Senior Backend Java Engineer (AWS / API Development)

Diversified Services Network, Inc.•Chicago, IL

2h•Hybrid

About The Position

Diversified Services Network, Inc. (DSN) is seeking a full-time IT Software Engineer to join our team in Peoria, IL/Chiago, IL! We offer a HYBRID work model, full benefits, PTO, 401k, and more! If you're looking to grow your technical career within an extremely reputable, stable Fortune 500 company - let's talk! As an IT Software Engineer, you will report to the Software Engineering Manager, as do other staff jobs in application and technical systems and programming sections. You will be responsible for functional lines with individuals assisting in new program development and/or maintenance of existing mobile, WEB, Cloud, server, computing systems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering or related field with 8+ years’ experience.
Master’s degree in computer science or related field with 6+ years’ experience.
8+ years’ experience designing and developing software applications in Java.
3+ years’ experience developing in AWS: cloud formation templates, deploying ECS clusters, Lambda, Fargate, and Amazon Elastic Search, S3.
3+ years’ experience building and developing with Cloud Technologies (such as AWS, Azure, GCP)
Strong understanding of IAM roles and policies.
Fully knowledgeable of programming languages appropriate to the platform supported, program design and specification development, programming logic, logic diagrams, system analysis techniques, testing, debugging, documentation standards, file design, storage and internal systems.
Experience designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software on a scale.
Experience developing software applications using relational and Nosql databases.
Experience with application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.
Experience deploying software using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Azure Devops etc.
Experience deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS or Azure.
Experience working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum).
Strong understanding and/or experience in Batch or stream processing systems such as AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Kinesis.
Experience designing well-defined Restful APIs.
Hands on experience with API tools such as Swagger, Postman and Assertible.
Test driven development and behavior driven development experience.
Hands on experience with testing tools such as Selenium and Cucumber and their integration into CI/CD pipelines.
Experience with datastores such as DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Oracle.
Solid knowledge of computer science fundamentals like data structures and algorithms.

Nice To Haves

Ability to work under pressure and within time constraints.
Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

Work as part of Agile team and participate in Scrum activities.
Perform all programming, development, integration and system administration assignments without close supervision.
Design, code, test, and debug programs of high complexity.
Configure or customize purchased software solutions with high complexity.
Provide project management, programming, systems, and/or system administration leadership, guidance, and assistance to other team members.
Work on more complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls.
Work independently on complex processes and modules that may be used by one or more programs, systems or in support of infrastructure component change management.
Develop major system modules, programs or infrastructure released based on requirements gathered from system customers.
Perform integrated testing and customer acceptance testing of system components that require careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results.
Perform integration tasks for in-house developed systems and/or purchased hardware and software solutions.
Assist customers with documentation, training and usability efforts.