Senior Cloud-Native Java/AWS Engineer

Creative Information Technology, Inc.; Falls Church (VA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Information Technology, Inc. (CITI) is seeking an AWS Cloud Developer in Falls Church, VA to design and implement cloud-native solutions using AWS. You will work with Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, and DynamoDB while applying IaC with Terraform or CDK.

The role emphasizes secure, scalable, serverless architectures, cost optimization, and collaboration with analysts and developers in an agile environment. Proficiency in Java is required.

Qualifications

• AWS services and serverless design experience.
• Experience with Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, Secrets Manager, Cognito, Aurora and DynamoDB.
• Infrastructure as code using Terraform or CDK.
• Ability to optimize performance and costs in AWS.
• Knowledge of security and governance in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps in AWS.
• Monitoring/logging using CloudWatch and X-Ray.
• Proficiency in Java.
• Agile development environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy applications using AWS-native services.
• Design serverless solutions with AWS components (Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, Secrets Manager, Cognito, Aurora, DynamoDB).
• Implement infrastructure as code with Terraform or CDK.
• Optimize performance and cost within AWS.
• Ensure security and governance standards.
• Collaborate with teams to integrate cloud services.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and deployments.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across the stack.

Skills

AWS

Java

Serverless

Terraform

CDK

CI/CD

Docker

ECS/EKS

Security

CloudWatch/X-Ray

Tools

Terraform

CDK

Docker

ECS

EKS

SQL Server

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Creative Information Technology, Inc. (CITI) is seeking an AWS Cloud Developer in Falls Church, VA to design and implement cloud-native solutions using AWS. You will work with Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, and DynamoDB while applying IaC with Terraform or CDK.

The role emphasizes secure, scalable, serverless architectures, cost optimization, and collaboration with analysts and developers in an agile environment. Proficiency in Java is required.