DPP is seeking a
Senior Cloud Developer for an opportunity with our client in the healthcare insurance industry.
Work location: Onsite in Columbia, SC; remote & hybrid candidates will be considered
Duration: 6 months
Terms: W2 Contract
About the Team:- The new team will be dedicated to migrating application to the CMS AWS Cloud.
- This structure leverages a wide range of skills and expertise, enabling the team to operate across different functions and projects while working from various locations.
- It's a flexible and dynamic approach to team organization that supports agility and innovation in a global business environment.
Responsibilities: - The Senior Cloud Developer will lead the design, development, and deployment of cloud-native applications while ensuring alignment with architectural standards and business goals.
- Reviewing code merges and CI/CD pipeline activity using tools like Jenkins and GitHub Actions, ensuring that builds and deployments are running smoothly.
- The developer actively builds and integrates cloud-based solutions using AWS, leveraging services like compute, storage, and serverless functions.
- Writing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or ARM templates to provision and manage cloud infrastructure in a repeatable and scalable way.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design APIs, review architecture, and evaluate modern technologies for future integration.
- Play a key role in mentoring junior developers, enforcing coding standards, and ensuring security best practices are followed across all cloud development activities.
- Provide expertise regarding the integration of cloud applications, lead the planning, design, and implementation of cloud system software, including coding and testing, and act as an internal consultant, offering technical guidance on complex cloud projects.
Required Qualifications:- Full stack software engineering development experience for Java/Java EE ecosystems with Spring Framework & JPA and JavaScript frameworks.
- Agile & Medicare Experience.
- Hand-on experience with AWS Cloud or Azure and lift-and-shift or re-platforming projects.
- Work with cloud architects to resilient, High Availability (HA), and fault-tolerant systems following the Cloud well-architected framework.
- Required experience with mTLS, certificate lifecycle management, identity/security best practices.
- AWS Cloud or other Cloud Platform; hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider is essential for designing, developing, and deploying cloud-native applications and services.
- Experience with AWS Services – EC2, Lambda, RDS, Aurora, S3, VPC, IAM, EKS/ECS, Dynamo DB, API Gateway, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Secrets Manager.
- Experience setting up log aggregation, tracking, and monitoring using Splunk, CloudWatch, and X-Ray.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Tools – Terraform, ARM Templates, or CloudFormation, required for automating infrastructure provisioning and ensuring consistency across environments. Security & Compliance Frameworks (NIST 800-53, FedRAMP).
- CI/CD & DevSecOps Tools – Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Selenium, SonarQube, Synk, AWS CodePipeline or Azure DevOps, Proficiency in setting up and managing continuous integration and deployment pipelines is critical for modern cloud development workflows.
- Familiarity with Section 508 accessibility, remediation and WCAG standards.
Required Education: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other job-related degree;
- OR 2 years of job-related experience plus an Associate’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other job-related degree;
- OR 4 years of job-related work experience.
Required Work Experience: - 8 years of application development, systems testing or other job-related experience.
Preferred Qualifications: - Serverless Architectures, Security Best Practices in cloud-native Development.
- Cloud certifications.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, ECS/Faregate or Kubernetes).
- Understanding secure coding practices, identity, and access management (IAM), and compliance requirements (e.g., HIPAA, FedRAMP) is a strong asset in regulated environments.
Soft Skills:- Strong Communication Skills: Essential for leading technical discussions, presenting architectural decisions, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The lead developer often participates in team presentations, stakeholder meetings, and documentation reviews.
- Leadership & Mentorship: As a lead, this role involves guiding junior developers, setting coding standards, and making architectural decisions. Strong leadership ensures consistency, quality, and team growth.
- Adaptability & Agility: Cloud technologies evolve rapidly. The ability to quickly learn new tools, pivot strategies, and adapt to changing project requirements is crucial in a dynamic cloud environment.
- Problem Solving & Critical Thinking: The role requires diagnosing complex issues in distributed systems, optimizing performance, and designing scalable solutions. Strong analytical skills help in making sound technical decisions.
- Collaboration & Teamwork: This role works closely with DevOps, security, product owners, and other developers. Being a team player ensures smooth integration and alignment across the development lifecycle.
Authorized US Worker - US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.
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DP Professionals (DPP) offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents.
DPP is a certified Woman-owned Small Business Enterprise (WBE and WOSB) with more than 25 years in the staffing industry.
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