Cloud Data Platform Administrator

Overview

Custom Software Systems, Inc. (CSS) is seeking an experienced Cloud Data Platform Administrator to support the deployment, security, and operations of a modern Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) in a secure AWS Gov Cloud environment. This hands-on role will focus on AWS infrastructure administration, Terraform automation, CI/CD integration, and secure cloud platform operations supporting enterprise analytics and AI/ML workloads. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in cloud infrastructure, Dev Ops practices, monitoring, governance, and cost optimization, and will work closely with engineering, security, and platform teams to ensure the environment remains secure, scalable, compliant, and highly available.

Fully remote candidates will be considered. Hybrid candidates who can come in person up to twice a month at FRB locations in Washington, DC will be given preference.

• Implement platform monitoring/alerting, operational dashboards, and health checks; maintain runbooks and operational procedures.
• Provision and administer AWS Gov Cloud infrastructure components supporting EDP environments (networking, compute, storage, IAM, logging/monitoring).
• Implement and maintain standardized “secure-by-default” configurations aligned to agency security requirements (baseline hardening, patching coordination, configuration management).
• Operate cloud services supporting data and analytics platforms (e.g., storage integrations, encryption/KMS patterns, secure service endpoints, VPC constructs).
• Establish and maintain operational monitoring/alerting, health checks, runbooks, and incident support in coordination with the platform and security teams.
• Manage change control for upgrades, feature rollouts, configuration changes, and integration changes; document impacts and rollback plans.
• Enable and maintain audit logging and access/event visibility; support security reviews and evidence requests.
• Configure logging and auditability (e.g., Cloud Trail/Cloud Watch patterns) and support evidence collection for security/compliance activities.
• Coordinate secure networking patterns with network and security stakeholders.
• Build and manage POC environments (isolated accounts/VPCs where applicable), ensuring repeatability, cost controls, and safe teardown.
• Coordinate secure connectivity and guardrails with cloud/network teams: private connectivity patterns, egress controls, firewall/proxy needs.
• Implement cost guardrails: cluster policies, auto-termination, scheduling, workload sizing standards, and capacity planning.
• Produce usage/cost insights and optimization recommendations; address waste drivers (idle compute, oversized clusters, inefficient jobs).
• Automate administration and configuration using APIs/CLI/IaC (e.g., Terraform) to reduce manual drift and improve repeatability.
• Maintain platform documentation: configuration baselines, security/governance standards, onboarding guides, and troubleshooting references.
• Manage third-party integrations and ecosystem connectivity, including BI tool integrations (e.g., Power BI), and external metadata catalog integrations.
• Conduct capacity planning and scalability analysis, including forecasting concurrent user/workload growth, platform scaling strategies, and proactive resource allocation during peak usage periods.
• Facilitate user onboarding and enablement, including new user/team onboarding procedures, training coordination, workspace access provisioning, and creation of self-service documentation/guides.

US Citizenship or Green Card required.

• Three (3) years' experience building AWS Infrastructure using Terraform.
• Three (3) years' experience building CI/CD pipelines, preferably using Azure Dev Ops or Gitlab CI/CD practices for promotion across SDLC environments.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience with integration, systems analysis, or programming experience within Cloud environments.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience developing systems requirements and design specifications.
• At least seven (7) years’ demonstrated experience in:
  • Developing software according to software development life cycles (SDLCs), including Dev Ops,…