Our client is a financial institution providing the United States with a safe, flexible, and stable monetary system. They are seeking a Cloud Platform Administrator. In this role you will work closely with platform, cloud infrastructure, security, and application teams to maintain and automate cloud infrastructure, monitor platform health, troubleshoot issues, and support secure EDP capabilities while developing and expanding cloud engineering expertise.

This role is onsite in Washington, DC. Per our client contract, candidates must be US Citizens or Green Card Holders. 

• Provision, configure, and maintain AWS infrastructure components that support EDP environments, including networking, compute, storage, identity and access management, and logging/monitoring services.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and other approved automation tools to support consistent and repeatable infrastructure deployments.
• Support CI/CD pipelines used to deploy infrastructure and platform configurations across development, testing, and production environments.
• Maintain infrastructure code and configuration under source control using Git-based repositories, preferably GitLab.
• Assist with the configuration and administration of AWS networking components, including VPCs, subnets, route tables, security groups, and related connectivity.
• Support cloud infrastructure for containerized workloads running on Amazon EKS, including basic troubleshooting and operational support.
• Configure and maintain platform monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and health checks using AWS monitoring and logging capabilities.
• Monitor and analyze CloudWatch logs, metrics, and alarms, as well as CloudTrail events, to identify operational or security issues.
• Assist in implementing standardized secure cloud configurations that align with organizational security requirements and engineering standards.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, connectivity, permissions, and platform issues in coordination with senior engineers and other technical teams.
• Assist with cloud infrastructure upgrades, configuration changes, feature deployments, and environment maintenance activities.
• Support the implementation and maintenance of audit logging and operational visibility required for security reviews and compliance activities.
• Assist with secure cloud connectivity patterns, including private connectivity, service endpoints, egress controls, and integration with enterprise network services.
• Build and maintain development, sandbox, and proof-of-concept cloud environments using repeatable infrastructure configurations.
• Support cost management efforts by identifying unused or underutilized AWS resources and assisting with the implementation of cost-control measures.
• Assist with automating routine platform administration and operational activities using Infrastructure as Code, scripting, APIs, and command-line tools.
• Maintain technical documentation, including infrastructure configurations, deployment procedures, operational runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and architecture diagrams.
• Support integrations between AWS infrastructure and enterprise data, analytics, security, and monitoring platforms.
• Participate in incident troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and the implementation of corrective actions.
• Participate in platform capacity planning, infrastructure scaling, and performance monitoring activities.
• Support the onboarding of new applications, development teams, and platform users by provisioning required infrastructure, permissions, and environment configurations.
• Work with senior engineers to continuously improve platform automation, reliability, security, and operational processes.

• Working knowledge of core AWS services and concepts, including VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, EKS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store.
• Foundational knowledge of AWS networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, and connectivity between cloud resources.
• Familiarity with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), including roles, policies, permissions, and least-privilege access principles.
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and experience with or familiarity with AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience with source/version control systems such as GitLab, GitHub, or Bitbucket, with GitLab preferred.
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and tools, including automated build, testing, deployment, and environment promotion processes.
• Familiarity with cloud monitoring and logging concepts using services such as CloudWatch and CloudTrail.
• Ability to troubleshoot technical issues, analyze logs and system behavior, and collaborate with other engineering teams to resolve problems.
• Ability to learn and apply new cloud technologies, tools, and engineering practices under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document technical configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• Highly Desired Knowledge, Skills and Experience
  
• Basic knowledge of containerization and container orchestration concepts; familiarity with Amazon EKS/Kubernetes is preferred.
• Basic knowledge of cloud security practices, including secrets/configuration management, secure access, logging, and encryption.
• Hands-on experience provisioning AWS infrastructure using CloudFormation or another Infrastructure as Code technology.
• Experience developing or maintaining CI/CD pipelines, preferably using GitLab CI/CD.
• Familiarity with Terraform or other infrastructure automation frameworks.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts and Amazon EKS administration.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Professional.

4 Reasons to Join The Squires Group, Inc.:
1. Our Commitment to You - We offer competitive pay, multi-year projects, and a list of exciting clients.
2. Work-Life Balance - We work hard; we work smart and have quality time for family and "life."
3. Golden Rule - We treat our consultants the way we want to be treated: with integrity, professionalism, and trust.
4. We Care About You – We help you meet your career goals and continuously support your efforts in the field.

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The Squires Group, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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