWS Config to monitor and track resource configuration.
Set standards for resource configurations evaluate configuration compliance and risk and remediate configuration drift.
Use AWS CloudTrail for compliance audits by recording and storing event logs for actions made within AWS accounts.
Set controls to monitor to assure compliance.
Experience with monitoring tools middleware software and ITSM tools a plus.
Qualifications :
Bachelors degree in computer science or a related field from an accredited college or university. Eight (12) years of Cloud Administration Experience.
Excellent technical knowledge of IT Infrastructure including switches routers server operating systems and hardware storage arrays and security applications.
Strong system administration experience in Windows and Linux environments. Experience with automation using an established framework (Salt Stack Puppet Chef Ansible etc.).
Strong technical knowledge of current protocols operating systems and standards. Able to read and understand technical manuals and procedural documentation.
Experience in public cloud environments including AWS and / or Azure. Experience working in an ITILdriven environment and working knowledge of ITIL principles and processes.
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
