Providge Consulting

Cloud Data Platform Administrator

Providge Consulting

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Washington, D.C. • Washington • United States

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Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudDNSGoPythonRubyTerraform

About the role

  • Support the deployment, security, and operations of a modern Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) within a secure AWS GovCloud environment.
  • Focus on AWS infrastructure administration, Terraform automation, CI/CD integration, and secure cloud platform operations supporting enterprise analytics and AI/ML workloads.
  • Work closely with engineering, security, and platform teams to ensure the environment remains secure, scalable, compliant, and highly available.
  • Provision and manage AWS GovCloud infrastructure components including networking, compute, storage, IAM, and monitoring.
  • Implement secure-by-default cloud configurations aligned with agency security requirements.
  • Support cloud services used by analytics and data platforms including storage integrations, encryption patterns, and secure endpoints.
  • Implement monitoring, alerting, operational dashboards, and platform health checks.
  • Maintain operational runbooks and incident response procedures.
  • Configure and manage logging and auditing capabilities using services such as CloudWatch and CloudTrail.
  • Automate infrastructure management using Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform.
  • Support CI/CD pipeline integration and automated deployments across environments.
  • Monitor platform usage and identify opportunities to optimize cloud costs.
  • Support capacity planning and ensure the platform can scale with increasing workloads and user demand.
  • Support integrations with external tools such as BI platforms (e.g., Power BI) and metadata catalog systems.
  • Build and manage isolated proof-of-concept environments for testing new capabilities.
  • Assist with user onboarding, including workspace access provisioning and documentation.
  • Maintain platform documentation, including configuration standards, troubleshooting guides, and operational procedures, to ensure consistency and accuracy.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Business Administration, or a related technical field.
  • Minimum 7 years of experience working with enterprise cloud platforms or DevOps environments.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience supporting systems integration, systems analysis, or cloud platform development.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience building AWS infrastructure using Terraform or similar Infrastructure-as-Code tools.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines, preferably using Azure DevOps or GitLab CI/CD.
  • Strong hands-on experience administering AWS environments, including IAM, VPC networking, object storage security, and monitoring tools.
  • Experience with AWS services such as PrivateLink, Secrets Manager, Systems Manager, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, S3 bucket policies, and KMS encryption key management.
  • Understanding of cloud architecture components, including application servers, load balancers, caching layers, and distributed storage.
  • Experience implementing identity and access management practices, including SSO, RBAC models, and least-privilege access.
  • Familiarity with identity federation technologies such as SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect.
  • Awareness of government cloud compliance requirements, such as FedRAMP or FISMA.
  • Experience automating infrastructure and platform operations using Terraform, CLI scripting, or APIs.
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, Ruby, or Go.
  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
  • Understanding of networking fundamentals, including DNS, NAT, route tables, access control lists, and HTTP/IP networking.
  • Familiarity with cloud architecture principles, including loosely coupled and stateless systems.
  • Strong communication and documentation skills.
  • Ability to collaborate across engineering, security, and platform teams.
  • Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities.
Benefits
  • Hybrid – Washington, DC (up to twice per month onsite)
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Hard Skills & Tools
AWSTerraformCI/CDPythonRubyGoIAMVPC networkingCloudWatchCloudTrail
Soft Skills
troubleshootingproblem-solvingcommunicationdocumentationcollaborationorganizational