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# Senior Cloud Administrator

- **Company:** System One
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, JIRA, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Machine Learning, Software Architecture, System Availability, Gitlab, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Machine Learning Operations, Cloud Optimization, Terraform
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/A096926FA08A49E7A25CC0016777FB42/job/

## About the Role

* AWS GovCloud experience

 * Knowledge of NIST 800-53 controls and FISMA compliance frameworks

 * Experience with AI/ML infrastructure and services

 * GitLab and Jira experience

 * AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or DevOps Engineer)

 * Experience in financial services or federal government environments

## Description

Join our Cloud Architecture and Administration team at the forefront of secure, innovative cloud infrastructure for one of the nation's most critical institutions. We're seeking a talented Senior Cloud Administrator to help architect, deploy, and manage our AWS platforms while supporting emerging AI capabilities and modern containerized workloads.

What You'll Do:

 * Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure on AWS GovCloud platform, ensuring compliance with federal security standards

 * Deploy and manage containerized applications using Amazon EKS and Kubernetes

 * Support emerging AI/ML capabilities and cloud-native solutions

 * Build and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and GitLab CI/CD pipelines

 * Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an agile environment using Jira for project management

 * Ensure systems meet NIST 800-53 and FISMA compliance requirements

 * Automate operational tasks and improve platform reliability

 * Contribute to architectural decisions and cloud strategy


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