Sr. Cloud Administrator

Description AEM (Advanced Environmental Monitoring) is the global leader in innovative mission critical weather, wildfire and water monitoring and intelligence solutions. We aim to be the world’s essential source for environmental insights – enabling decisive action and positive outcomes for our customers and their constituents. Our family of innovators offers world-class hydrometeorological technologies and services, including sensors, dataloggers, telemetry, and advanced analytics and software. Our technology and services empower the communities and organizations to survive – and thrive – in the face of escalating environmental risks.

AEM is looking for a highly motivated Sr. Cloud Administrator to support our cloud-based infrastructure. We gather and analyze environmental observations from around the world to help promote a better understanding of the planet and its atmosphere. The company operates the world’s largest network of weather sensors and precise greenhouse gas data measurements. The company builds enterprise data services and information applications for enterprise and government customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure)
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure uptime and reliability
• Evaluate and prioritize cloud infrastructure requests from multiple business units by assessing technical complexity and business value
• Ensure cloud infrastructure and operations comply with relevant regulatory frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR) and internal security policies
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins to streamline application delivery and infrastructure provisioning through automation and best practices.
• Create, maintain, and improve our Infrastructure as Code use via Terraform
• Own the creation and upkeep of technical documentation that empowers the support team to resolve incidents quickly and accurately
• Manage, discover and drive cloud cost optimization strategies
• Provide off-hours support for critical infrastructure issues on an as-needed basis, ensuring timely resolution of incidents
• Oversee and manage application deployments, ensuring timely and reliable releases to staging, and production environments.
• Develop and document standard operating procedures, deployment processes, and troubleshooting guides.
• Define and maintain infrastructure reference architectures, standards, and reusable building blocks (patterns/playbooks) that teams and partners must adopt.
• Collaborate closely with external Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to oversee cloud operations, ensure service delivery expectations are met, validate technical recommendations, and align managed services with business and security objectives.
• Assess, recommend, and implement emerging cloud-native AI services and integration opportunities that support innovation, operational excellence, and business transformation.
• Explore and implement AI-driven monitoring, automated defect triage, and operational efficiency tooling

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressively responsible, hands-on operations experience utilizing Amazon Web Services Cloud infrastructure and cloud services.

• Technical experience required:

• Linux and Windows Server OS management and maintenance

• instance and container build processes and their tools; Packer, Docker, EC2 Image Builder

• AWS services such as EC2, S3, IAM, CodeDeploy, CloudWatch, Fargate/ECS, Lambda, VPC, ALB, CloudFront, MSK, SQS, SNS, CloudFormation

• CI/CD support utilizing Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins

• Experience with IIS (Internet Information Services), Active Directory, .NET and other applications in the Windows ecosystem

• Basic SQL administration and management capability of database technologies (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB)

• Experience managing networking, routing, firewalls, load balancing, etc in an hybrid environment

• Jira and other Atlassian product experience a plus

• Strong automation and configuration management experience

• AWS Solutions Architect Associate level or similar preferred

• Ability to interact with teams in a professional, ar

• Communicates effectively with both technical staff and senior leadership

• Strong written and verbal communications skills

• Able to learn and adapt to recent technologies through self-directed training

Preferred Experience

• Amazon architecture design
• Support for customer facing services including API, SaaS (Software as a Service), and DaaS (Data as a Service) support
• Implementing advanced monitoring tools focused on monitoring cloud-based systems

Additional Information

• This is a remote opportunity that can be done from anywhere in the continental United States and/or Canada
• Must be eligible to work in the U.S. or Canada without company sponsorship, now or in the future, for employment-based work authorization. F-1 visa holders with Optional Practical Training (OPT) who will require H-1B status, TNs, or current H-1B visa holders will not be considered. H1-B and green card sponsorship is not available for this position.

Canadian Compensation Range: A reasonable estimate of the current salary range for this position is $100,000 - $135,000 per year. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. AEM considers a wide range of factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education, licensure and certifications, key skills as well as other market and business considerations when extending an offer. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.

This position will accept applications on an ongoing basis and will be closed once the position is filled.

AEM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.