Senior Cloud Developer

Job Title: Senior Cloud Developer Location: Seattle, WA Hybrid role from day 1
Employment Type: contract
Duration: 6+ Months
About VLink: Started in 2006 and headquartered in Connecticut, VLink is one of the fastest growing digital technology services and consulting companies. Since its inception, our innovative team members have been solving the most complex business, and IT challenges of our global clients.
Job Description:
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Lead development and implementation of cloud-based technology solutions using
relevant coding language(s)
Conduct regular testing, debugging, and quality assurance reviews
Act as subject matter expert for coding language(s) and solutions design
Design and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines using tools such as ArgoCD to support
rapid, reliable, and secure deployments of microservices.
Create and maintain relevant documentation and conduct knowledge transfer activities
Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience: [optional]
5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering roles, with a strong
focus on AWS cloud infrastructure and Pipelines
3+ years of hands-on experience developing and supporting Java Spring Boot-based
microservices in a cloud-native architecture with Istio Service Mesh for managing
service-to-service communication, traffic routing, observability, and security within
Kubernetes clusters.
3+ years of experience building CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD (experience with
ArgoCD a plus)
Qualifications, Skills, Experience and Personal Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in computer science related discipline or equivalent level of
experience
Experience with automating cloud native technologies, deploying applications, and
provisioning infrastructure
Strong analytical, problem solving and root cause identification skills.
Excellent communication skills - interpersonal, written and verbal.
Excellent listening and facilitation skills; the ability to sense organizational vibrations.
Coaching and mentoring skills, especially influencing others to move toward a
common goal or vision.
Entrepreneurship and resourcefulness an initiative-taker.
Self-awareness, with a desire for constant self-improvement.
Must be a collaborator and able to work with and through others.

Employment Practices:
EEO, ADA, FMLA Compliant
VLink is an equal opportunity employer. At VLink, we are committed to embracing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion. VLink does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, or discharge, will be decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, performance, and business needs.