Job Title: Senior Cloud Developer – Expert with Java/.Net and Azure Development
Location: New York City
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 12 Months
About VLink: Started in 2006 and headquartered in Connecticut, VLink is one of the fastest-growing digital technology services and consulting companies. Since its inception, our innovative team members have been solving the most complex business, and IT challenges of our global clients.
Position Description
Join this dynamic organization as a Cloud Developer! With your expertise, you will work with a high-performing team to consult and develop solutions for a major client. You will support and interact with the client daily with a focus across the organization. You will have the opportunity to show/grow with technology in a customer-facing role. You should be able to work independently under limited supervision and apply your knowledge. You should have sufficient knowledge and maturity to effectively deal with technical issues and help to support the broader team. Your success will be directly related to CGI's and our client's success.
Your future duties and responsibilities
As a Cloud Developer, you will be responsible for migrating (re-factoring) on-prem applications and moving them to Azure.
• Full stack development including analysis, design, development, unit testing and implementation of distributed applications and microservices consistent with architectural direction and established patterns
• Help drive design discussions and take ownership of end to end implementation
• Drive proof of concepts for software tools/technologies related to application or process development and establish patterns
• Plan and implement procedures focused on operational efficiency and automation through DevOps capabilities
• Establish/Improve/Maintain proactive monitoring and management of supported assets assuring performance, availability, resiliency and security
• Maintain a solid and collaborative relationship with delivery partners and business stakeholders
• Complete work following Agile development methodology and concepts
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
• Expertise in Java or .NET
• Experience with Azure Cloud (IaaS and PaaS)
• Expertise in API Standards, Microservices Architecture and Cloud capabilities
• Expertise in development of RESTful APIs and SOAP services using message formats such as JSON or XML
• Experience in functional programming and reactive framework
• Experience working with RDBMS and NoSQL databases
• Expertise in building cloud native applications, knowledge on cloud providers and services such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, AWS
• Expertise in in containerization technologies such as Docker, container orchestration engines such as Kubernetes, Docker Swarm
• Experience in application patterns such as Circuit breakers, Throttling, Rate limiting and Service Discovery
• Fundamental knowledge of Hybrid Cloud connectivity (Express Routes), Peering, network architecture, VNETs, routing, NSGs
• Experience with Azure cloud migration tools and processes (Azure Migrate etc.)
• Azure cloud security, Azure Monitoring
• Hands on experience in virtualized environments, Azure Active Directory, Information security and migrating workloads to Microsoft Azure & DevOps
• Prior experience in designing a recommended target state cloud architecture on Azure based on on-prem feature set and tools specific to data processing/reporting.
• Prior experience with end to end data implementation Azure data services supporting a data migration or a data re-platforming project.
• Ability to rationalize and work with IT and business to make recommendations as to what would be the right service to leverage on Azure cloud to address certain capabilities.
Preferred Skills/Qualification:
• Experience in building solutions in IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Cloud Native models.
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Containers
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS/NON-ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIRED
• Certification - AZ-303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies
• Familiarity with Agile development methodology and concepts
• Demonstrated ability and interest in learning new technologies
• Candidates should be self-starters and have the ability to work in a fast paced, demanding, and rapidly changing environment
• Ability to perform detailed analysis of business problems and technical environments.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.
• 10+ years of recent experience designing, developing, deploying, and supporting computing applications in a large-scale, midrange, and distributed environment
Employment Practices:
EEO, ADA, FMLA Compliant
VLink is an equal opportunity employer. At VLink, we are committed to embracing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion. VLink does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, or discharge, will be decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, performance, and business needs.