Cottingham & Butler is seeking an AWS Cloud Administrator to help shape the future of our cloud environment and support the growing demand for data, analytics, and AI-driven solutions. This is a high‑impact role for someone who enjoys building modern cloud infrastructure, optimizing performance and cost, and partnering across teams to deliver secure, scalable AWS capabilities.

What You’ll Do

Administer and optimize AWS compute, storage, networking, and platform services
Manage IAM, security configurations, and compliance controls
Lead AWS cost optimization, including tagging, rightsizing, and Savings Plans
Build and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK
Automate operations with Python, Bash, AWS CLI, and Lambda
Support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
Maintain data lake infrastructure and S3 lifecycle policies
Provision and support AWS AI/ML services such as Amazon Bedrock and SageMaker
Partner with Data Engineering, Software Engineering, and Security teams
Support backup, disaster recovery, and incident response

What You Bring

3+ years of hands‑on AWS administration experience
Strong knowledge of core AWS services (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, RDS)
Experience with AWS cost management and optimization
Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools
Scripting and automation experience
Understanding of cloud security and IAM best practices
Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps concepts

Preferred Skills

Experience with AWS data services (Glue, Redshift, Lake Formation, Athena, EMR)
Exposure to AWS AI/ML services (Bedrock, SageMaker)
FinOps experience
Containerization (ECS, EKS, Docker, Kubernetes)
Serverless and event‑driven architectures
Networking (VPC design, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect)
Experience in regulated industries

About Cottingham & Butler:

At Cottingham & Butler, we sell a promise to help our clients through life’s toughest moments. To deliver on that promise, we aim to hire, train, and grow the best professionals in the industry. We look for people with an insatiable desire to succeed, are committed to growing, and thrive on challenges. Our culture is guided by the theme of “better every day” constantly pushing ourselves to be better than yesterday – that’s who we are and what we believe in.

As an organization, we are tremendously optimistic about the future and have incredibly high expectations for our people and our performance. Our ability to grow as a company, fuels investments in new resources to better serve our clients and provide the amazing career opportunities our employees want and deserve. This is why we are a growth company and why we are committed to being better every day.

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