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The Squires Group

Cloud Architect

The Squires Group, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022


OverviewOur client is a financial institution providing the United States with a safe, flexible, and stable monetary system.

They have a contract opportunity for a

Cloud Architect

to join their team supporting operations, maintenance, and enhancement of their platform. The office is located in

Washington, DC , and onsite presence is required 1x per week.

Candidates must be local.

Per our client contract, candidates must be

US Citizens

and be able to pass the background check

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Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree

Must have expert knowledge in the following areas: cloud technology platforms, cloud tools/services, DevOps and database management.

AWS cloud application development experience.

Agile development experience.

Experience building and deploying cloud applications with the Python language for backend services and Angular or React for front-end development.

Experience working as a developer writing Python code along with the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) required to deploy with either AWS CDK or Terraform. Experience modeling business process in AWS Step-Functions.

Experience developing container-based applications utilizing REST Apis for web-based application written with either Angular or React in Typescript. Experience utilizing AWS CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail for logging events and audit messages, for operating in a highly regulated environment.

GovCloud development experience helpful

Full understanding of storage AWS infrastructure with emphasis on storage (S3/Databases), archiving (S3 options) and database backups (Aurora/RDS/DynamoDB), networking

Full understanding on Application Load Balancers, API Gateways with all related security (Okta/Cognito) and networking (security and protocols)

Infrastructure unit testing (e.g., cdk-nag) and other forms infrastructure tests (e.g., resilience testing)

Command line proficiency (PowerShell/Bash)

Per our client contract, candidates must be

US Citizens

and be able to pass the background check.

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.

Check out our Referral Program!

If you see a position posted by The Squires Group and know the perfect person for the job, please send us your referral. For more information on our Referral Program, go to

https://bit.ly/squiresreferral

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

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