How many people can answer the question, "What do you do for a living?" with the answer, "I help find cures for cancer." At LLS, employees take our mission seriously. Whether you work in one of our regions, are an accountant at the national office or a specialist in our Information Resource Center, you work each day on making our mission a reality: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Join us and give new meaning to the word, "job."

Summary:  As part of a mission centric, locally delivered and nationally powered organization this role will have a very good understanding and hands on experience implementing, maintaining and monitoring AWS infrastructures and associated technologies. Responsibilities include execute and support applications, systems and processes running on AWS and maintain high availability of our environments.  Relentlessly pursuing cancer cures.

As a valued member of LLS, you are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. Our offerings include medical, dental, and vision insurance; life insurance; flexible spending accounts; a 403b retirement plan along with generous paid time off. In addition, we observe federal paid holidays throughout the year, and offer a wellness program and an employee assistance program.

While employees may be permitted to work remotely, travel to the assigned office, HUB or Satellite Offices may be required as determined by the employee’s manager and the employee’s People Organization Generalist.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• AWS System Engineering
  • Deploying, managing, and operating scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems on AWS
  • Utilizing the AWS features for provisioning, monitoring, scaling and distribution of resources.
  • Setting up Private Cloud resources subnets, network access control lists, and security groups.
  • Evaluate cloud application requirements and make architectural recommendations for implementation, deployment, and provisioning applications on AWS.
  • Stay current on latest AWS technology.
• Ensuring system viability and ongoing reliability
  • Incorporating new development projects into existing AWS structures
  • Migrating of an existing on-premises application to AWS 
  • Implementing and controlling the flow of data to and from AWS 
  • Identifying appropriate use of AWS operational best practices 
  • Selecting the appropriate AWS service based on compute, data, or security requirements 
  • Configure software builds, provisioning and automate deployments to AWS environments. 
• Supporting the Environment
  • Create and maintain tools and scripts to deploy and configure applications. 
  • Continually evaluate tools and technologies to improve the overall release process and effective cost management
  • Maintain Linux environments including OS updates, software deployment, script creation, and backups 
  • Assist staff in the maintenance and administration of build/release of systems 
  • Maintain hosted zones in AWS route 53 and web site re-directs
• Maintain a working knowledge of the LLS mission and programs to promote Organizational initiatives.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Education & Experience Requirements: 

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in performing system administration and engineering duties using AWS, Linux (Red hat), and WINTEL environments
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science or related degree OR equivalent industry experience
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Certification (or better) Required
• Scripting experience (Python, PowerShell, AWS) Required
• Demonstrated experience with standard AWS & off-the-shelf tools
• Azure experience desired
• Technical support experience and/or customer-focused experience is a must

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

• Physical demands are minimal and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations
• Work environment is representative and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations
• Weekend & evening work occasionally required (5 – 10%)
• Average salary range is $95,200 to $136,965, open to further discussion based on geography.
• Travel approximately 10% of the time

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees.  Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the Company.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Disclaimer

LLS is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in its workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender, gender identity and expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, race, color, creed, national origin/ancestry, citizenship, religion, genetic predisposition or information, physical or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. LLS seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission and where they will join a cohort of others who have chosen to call LLS home. LLS complies with all applicable laws which prohibit discrimination and harassment in the workplace, and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment supportive of all of our employees and the communities we serve.