Lead Systems Administrator

Job summary

Lead the administration, security, and continuous improvement of cloud and infrastructure services that support critical business operations and product delivery. The role manages AWS and Linux environments, builds Terraform-based infrastructure as code, and leads automation, monitoring, incident response, disaster recovery, and compliance efforts. It also supports development teams with deployment pipelines and infrastructure requirements while improving platform reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in infrastructure and systems administration.
• Strong expertise in AWS cloud services and infrastructure management.
• Experience supporting highly available, business-critical production environments.
• Track record delivering infrastructure automation and CI/CD solutions.
• Strong background in infrastructure security, disaster recovery, and incident management.
• Experience in modern DevOps and cloud-native environments.

Responsibilities

• Administer AWS cloud infrastructure and Linux servers.
• Manage virtualized environments and supporting platforms.
• Design and maintain Terraform-based infrastructure as code.
• Lead response and recovery for major incidents and service outages.
• Improve monitoring, alerting, and observability capabilities.
• Drive infrastructure automation to improve efficiency and scalability.
• Maintain security controls, governance standards, and compliance.
• Plan and conduct disaster recovery testing and business continuity activities.
• Support development teams with deployment pipelines and infrastructure needs.
• Optimize platform reliability, performance, and cloud expenditure.
• Evaluate technologies and recommend infrastructure improvements.
• Mentor colleagues and promote technical best practices.

Skills

Relocation