Application Operations Engineer (Remote)

Gilder Search Group; Houston (TX); Remote; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Application Operations Engineer for a remote contract position. The role emphasizes supporting Java applications in AWS environments, managing operational tasks, and ensuring code quality and security. Ideal candidates will bring substantial experience, excellent communication skills, and a proactive attitude toward problem-solving in fast-paced settings.

Qualifications

• 8 years of hands-on experience supporting and developing Java applications.
• Experience with AWS Services operations.
• Strong scripting skills and containerization experience.

Responsibilities

• Deploy applications in production and non-production environments.
• Troubleshoot application issues and work on service tickets.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation regarding application aspects.

Skills

Java

Spring MVC

AWS

Azure DevOps

Relational Databases

Java Build Tools

Scripting

Tools

Maven

Gradle

Docker

ReactJS

Job description

Title: Application Operations Engineer (Remote)

Labor Category: Specialist 2

Job Type: Contract

Duration: 12 Months

Location: 100% Remote

Scheduled Work Hours: Normal business hours Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week.

Rate: $60 - $70/Hour

Job Description/Justification:

The successful candidate will serve as an Application Operations Engineer reporting to the DevOps Applications division. This position is responsible for supporting applications deployed to AWS that were part of the Application Modernization Initiative, including by not limited to NYC.ID, OTI CAPTCHA service, CityClerk, NYC.gov, and more. The Application Operations Engineer is responsible for daily operational tasks including deployments, triaging issues, creating fixes, and resolving service tickets in a timely fashion. The Application Operations Engineer will also be responsible for maintaining up-to-date documentation regarding all aspects of the application including technical architecture, design, and operational aspects. This role should be able to communicate effectively with project manager, QA, and business stakeholders. When required, Application Operations Engineer works closely with the Application Operations Lead in delivering operational enhancements to applications in a timely fashion and adhering to the OTI standards and processes with emphasis on code quality and security guidelines.

SCOPE OF SERVICES

Task

• Deploy applications in production and non-production environments.
• Work on service tickets according to priority.
• Troubleshoot application issues.
• Work on making enhancements to improve the security of the applications, as needed
• Utilize triaging and observability tools provided by the cloud provider (AWS, Azure etc.).
• Work with CI/CD and project management tools like Azure DevOps.
• Responsible for solution development while creating defect fixes and enhancements.
• Work with source code quality and security tools for both static and dynamic analysis
• Assist in creating and maintain relevant project documentation

.MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE Note: Candidates who do not have the mandatory skills will not be considered

• A minimum of 8 years of hands-on experience supporting and developing Java applications.
• Experience working with Java project build tools like Maven and Gradle.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Spring MVC, Spring Boot, JPA, Hibernate and JSP.
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Database technologies: Oracle and/or PostgreSQL.
• Experience with the operations of AWS Services such as Fargate/ECS, Lambda, EC2, EFS, ELB, etc.
• Expert knowledge of Azure DevOps: GIT, CI/CD build and release pipelines.
• Must be a proven team player.
• Keeps calm under pressure while triaging a production application fault, Experience monitoring AWS services & custom applications using CloudWatch & similar tools, particularly in an outage scenario.

DESIRABLE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• Strong scripting skills in languages like Python, PowerShell, Bash (Linux) shell.
• Experience integrating with external SaaS systems.
• Expertise in developing user interfaces using ReactJS.
• Containerization experience with Docker.
• Hands on experience with JavaScript, HTML and CSS.