Senior AWS Cloud Administrator

The Opportunity

Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) is seeking a Senior Cloud Administrator for its Strategic Military Space Division. The role supports the day‑to‑day reliability, security, and availability of cloud computing environments that enable mission‑critical space and ground systems. The position is located in North Logan, Utah.

• Administer and maintain secure, mission‑critical cloud environments across multiple accounts and environments.
• Provision and manage cloud accounts, resources, and environments in accordance with established architectures and security requirements.
• Perform daily system administration activities to ensure availability, reliability, and performance.
• Support cloud networking administration, including routing, connectivity, and access controls.
• Implement and maintain security hardening, compliance controls, and configuration baselines.
• Implement, manage, and maintain a centralized service logging and monitoring platform.
• Monitor system health, logs, and alerts; respond to incidents and support root‑cause analysis.
• Manage the container orchestration platform, including performing upgrades, applying security patches, and ensuring high availability.
• Manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery capabilities to ensure mission continuity.
• Track resource utilization and support cost optimization efforts.
• Maintain accurate documentation, configuration records, and operational procedures.
• Support integration, testing, and deployment activities alongside engineering teams.
• Collaborate across disciplines to ensure cloud operations align with program and mission objectives.

• U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of experience, master’s with 8+ years, or PhD with 4+ years (engineering or science discipline).
• Hands‑on experience administering cloud environments using services such as VPC, EC2, S3, EBS, EKS, Lambda, and RDS (or equivalent).
• Experience deploying and managing cloud infrastructure using Cloud Formation, Terraform, Boto, or Azure Resource Manager.
• Experience supporting migrations from on‑premises infrastructure to cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals and protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, VPNs, load balancing, firewalls).
• Experience using monitoring, logging, and alerting tools to support system health and incident response.
• AWS Solutions Architect – Associate certification required (Professional preferred); equivalent Azure certifications accepted.
• Demonstrated ability to manage operational priorities and support mission‑critical systems.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills to interact effectively with all levels of personnel including executive leadership, senior management, and customers.
• High attention to detail with a disciplined, reliability‑focused mindset.

• Experience working in Agile or iterative development environments.
• Experience supporting national security, Air Force, or space‑domain ground systems.
• Familiarity with Command, Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2
  
  BMC).
• Knowledge of satellite communications protocols and standards.
• Experience applying cybersecurity best practices in secure or regulated environments.
• Familiarity with satellite ground station equipment, including antennas and RF systems.
• Experience supporting cloud platforms integrated with external or legacy ground systems.

$107,000 – $170,000
Salary commensurate based on education and relevant experience.

SDL offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. SDL delivers advanced multi‑domain solutions to protect national security and enable scientific discovery. At SDL, we strive to uphold a culture of respect, collaboration, empowerment, and accountability.

The application window for this position is expected to remain open for approximately 14 days; however, it may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. We encourage interested candidates to submit their applications promptly.