Senior Java AWS Developer

Job ID: 115290-1

Job Title

Senior Java AWS Developer

Location

Raleigh NC

Duration

6 months

Pay Rate

$45-$50/hr on W2/C2C

Local to Raleigh NC only! Face to face interview

Role Descriptions

API and Microservices Engineering Design| develop| test| and maintain secure RESTful APIs and Java-based microservices using Java 11/17| Spring Boot| and Spring Cloud. Define API contracts and reusable standards using Swagger/OpenAPI; apply versioning| error-handling| idempotency| resiliency| and backward-compatibility practices. Lead technical design| code reviews| engineering standards| and reusable API patterns across delivery teams. AWS Cloud Engineering Build cloud-native solutions using AWS API Gateway| Lambda| EC2| ECS| EKS| S3| RDS| IAM| CloudWatch| SQS| and SNS. Design highly available| fault-tolerant| scalable| and cost-conscious services aligned to enterprise cloud guardrails. Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation. Security and DevSecOps Implement authentication and authorization using OAuth 2.0| JWT| Spring Security| AWS IAM| and enterprise security standards. Embed SSDLC controls| secure coding practices| secrets management| vulnerability remediation| and policy enforcement throughout the delivery lifecycle. Integrate SAST| DAST| dependency scanning| container scanning| and secret detection into GitLab pipelines. Integration and Event-Driven Architecture Design event-driven and asynchronous integration patterns using Kafka| RabbitMQ| SQS| and SNS. Engineer reliable banking transaction and system integration flows| including retry| replay| dead-letter| ordering| and observability considerations. GitLab SaaS and AI-Assisted Engineering Create| administer| and optimize GitLab SaaS repositories| CI/CD pipelines| runners| environments| package registries| releases| and deployment automation. Use GitLab Duo AI for code generation| explanation| documentation| test generation| refactoring recommendations| vulnerability remediation suggestions| and engineering productivity improvement. Establish responsible AI-assisted engineering practices with human review| security validation| traceability| and adherence to client policies. Operations| Leadership| and Collaboration Implement monitoring| logging| metrics| dashboards| and alerting using CloudWatch| Splunk| ELK| Grafana| and Prometheus. Support production releases| incident triage| root-cause analysis| corrective actions| and operational readiness. Mentor engineers and collaborate with business| product| architecture| cybersecurity| risk| infrastructure| and operations stakeholders.4.

Required Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Computer Science| Engineering| Information Systems| or a related discipline| or equivalent practical experience.8+ years of software engineering experience| including senior-level ownership of enterprise APIs and distributed services.5+ years of hands-on experience with Java| Spring Boot| REST APIs| microservices| and AWS cloud services. Demonstrated delivery experience with AWS API Gateway| Lambda| containers| Kubernetes| messaging| databases| and Infrastructure as Code. Strong exp

Essential Skills

API and Microservices Engineering Design| develop| test| and maintain secure RESTful APIs and Java-based microservices using Java 11/17| Spring Boot| and Spring Cloud. Define API contracts and reusable standards using Swagger/OpenAPI; apply versioning| error-handling| idempotency| resiliency| and backward-compatibility practices. Lead technical design| code reviews| engineering standards| and reusable API patterns across delivery teams. AWS Cloud Engineering Build cloud-native solutions using AWS API Gateway| Lambda| EC2| ECS| EKS| S3| RDS| IAM| CloudWatch| SQS| and SNS. Design highly available| fault-tolerant| scalable| and cost-conscious services aligned to enterprise cloud guardrails. Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation. Security and DevSecOps Implement authentication and authorization using OAuth 2.0| JWT| Spring Security| AWS IAM| and enterprise security standards. Embed SSDLC controls| secure coding practices| secrets management| vulnerability remediation| and policy enforcement thr