AWS Cloud Developer (Lift-&-Shift)

Job Title: AWS Cloud Developer (Lift-&-Shift)

Job Location: Dallas, TX (Remote/CST & EST candidates only)

Duration: 24 Months+ With possibility of extension.

Travel: Must be able to travel 1 week to Client Headquarters in Dallas to work onsite. This could be quarterly or monthly depending on the manager.

Overview:

About the team and role:

Project Details: This is currently a lift-and-shift project involving Java microservices that have not yet been migrated to the cloud.

• A growing team working on backend services
• Moving off existing services to an Integration platform
• Internal application running on desktop
• Currently supporting 6+ commercial projects
• Timelines pushed so needing help to fast track all the work.
• On prem/CICD/Cloud AWS/Step Functions/API gateway
• Team is backend Java Cloud AWS
• Seeking good learners and culture fit

Successful candidate:

• 10+ years of experience
• Heavy back-end focus (service to service integration components)
• Tactical
• Can get the work done; full lifecycle development experience
• Cloud Development skills
• Able to write code daily
• Able to tackle ongoing production support
• Can Educate New-to-AWS Technologists in best practices
• Can work with unclear requirements
• Very self-sufficient to a high degree, can work on their own
• Quick learner and problem solver
• Able to dig in and learn environment quickly
• Fun, positive attitude
• Fits team culture and personality
• Leadership skills

Required Skills:

• Extensive AWS Cloud development experience (Native Cloud AWS development)
• Prior Java Backend Development/ Microservices and Spring boot
• Lambda / Python Serverless Development
• Strong Infrastructure as Code (IaC) background using Terraform
• Understanding of API specs and design principles
• OpenAPI/Swagger
• API Gateway
• Step Functions
• Lambda creation experience
• Kafka
• Automation: Python and Pytest
• Relational Databases i.e. SQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, DocumentDB
• ETL Building (Extract, Transform, and Load) Experience
• Git for Source / Version Control of the code
• Build Tooling- Maven/Gradle, Jenkins, Nexus, Docker
• Huge plus skill: logging and monitoring in the cloud