AVID Technical Resources · 1 week ago
AWS Cloud Operations Manager
Boston, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expAVID Technical Resources is seeking an AWS Cloud Operations Manager to oversee and optimize cloud infrastructure hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The role involves managing day-to-day operations, ensuring high availability and security, and leading a team of cloud operations engineers while collaborating with various departments.
Information TechnologyStaffing Agency
Responsibilities
Cloud Infrastructure Management: Oversee the design, deployment, and management of AWS infrastructure and services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, etc.). Ensure the availability, reliability, and scalability of cloud environments. Manage and monitor AWS resources, ensuring optimal performance and cost efficiency. Perform capacity planning and implement autoscaling policies to handle traffic fluctuations
Monitoring and Incident Management: Set up and maintain monitoring tools (e.g., Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail) to track the health and performance of cloud resources. Respond to incidents and troubleshoot issues within AWS environments to ensure minimal downtime
Security and Compliance: Enforce AWS security best practices. Ensure HIPAA compliance and company policies regarding data security and privacy. Work with the security team to regularly assess and enhance security policies
Cost Optimization: Analyze and optimize AWS spending, implementing cost control strategies such as Reserved Instances, spot instances, and rightsizing resources. Provide reports on cloud costs and resource usage, and recommend strategies for cost savings.mUse tools like AWS Cost Explorer and Trusted Advisor to monitor spending and identify inefficiencies
Team Leadership and Collaboration: Lead and manage a team of cloud operations engineers responsible for AWS infrastructure. Collaborate with infrastructure, network, integration, and security teams to align AWS operations with business goals
Provide technical guidance and mentoring to team members, ensuring adherence to best practices and AWS standards
Automation and DevOps: Drive the adoption of infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like AWS CloudFormation. Automate deployment, scaling, and management of cloud resources to streamline operations and reduce manual intervention. Integrate CI/CD pipelines for Landing Zone Accelerator software releases
Backup: Ensure backups are configured for critical AWS services (e.g., RDS, EBS snapshots) and meet business continuity requirements
Performance Tuning and Optimization: Continuously monitor and tune the performance of cloud services to meet application and workload requirements. Ensure a stable performance environment for mission-critical enterprise systems
Documentation and Reporting: Maintain comprehensive documentation of the AWS environment, including architecture diagrams and operating procedures. Provide regular status reports on system performance, incidents, and ongoing operational tasks to management
Application Migrations: Collaborate with Infrastructure, Network, Integration, and Security teams to migrate clinical and business applications from on-premise data center to AWS
Cloud Operations Center of Excellence: Build a training curriculum and corresponding certification matrix, based on job level
Participates in Change Management and Root Cause Analysis meetings as directed
Proactively research and locate the necessary tools and processes to identify troublesome trends as they develop; analyze trends and develop a long-range plan designed to resolve problems and prevent them from recurring; maintain high service levels for the user community
Participate in various IT projects
Communicates with departmental and business unit managers, as well as project manager and leaders, to define support initiatives and solutions
Interacts with individuals at all levels of the organization
Has effective working relationships with peers in other areas of IT organization, which are essential for maintaining good public relations, facilitating communications, and soliciting useful feedback
Has collaborative working relationships with outside vendors, which will help to enhance service delivery capabilities
Develops relationships with professional organizations, peer groups, and industry trade groups to stay current with technology
Maintains expert level of technical knowledge
Additional responsibilities as assigned by BMC Management
May be called to work off hours, weekends and holidays to provide technical support to the Institution
Required to carry a pager at all times
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline required
AWS certifications required, with preference for: AWS Certified Solutions Architect and AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Five years of experience managing a cloud operations teams
Minimum 8 years of experience in an AWS operations or engineering role required
Experience with monitoring, automation, and cloud management tools (CloudWatch, CloudFormation, Terraform, Jenkins) required
In-depth knowledge of AWS services, architecture, and best practices
Strong understanding of cloud security, governance, and compliance standards
Excellent problem-solving, troubleshooting, and incident management skills
Company
AVID Technical Resources
AVID Technical Resources is an information technology company providing IT staffing and recruiting services.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase