Defender for Cloud Engineer

Amtex Systems Inc is an information technology and talent solutions company offering talent and BI consulting to the companies in US for over 25 years. Our solutions are designed to fill resource gaps, by providing the right candidates who deliver value to the organization. Our propensity to nurture and build strong relationships with our clients helps us better understand their business demands and gives us the ability to provide services that are on time and rise above the rest. We are seeking a highly experienced, hands-on Senior Cloud Developer with a strong software development background and extensive experience building backend applications in AWS.

The ideal candidate will have a strong Java development background and significant experience developing Python-based cloud applications. This role focuses heavily on application development, cloud-native solutions, and backend engineering. Candidates must be actively hands-on and comfortable writing production code.

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications and cloud services using Python and AWS.
• Develop and maintain serverless applications using AWS Lambda.
• Design and develop RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Build event-driven applications and integrations using Kafka.
• Develop and manage application workflows using AWS Step Functions.
• Monitor application performance, logs, and operational health using AWS CloudWatch.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
• Participate in system design and architecture discussions for scalable and highly available cloud applications.
• Work with existing Java-based applications while developing and modernizing cloud-based solutions using Python.
• Troubleshoot application and cloud-related issues and provide effective technical solutions.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, business stakeholders, and technical teams.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to software development best practices.
• Contribute to technical documentation and architectural decisions.
• Provide technical leadership while remaining actively involved in hands-on development.

• 14+ years of overall software development/engineering experience preferred.
• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS cloud development.
• Strong Python development experience, preferably 5+ years.
• Strong previous experience with Java development.
• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS Lambda.
• Strong backend and application development experience.
• Proficiency in API development / REST APIs.
• Experience with Kafka and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with Terraform and IaC.
• Strong understanding of AWS CloudWatch and Step Functions.
• Strong system design and cloud architecture knowledge.
• Demonstrated experience writing and maintaining production code.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to think strategically while remaining hands-on with development.

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification.
• AWS DevOps Engineer Professional certification.
• Experience migrating applications from on-premises environments to AWS.
• Experience with serverless and cloud-native application architectures.
• Experience working with large-scale enterprise applications.
• Experience modernizing legacy Java applications into Python/AWS cloud solutions.

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