AWS Cloud Engineer/Linux Administrator

Description

We are looking for a Cloud Engineer to join a healthcare-focused organization in San Antonio, Texas on a Contract to Permanent basis. This position is ideal for a hands-on specialist who combines strong Linux administration expertise with practical experience supporting cloud infrastructure in a collaborative enterprise environment. The role will help strengthen platform stability, improve cloud operations, and contribute to modernization efforts tied to long-term Linux-based architecture. You will work closely with engineering partners and operational stakeholders to enhance performance, reliability, and security across critical systems.

Responsibilities:
Manage and improve cloud infrastructure services with a focus on stability, performance, and day-to-day operational excellence.
Administer Linux-based systems that support enterprise applications and ensure dependable platform availability.
Participate in the migration of workloads from Windows environments to Linux as part of a broader re-platforming effort.
Support cloud networking, compute, storage, and security configurations in alignment with established enterprise architecture.
Carry out environment updates, service redeployments, and production support activities across cloud-hosted systems.
Collaborate with engineering teams, leadership, vendors, and operations partners to deliver infrastructure enhancements and resolve issues efficiently.
Evaluate storage usage patterns and recommend tiering or data movement strategies to optimize cost and access requirements.
Contribute to the ongoing support and enhancement of healthcare-related workloads hosted in the cloud, including highly available business-critical platforms.

Requirements

2-4 years of hands-on experience working with AWS cloud technologies in an enterprise setting.
Strong Linux systems administration background with the ability to support and troubleshoot production environments independently.
Experience with core AWS services such as EC2, Auto Scaling, networking, and storage management.
Knowledge of cloud security principles and infrastructure reliability practices.
Ability to work effectively in a highly collaborative, primarily onsite team environment.
Experience supporting infrastructure modernization or platform transformation initiatives.
Familiarity with Ansible or similar automation tools is preferred.
AWS certification such as Solutions Architect is preferred; Red Hat certification is a plus.

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