What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Cloud Software Developer position at ALTA IT Services?
Senior Cloud Software Developer
100% remote
Must be a US citizen or GC Holder in order to meet ITAR requirements
The Data Management Division (DMD) is expanding its Cloud state-of-the-art data management services. We added several Senior Cloud Engineers to our team and are seeking 4 more experienced Senior Cloud Software Developers with expertise in cloud-native application development, cloud infrastructure management and in containerization and Kubernetes, to help design and develop on-line platforms, software tools, and data processing pipelines.
You will work in a cloud computing environment to maintain our position as a world leader in the development of high-quality software and science ready data products for astronomy to support astronomers around the world. You will work with a team of software developers and astronomers to deliver critical science products and data processing tools.
Key Responsibilities:
• Develop scalable, reliable, and secure AWS native cloud applications
• Develop infrastructure configuration as IaC using technologies such as Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.
• Develop systems for the pipeline processing of astronomical data
• Implement CI/CD/CT pipelines to build, deploy, and test native cloud application code
Experience, Skills & Qualifications:
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Engineering or a relevant field with a minimum of 8 years working experience in an AWS Cloud environment required for a senior level position.
You’re a creative, highly motivated, engaged and driven Cloud Engineer looking for an exciting opportunity to advance state-of-the-art data management services. You can work across teams and organizations to develop a shared purpose, vision, and strategy for moving our missions forward. You have experience designing and securing applications by incorporating cloud architecture best practices, infrastructure as code, and automation to deploy high-quality services in an AWS cloud environment. You thrive in an environment that offers you significant freedom to develop novel solutions but you also have a proven commitment to excellence. You may have experience with data processing workflows/pipelines, Jupyter ecosystem, data archives, and working with cloud data storage management.
• Expertise in cloud-native application development, and cloud infrastructure management.
• Expertise in containerization and Kubernetes
• In-depth knowledge of AWS services (EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, API Gateway)
• Strong experience with AWS and proficiency in Python, Java, BASH, and IaC tools like Terraform and CloudFormation
• Strong experience with relational and cloud-based databases
• Proficient in building automation tools and CI/CD/CT pipelines using platforms like Ansible, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and CodePipelineExperience with Postgres and SQLServer and migration between database systems
• Experience with tools and frameworks such as Kafka and GraphQL
