Cloud System Administrator

Post Date

Feb 15, 2023

Location

Houston,
Texas

ZIP/Postal Code

77046
US
Nov 03, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

System Administrator

Req #

HOU-603677

Pay Rate

$62 - $94 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

One of the largest U.S. oil and gas companies based in Houston is hiring for a Cloud Systems Administrator to join their Cloud Operations team. This person will be responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of the organization's cloud computing infrastructure on the AWS and Azure platforms. This includes the implementing and managing of the cloud infrastructure, configuring, and maintaining cloud-based virtual servers, and ensuring the security and availability of the infrastructure.

Required Skills & Experience

4+ years of experience in cloud administration



Expert understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - Terraform



Expert understanding of Configuration as Code (CaC) -- PowerShell



Experience in CICD automation -- GitLab



Expert in Logs Insights query syntax



Expert in AWS observability suites such as CloudWatch Synthetics, RUM, Evidently, and AWS X-Ray



Expert in CloudWatch ServiceLens such as container insights, Lambda insights, contributor insights, application insights, and metric insights



Ability to create custom Dashboards, Reports, Alarms and Notification via AWS ecosystem

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Applicable certifications - Terraform Associate certification, AWS certified



Terraform cloud experience



Azure DevOps ADO experience



Previous working experience with Grafana

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.