Cloud Engineer

Location: Richmond, VA
Position Type: Remote (must adhere to EST hours)
Contract Length: 3 months
Position Overview:
Senior Full Stack Developer needed with expertise in AWS, React, and NodeJS to build micro frontend applications and APIs. This role focuses on developing technology solutions to improve business processes and decision-making, aligning with the agency's architectural roadmap and goals. Responsibilities include: developing, deploying, and maintaining cloud-based infrastructure and applications, enabling collaboration, automation, and efficiency. The position requires proficiency in cloud initiatives, React, single-spa integrations, and adherence to software engineering best practices, while ensuring successful adoption of technology solutions through team collaboration.
Duties:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and convert them into actionable solutions.
• Design and develop scalable, resilient AWS micro frontends and engineering solutions using cloud-native services and technologies. 
• Develop front-end components and back-end services to create cohesive applications within cloud and hybrid infrastructures. 
• Create comprehensive solution documentation detailing the design, testing, and production support processes and procedures. 
• Set up and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate updates and feature deployments. 
• Ensure solution completeness through thorough testing and quality assurance processes, ensuring compliance with security policies and best practices. 
• Manage configuration drift and ensure consistency across different environments, using tools like AWS Code Build/Deploy and AWS CloudFormation. 
• Apply DevOps principles to streamline the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and enhance automation. 
• Deploy solutions to various environments, establish monitoring processes, and ensure ongoing operational stability and application resiliency through system stress testing and feature enhancements. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand change requirements, provide technical expertise, and ensure solutions align with business needs. 

Required Skills:

• 8 years of expertise in AWS full-stack development with Node.js and React, creating tested workflows from business requirements
• 6 years of strong proficiency in cloud platforms, leveraging native cloud services for micro front-end orchestration solutions (e.g., Single-SPA or similar frameworks)
• 5 years of expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining APIs specifically tailored for cloud environments, including AWS API Gateway
• 7 years of experience with serverless computing concepts, event-driven architecture, and serverless platforms
• 7 years of experience automating provisioning and management of cloud infrastructure using tools like AWS CloudFormation and Terraform
• 8 years of ability to write scripts and automate tasks using scripting languages like NodeJS and Python
• 5 years of experience with AWS Datalake formation glue and CDC on Datalake
• 5 years of understanding cloud networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, security groups, and cloud security best practices, including identity and IAM (Highly desired)
• 8 years of experience in setting up alerts, dashboards, and logs for cloud infrastructure and applications (Highly desired)
• AWS Developer Associate or Solution Architect Professional Certification (Highly desired)