AWS Administrator

Emagine is seeking an AWS Administrator to join a collaborative and fast-paced cloud transformation environment. This role is ideal for an experienced cloud infrastructure professional with a strong background in AWS, Kubernetes, automation, and cloud operations, looking to contribute at a senior level within a modern and business-critical cloud ecosystem.

You will play a key role in the design, implementation, and management of scalable AWS environments, ensuring operational excellence, security, automation, and cost efficiency. Acting as an AWS Administrator, you will work closely with development, security, and infrastructure teams to support cloud adoption, optimize existing platforms, and maintain resilient and secure cloud operations.

Main Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage AWS infrastructures, including EC2, EKS, VPC, IAM, S3, Route53, CloudWatch, and related services.
• Provision, manage, and optimize production Kubernetes (EKS) clusters, including workload scheduling, networking, RBAC, scaling policies, and upgrades.
• Identify opportunities for AWS cost control and optimization.
• Lead data center migration initiatives to AWS, reducing costs and minimizing physical infrastructure requirements.
• Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and Ansible.
• Monitor and manage external providers and Managed Service Providers (MSPs).
• Implement and maintain security controls aligned with NIS2 and ISO/IEC 27001 requirements.
• Develop and maintain monitoring and observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Graylog, and AWS migration tools.
• Maintain and test Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Plans (BCP) for cloud environments.
• Collaborate with development and security teams to integrate DevSecOps practices into delivery pipelines.
• Manage and document cloud costs while identifying continuous optimization opportunities.

Requirements

• More than 5 years of hands-on AWS experience in production environments.
• Strong experience administering Kubernetes environments, including cluster provisioning, networking (CNI), ingress controllers, RBAC, and persistent storage.
• Strong Linux systems administration skills.
• Experience with Terraform and/or Ansible for infrastructure automation.
• Solid knowledge of cloud networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, security groups, load balancers, and DNS.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, or equivalent platforms.
• Scripting skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Familiarity with NIS2 and ISO 27001 security requirements within cloud environments.
• Good written and spoken English skills.

Nice to Have

• CKA or CKS certifications (Certified Kubernetes Administrator / Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist).
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer certification.
• Experience working in multinational IT environments or organizations with multiple business entities.
• Knowledge of French.

Eligibility

• Candidates must be based in Portugal.
• Remote role.