TECH402: Cloud Infrastructure Lead

• AWS Infrastructure Operations: Design, maintain, and support secure AWS environments across compute, storage, networking, account structure, and operational practices that complement JerseySTEM’s Azure-hosted services.
• Azure Hosting & Administration: Administer Azure-hosted applications, data services, and supporting infrastructure, including tenant configuration, subscriptions, resource groups, access controls, monitoring, and core service settings.
• Infrastructure as Code: Implement and maintain AWS infrastructure using repeatable, version-controlled practices with tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation to improve consistency, reliability, and speed of deployment.
• Hosting Migration & Platform Integration: Support the migration from legacy hosting environments onto hyper scalers, coordinating application hosting, data warehouse hosting, identity integration, networking, and operational handoff.
• Identity & Access Operations: Oversee practical identity and access controls across Azure and AWS, including role design, permission management, account lifecycle processes, and secure access standards.
• Reliability & Service Continuity: Establish backup, monitoring, logging, and recovery practices across cloud services to support service continuity and operational resilience.
• Cost & Resource Optimization: Monitor Azure subscriptions, licensing, hosted services, and AWS usage to identify waste, improve efficiency, and recommend right-sized solutions aligned to a nonprofit budget.
• Governance & Standards: Define lightweight cloud standards, documentation, and operational guardrails that enable volunteer contributors to manage AWS and Azure responsibly and consistently.

• 8+ years of proven experience in cloud infrastructure, Azure administration, AWS operations, platform engineering, or systems engineering roles.
• Ability to work independently as a “doer”, taking ownership of Azure and AWS initiatives from conception through implementation and ongoing support.
• Strong understanding of Azure hosting, tenant configuration, subscription management, user lifecycle management, and AWS infrastructure concepts including compute, storage, networking, IAM, backup, and recovery.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code and automation tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or equivalent.
• Experience supporting integrations, identity management, hosting migration, and configuration governance across Azure, AWS, and related cloud services.
• Establish and maintain monitoring, alerting, logging, operational documentation, and support practices to ensure reliable service delivery.
• Partner with JerseySTEM TECH and non-technical stakeholders to prioritize platform and infrastructure improvements aligned with organizational needs.
• Demonstrated ability to optimize cloud subscriptions, licensing, hosted services, and infrastructure usage while recommending cost-effective solutions for a nonprofit organization.
• Excellent communication skills to explain technical decisions, risks, and tradeoffs to both technical and leadership audiences.
• Comfortable working in a fully remote, member-driven organization.

Commitment: Ability to dedicate approximately one working day (6-8 hours) per week to have a tangible impact.

• Relevant certifications are a plus but not required (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, AWS SysOps Administrator, Azure Administrator, Google Professional Cloud Architect, Terraform Associate).