AWS Cloud Developer

ALTA IT has a Long-Term Contract position open for an AWS Cloud Developer.

Location: Washington DC 20006 - Remote with one day a week onsite

Per Federal Govt Sector U.S Citizenship is required

Ability to pass Federal background check is required for Level 4 Public Trust Clearance

Work Experience:

1. AWS cloud application development experience.
2. Agile development experience.
3. Experience building and deploying cloud applications with the Python language for backend services and Angular or React for front-end development.
4. Must have expert knowledge in cloud technology platforms, cloud tools/services, DevOps, and database management.
5. Must be able to lead database management, programming, cloud security/recovery, and cloud-centric integration.
6. 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 processes in AWS Step-Functions.
7. Experience developing container-based applications utilizing REST APIs for web-based applications 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.
8. 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:

1. Hands-on AWS development experience required.
2. GovCloud development experience helpful.
3. Python code development and workflow design using Airflow.
4. Full understanding of Python applications design, code structure, packaging, and deployments.
5. Ability to write unit tests and use various mocking techniques.
6. Functional knowledge of Docker.
7. Experience with writing AWS Lambda functions, layer management, and their deployment types (zip, Docker, etc.).
8. Experience with designing Glue jobs using both Python Shell and PySpark.
9. Experience with SNS/SQL implementation techniques, event triggering (e.g., EventBridge), and Step Functions.
10. Understanding of logging in AWS.
11. Experience with database development and data migration (Postgres and Redshift).
12. Experience in building/accessing Data Lakes using Glue/Athena/Redshift and building data access APIs.
13. Implementation of database/data lake granular access security, and access integration with Okta/Cognito.