Java Engineer with Cloud

Java Developer Go-to expert in one area of the codebase; understands the broad software architecture of the entire system. Thinks at the enterprise level for reliability, scalability, maintainability, extensibility, portability, and security. Provides technical advice and weighs in on technical decisions that impact other teams or the company at large. Researches and proposes new technologies. Starts initiatives for SDP review. Scopes and stages work into well-defined milestones to avoid a monolithic deliverable. Regularly delivers software on-time and is constantly working to make accurate estimates and deliver on those estimates. Known for drama-free launches. Owns the technical testing and performance plan for their projects. Takes initiative to identify and solve important problems, coordinating with others on cross-cutting technical issues. Sets direction at the project/service level and consistently influences decision-making at the top level of team. Identifies and proactively tackles technical debt before it grows into debt that requires significant up-front work to resolve. Able to provide feedback on projects outside of their core area. Identifies and proposes strategies around technical problems affecting their team, communicates standards and gets buy-in on solutions. Makes others better through code pull reviews, thorough documentation, technical guidance, and mentoring or serving as a Tech Lead on a project. Understands the tradeoffs between technical, analytical and product needs and leads to solutions that take all of these needs into account. Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, or related field, from a four-year college or university, or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Relevant industry certification, such as Oracle Java Developer, is preferred. A minimum of 6 years relevant experience in software development, information systems, or equivalent technical environment, including previous experience in the development of highly transactional, mission critical applications in heterogeneous environments/architectures for multi-user systems. Java (6+ years). Versions 1.6 and beyond are a good start! Spring or similar MVC framework. Unix/Linux and one of the many shells Service oriented designs and technologies. Web service technologies such as SOAP and RESTSQL and NoSQLVersion control such as Git and code review type tools such as Stash. Continuous Integration/Delivery toolkits such as Jenkins/Puppet. Queuing technologies, JMS, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ.Spark, Cloudera, HDFS, Kafka, Hive, Impala. (Not necessarily Hadoop- MapR)AWS (S3, SQS, SNS, EC2) Experienced in identifying opportunities to add monitoring and alerting where necessary Troubleshoot and provide solutions to issues arising in production Exceptional mentorship skills. Exceptional analytical skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interface with internal/external people at all levels. Exceptional interpersonal skills and demeanor. Proficient in the use of MS Office applications, such as Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Experience in all aspects of the software development lifecycle: design, functional and technical requirements, coding, debugging, testing, release, and operational support. Knowledge of agile software development methodologies, Service Oriented Architecture and object-oriented programming methodologies. Proficient in software development best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations. Expert level knowledge of relational and non-relational database management system technologies and tools. Good experience in reviewing code and providing critical feedback for building secure, stable and scalable applicationsHTML, CSS and JavaScript (jQuery), AngularJS a plus. Familiar with continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, Sonar, Stash. NoSQLAppDynamics, ELK, Grafana Top must-haves: JavaStrong Communications Cloud Technologies (AWS is ideal) Spring Boot