AWS Cloud Developer

Job#: 3043147

Job Description:

AWS Cloud Developer

Location: Washington, District of Columbia (Hybrid)

Role Overview

We are seeking a mid-level AWS Cloud Developer to join an ongoing development, maintenance, and data engineering team. This role supports a critical project by providing analyses, solutions, and maintenance for processes that ingest financial market data. The position involves serving as a member of an Agile team to provide engineering support for services that migrate data and algorithms to an AWS cloud environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a member of an Agile team to provide engineering support and maintenance of cloud services.
• Design, code, test, and implement AWS cloud-based solutions.
• Work on requirements gathering and task estimation.
• Perform routine data checks, code development, and quality checks.
• Support database planning, design, and implementation.
• Support systems analysis, design, and implementation.
• Support code reviews and cloud deployments.
• Provide regular status updates on progress.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and 5 years of experience, or a High School Diploma and 9 years of experience.
• Strong experience as a developer working with AWS services and cloud environments.
• Proven database development experience with PostgreSQL/Postgres, Amazon Redshift, and RDS.
• Strong proficiency in SQL development, performance tuning, and query optimization.
• Hands-on experience with Python and XML data processing.
• Experience developing ETL processes using AWS services and Python.
• Experience designing and implementing data migration strategies from on-premise data warehouses to the cloud.
• Experience working with XML data structures, including industry message formats such as FIXML or FPML.
• Familiarity with AWS Developer tools such as API Gateway, Lambda, S3, Glue, Athena, Git, Jenkins, EC2, and Step Functions.
• Must be a US Citizen.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in business, finance, computer science, statistics, or a related field with 2 years of experience.
• Financial industry experience.
• Experience working in an Agile software development environment.

Work Environment

This position requires a hybrid work model, with three days per week onsite in the Washington, DC facility and two days of teleworking. Standard business hours are flexible, with daily stand-ups beginning at 9 a.m.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview:

• medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection.
• We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a Support Linc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.
• You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.