Java Cloud Native Developer Remote (50%) Columbia SC

Java Cloud Native Developer Remote (50%) Columbia SC

Authorized to work in the US

No H1B

Max $75 USD per hour / 1099 Contractor

Government Experience Required: Yes

AZURE CERTIFICATIONS

Overall Exp 10+ yrs

Develop new and enhanced Azure native cloud app functionality, using solid object-oriented design principals and standards (Java web development).

Offer senior level application development experience and best practices to build a mature agile team supporting South Carolina's statewide ERP system and ancillary web applications.

Work in a modern Azure cloud environment including serverless and containerized applications, API management, event\messaging, and data lake services.

Scope of the project:

The Candidate will help implement cloud native solutions to support:

REST API and asynchronous event and message-based pub\sub integrations using Azure services (API Management, Container Apps, Event Grid, and others).

Standardizing and documenting design and engineering patterns, processes, and solutions.

Azure applications supporting statewide integrations with SCEIS.

Implementation of automated DevOps, GitOps, and DevSecOps processes (Unit Testing, Regression Testing, static and dynamic security scans, app and infrastructure deployments, etc.)

Objectives to Be Fulfilled by Candidate:

PARTICIPATES IN ALL AGILE ACTIVITIES

• o DAILY STANDUPS
• o BACKLOG REFINEMENT
• o DEMOS\REVIEWS
• o RETROSPECTIVES
• PARTICIPATES IN ALL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
• o DEVELOPMENT
• o CODE REVIEWS
• o TESTING
• o WORKS TO COMPLETE WORK ITEM ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA AND THE TEAMS DEFINITION OF DONE.
• WORKS WITHIN THE TEAMS DEVOPS MODEL AND ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR END-TO-END QUALITY OF THEIR WORK AND SUPPORT.

WORKS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM, ARCHITECTURE, AND STAKEHOLDERS TO DESIGN AND ENHANCE BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL PROCESSES AND SOLUTIONS.

Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• MUST HAVE AT LEAST 5 YEARS OF APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT USING SOLID OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN PRINCIPALS AND STANDARDS
• ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY AND WORK IN A COLLABORATIVE, TEAM ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT.
• JAVA WEB DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE INCLUDING SPRINGBOOT, MAVEN, JUNIT.
• UNDERSTANDING OF AND PRACTICE USING SOLID OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN PRINCIPLES.
• EXPERIENCE DEVELOPING CONTAINERIZED APPLICATIONS.
• EXPERIENCE ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTING APPLICATIONS IN AZURE

Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• SPECIFIC AZURE SERVICE EXPERIENCE
• API MANAGEMENT
• CONTAINER APPS OR AKS
• EVENT GRID OR SERVICE BUS
• AZURE FUNCTIONS
• EXPERIENCE OPERATING ON AN AGILE DEVELOPMENT TEAM (SCRUM AND\OR KANBAN)
• UNDERSTANDING OF MATURE RESTFUL API DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT.
• UNDERSTANDING OF EVENT DRIVEN ARCHITECTURES.
• EXPERIENCE USING AZURE DEVOPS FOR CI\CD PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT, BACKLOG MANAGEMENT, ETC.
• UNDERSTANDING OF AND PRACTICE USING TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES
• CI\CD PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT IN AZURE DEVOPS OR SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY.

Required Education:

BACHELORS DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE OR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OR A RELATED TECHNICAL FIELD AND TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN COMPUTER SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE AND MODIFICATION OR 5 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN COMPUTER APPLICATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND MODIFICATION OR ANY EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE.

Required Certifications:

AZURE CERTIFICATIONS