Cloud Architect with Java

Positions: Cloud Architect with Java
Location: Wilmington DE (REMOTE)
Type: Contract

Job Responsibilities:

· Lead complex public cloud migrations, proactively identify potential issues, and implement risk mitigation strategies to ensure the success of multiple cloud initiatives.

· Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver robust, cloud-based solutions that improve customer experiences.

· Take ownership of platform issues from end to end, resolve challenges related to platform build and performance on AWS Cloud, and ensure high-quality, bug-free deliverables.

· Develop strategies and provide guidance to product teams on public cloud onboarding standards and best practices, ensuring migrations are successful and compliant with all regulatory requirements.

· Drive the adoption and effective use of Amazon’s utility computing services (e.g., AWS EC2, S3, RDS, CloudFront, EFS, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, EKS, ECS, MFTS, API Gateway, VPC Peering).

· Design resilient, secure, and high-performance platforms in the public cloud, following Client best practices.

· Measure and optimize system performance, anticipate customer needs, and drive continuous innovation.

· Provide operational support and engineering for the public cloud platform, troubleshoot and optimize systems, and automate routine tasks.

· Work closely with cross-functional teams to develop practical solutions and ensure positive user experiences at every touchpoint.

· Manage costs by designing and optimizing public cloud platforms and technologies. Organize and lead game days, resiliency tests, and chaos engineering exercises.

· Apply expertise in programming languages such as Java, Python, SQL, Node, Go, and Scala; work with open source RDBMS and NoSQL databases; utilize container orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes; and leverage a wide range of AWS services.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills:

· Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5 years applied experience

· A strong understanding of business technology drivers and their impact on architecture design, performance and monitoring, best practices

· Design and building web environments on AWS, which includes working with services like EC2, ELB, RDS, DynamoDB, EKS, ECS, MFTS, SQS/SNS, S3 and Route53

· Proficiency in few modern technologies such as: Java version 8+, Spring Boot, Restful Microservices, AWS or Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes.

· Experience using DevOps tools in a cloud environment, such as Ansible, Artifactory, Docker, GitHub, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Maven, and Sonar Qube

· Experience using monitoring solutions like CloudWatch, Prometheus, Datadog, Splunk, Dynatrace

· Experience and knowledge of writing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), using tools like CloudFormation or Terraform

· Experience with one or more public cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure

· Experience with high volume, SLA critical applications and their interdependencies with other applications and databases

· Experience with high volume, mission critical applications, and building upon messaging and or event-driven architectures

· Keen understanding of financial industry and their IT systems and optimization of Public Cloud expenses