Junior Java Full stack Engineer

Photon; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital agency is seeking a Full Stack Engineer for a cloud-native platform modernization project. You will be responsible for designing and implementing a scalable AWS system. Ideal candidates must have over 6 years of Java experience with frameworks like Spring Boot and Hibernate. Strong skills in AWS infrastructure and operational enhancements are essential.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in Java with frameworks like Spring Boot and Hibernate.

Responsibilities

• Build a scalable, resilient AWS-based data ingestion platform.
• Implement a mechanism to identify security needs for updates.
• Provision AWS infrastructure ensuring security and compliance.
• Set up observability tools for logging, monitoring, and alerting.
• Develop a phased migration plan to minimize disruption.
• Collaborate with stakeholders on AWS architecture.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Hibernate

Tools

AWS

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Job description

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Hiring Type: Full Time

6+yrs Experience overall Java with frameworks like Spring Boot, Hibernate

Job Summary

Full Stack Engineer to work on a cloud-native platform modernization project. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing a scalable, resilient, and secure AWS-based system to replace a legacy platform.

Responsibilities

• Platform Modernization & Development: Build a scalable, resilient, and secure AWS-based data ingestion platform. Develop reusable data ingestion pipelines to support current and future data sources, and implement both real-time and batch data processing capabilities.
• Back-End Development: Implement a mechanism to identify if a security needs to be created or updated. Develop a vendor data transitional load mechanism to temporarily store data. Implement a purge mechanism to remove data from the transitional load table based on security creation or updating. Enhance the Mainframe DB2 data flow to consume data from newly added files.
• Infrastructure & Security: Provision AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and ensure it meets security and compliance standards. Implement robust security controls, including IAM, encryption, audit logging, and compliance configurations.
• Operational Enhancements: Set up observability tools like centralized logging, monitoring, and alerting. Build CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and rollback.
• Migration & Reconciliation: Develop and execute a phased migration plan to minimize disruption. Build and validate a reconciliation system to ensure data integrity between the legacy platform and the new system. Decommission legacy files after a successful 60-day parallel processing period.
• Collaboration & Documentation: Collaborate with internal stakeholders to define the target AWS architecture and ensure alignment with enterprise security and data governance standards. Develop operational documentation, including architecture diagrams, runbooks, and SOPs. Conduct DR drills and support user acceptance testing (UAT).

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in Java with frameworks like Spring Boot, Hibernate.