Position Title: Senior Application DeveloperLocation : Remote (The candidate needs to visit office only once in a month in Washington DC)Visa : Only US CitizenDuration : 5 month contract which will most likely extendPrimary Skills : AWS, S3, GovCloud
Work Experience:• AWS cloud application development experience. • Agile development experience. • Experience building and deploying cloud applications with the Python language for backend services and Angular or React for front-end development. • Must have expert knowledge (i.e., demonstrates comprehensive understanding and is viewed as a role model in applicable areas) in the following areas: cloud technology platforms, cloud tools/services, DevOps and database management. • Must be able to lead one or more of the following: database management, programming, cloud security/recovery, and cloud-centric integration. • Experience working as a developer writing Python code along with the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) required to deploy with either AWS CDK or Terraform. Experience modeling business process in AWS Step-Functions. • Experience developing container-based applications utilizing REST Apis for web-based application written with either Angular or React in Typescript. Experience utilizing AWS CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail for logging events and audit messages, for operating in a highly regulated environment. • The candidate will be responsible for remediation and unit testing of code when issues arise as part of the application development and user deployment process.
Technical Skills:• Hands on AWS development experience required • GovCloud development experience helpful • Full understanding of storage AWS infrastructure with emphasis on storage (S3/Databases), archiving (S3 options) and database backups (Aurora/RDS/DynamoDB), networking • Full understanding on Application Load Balancers, API Gateways with all related security (Okta/Cognito) and networking (security and protocols) • Detailed attention to security roles and least privilege access, and the ability to resolve security warnings • Ability to manage multiple application deployment modules, configurations and application integration • Infrastructure as code implementation using CDK/Python and/or Terraform • Deployment automation and scripting • Infrastructure unit testing (e.g., cdk-nag) and other forms infrastructure tests (e.g., resilience testing) • Implementation of best practices based on both Wel-Architected Framework and organizational requirements • Command line proficiency (PowerShell/Bash)