REQT: Direct Client: Senior Java Cloud Application Architect @ Lansing, MI – Hybrid – Only Locals

Senior Java Cloud Application Architect

Lansing, MI – Hybrid – Only Locals

One Year Contract

Interview Process: Candidates submitted must be willing to come ONSITE (Lansing, MI) for interviews.

Onsite 2 days per week - REQUIRED. CANDIDATES MUST BE LOCAL (60mi radius from Lansing). Hiring manager is not currently interested in candidates who will need to relocate to accept offer.

The application architect is responsible to provide technical leadership to the application development team, which includes designing, developing and supporting complex Java applications for MDHHS Infectious disease area within our department. The resource will be involved in collaborating with business area to ensure the technical design of the application meet the business requirements. Since changes are being made to modernize and enhance the stability and functionality of the MDSS application, the resource is integral to ensure streamlining critical business processes, data integrity, SEM/SUITE compliance, and securing the applications.  The resource will also perform as application architect and provide technical guidance to the other developers in the department.  The architect will also participate in a variety of analytical assignments  for the enhancement, integration, maintenance, and implementation of projects and preparing technology roadmap for the supported applications. Not having a resource on staff will limit MDHHS the technical oversight that is needed to review and ensure the technical design and code development meet the state development standards which could lead to higher maintenance cost due to design issues, errors causing data integrity and can eventually lead to incorrect information being processed and reported to federal and state agencies.

Responsibilities:

• Develop business application components using Object Oriented java/JEE technologies and design principles.
• Provide technical leadership to the application development team.
• Develop software design documents and work with stakeholders for review and approval.
• Design, Develop and maintain web applications and interfaces and RESTful web services.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure application architecture is in alignment with business requirement.
• Write well-designed, testable code using Spring MVC, Hibernate framework for entity object mapping, jQuery /HTML5, JavaScript, HTML, XML, ReactJS.
• Excellent knowledge in designing both logical and physical database models in Oracle and Postgres. Strong experience in data migration from Oracle to PostgreSQL.
• Execute full software development life cycle (SDLC) including experience in writing technical specifications for complex projects.
• Experience preparing technology roadmap for supported applications
• Experience tuning SQL queries, scripts and troubleshoots issues using SQL, PL/SQL scripts.
• Hands-on expertise in Databricks
• Hands-on experience Integrating software components into a fully functional software system.
• Extensive knowledge on source control tools such as GIT.
• Experience developing with application servers Apache Tomcat, JBOSS, OpenShift Container.
• Experience developing, prototypes, mockup for users review and approval.
• Exposure to flowcharts, screen layouts and documentation to ensure logical flow of the system requirements.
• Experience working on large agile projects.
• Experience with Java 8, SOAP, Restful Web-Services, Spring Boot Projects, Spring Data, Spring Batch, Spring Security   frameworks.
• Good to have knowledge of Apache Kafka, Apache Spark and ActiveMQ broker.
• Experience or Knowledge on creating CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
• Experience in cloud hosting in AWS environment.
• Work with solution architect and recommend cost-effective solutions by analyzing AWS pricing     models, right-sizing    resources, leveraging spot instances, and implementing cost monitoring and optimization strategies.
• Experience with AWS services like S3, EC2, VPC, LAMDA, Amazon manage streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK), B11ROSA(OpenShift), EKS or ECS Fargate
• Familiarity with all the Elastic agents, Kubernetes concepts such as Pods, Deployments, Services, and Persistent Volumes.

Required Skills:

• 12+ years architecting including designing, development of complex computer systems using Java technologies.
• 12+ years  reviewing technical design to ensure the enterprise design standards are maintained.
•10 + years developing complex computer systems using java IDEs such as Eclipse,STS.
• 10+ years designing and review of logical and physical data model in SQL and/or PL/SQL.
•8+ years in preparing and maintaining the technology roadmap for the supported applications.
• 8+ years programming using Java JEE Spring/SpringBoot Framework 3.0.
• 8+ years of development using Hibernate/JPA framework.
• 5+ years in projects development using  Angular/React JS, JavaScript framework.
• Over 5+ years in the JBOSS Enterprise SOA and Devops containers environment .
• Over 5+ years using CMM/CMMI Level 3 methods and practices.
• Over 5+ years implemented agile development processes including test driven development.
• Over 3+ years Experience or Knowledge on  creating CI/CD pipelines using Azure Devops.
• 5 years of Cloud technologies experience, preferably in AWS.