Sr. Software Engineer - AWS Platform

Our client, a leading financial services company is hiring a Senior Software Engineer on a long-term contract basis.

• Our client, a leading global medical device company, is hiring a Sr. Software Engineer - AWS Platform.
• Guides the best practices, patterns, vision, and growth of the application and automation infrastructure.
• Leads the maintenance and development of infrastructure systems and tooling.
• Develops and maintains automation systems for continuous integration & deployment.
• Monitors applications for abnormalities and proposes areas for improvement in regard to availability and speed of the applications.
• Is available to respond to critical infrastructure related events if an issue is escalated.
• Works with Information Security and Infrastructure teams to ensure technology and infrastructure complies with corporate policies and aligns with global business needs.
• Assists in producing platform documentation and standard operating procedures.
• Assist with production support tickets as they relate to the platform.

• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience developing and managing robust, high-availability production systems required.
• 5 years of experience working alongside a software development team with knowledge of the entire software development lifecycle required.
• 5 years of Amazon Web Service management preferred
• Experience with container virtualization such as Docker preferred.
• Experience with distributed version control systems such as Git.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum/Kanban are a plus.
• Experience managing relational database servers and query optimization preferred. Knowledge of SQL required.
• Experience with management of Linux servers in a production environment. Experience with Debian is a plus.
• Experience provisioning and managing cloud services is required. Experience with Amazon's web services strongly preferred.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, such as CloudFormation or Terraform is a plus.
• Experience with automation and continuous integration tools (CircleCI, Browserstack, Runscope, etc.).
• Solid understanding of development/coding methodologies.
• Advanced knowledge and experience with scripting languages such as POSIX shell scripting (e.g., Bash), Ruby, Python is required.
• Knowledge of web development frameworks such as Ruby on Rails is a plus.
• Knowledge of high-availability concepts and experience with deployment of high-availability applications.
• Ability to work effectively with little supervision and strong attention to detail in a team environment.
• Requires the ability to work on multiple projects at the same time.
• Individual must be highly motivated and self-directed.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working with code editors, team collaboration software. Individual must feel comfortable using the command line. Experience with Mac OS X is a plus.

• Bachelor's Degree required, in Computer Science or related field preferred.

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