Principal AWS Cloud Developer

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client in Westlake, TX that is seeking a Principal AWS Cloud Developer.

Responsibilities:
* Define and advocate for engineering best practices, design patterns, and architectural principles
* Drive technical vision and influence product roadmaps through strategic thinking and innovation
* Comfortable in challenging existing solutions and propose scalable, maintainable alternatives
* Own the design of complex, distributed systems ensuring reliability, performance, and security
* Ensure alignment of architecture and leadership with organizational goals and technology standards
* Passion for technology and can navigate the way across complex and rapidly changing landscapes by staying on top of the latest trends and thrive by sharing knowledge
* Champion automation, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices for efficient delivery

REQUIREMENTS:
* 10+ years of software engineering experience delivering scalable, high?quality backend services
* Strong hands-on software development experience with Java 11+, frameworks such as Spring Boot, Spring Batch and RESTful API development
* Strong backend engineering skills including microservices design, event?driven architecture, messaging (Kafka/SQS), caching (Redis), and SQL/NoSQL data modeling
* Familiarity with AWS Toolsets, including but not limited to SQS, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, Kinesis, CloudFormation, and other cloud?native services
* Demonstrated experience designing, building, and documenting customer?facing RESTful APIs with security, performance, and scalability best practices
* Knowledge in Container technologies (Docker and Kubernetes)
* Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth and automated delivery of applications into production environments
* Knowledge of relational and NoSQL database management systems
* Working knowledge of testing frameworks like Junit, Mockito, Spring Test
* Experience in Agile methodologies (Kanban, SCRUM)
* Demonstrable ability to read high-level business requirements and drive clarifying questions
* Excellent collaboration skills to work with multiple teams in the organization globally
* Strong communication skills and partnership in driving and participating in important discussions

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

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