AWS cloud administrators have a wide range of responsibilities, which can include:
Creating a recovery plan for the company’s AWS environment, including identifying backup storage locations and testing restore capabilities
Monitoring security threats to the company’s data and infrastructure to ensure that systems are protected from unauthorized access and malicious attacks
Installing, configuring, and maintaining systems such as web servers, databases, operating systems, virtualization platforms, network security devices, load balancers, firewalls, and other network services
Managing the company’s private cloud computing environment by monitoring usage, updating software, and troubleshooting issues
Installing additional applications such as data warehouses, business intelligence tools, or ERP systems
Monitoring usage of computing resources such as CPU usage, memory consumption, storage capacity, and network bandwidth utilization to ensure that the cloud environment is performing efficiently
Designing and implementing security measures such as firewalls, access controls, encryption, intrusion detection systems, and password policies to protect the company’s data and applications from unauthorized access or misuse
Performing routine tasks such as updating software packages, patching operating systems, and backing up data on virtual machines