Job Summary:
The Java Developer will play a key role in modernizing enterprise applications by migrating legacy Java applications from on-prem environments to the cloud (AWS). The ideal candidate will have experience with Java Spring Framework microservices and AWS services. This role involves both supporting existing systems and driving modernization efforts towards a serverless event-driven architecture.
Location: Trenton N/A New Jersey United States
Responsibilities:
- Modernize and migrate legacy Java applications to AWS using Spring Boot and cloud-native best practices.
- Design develop and maintain scalable modular Java microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
- Build and integrate RESTful APIs using Spring API Gateway and AWS Lambda.
- Maintain and enhance existing SOAP services supporting a phased deprecation strategy.
- Support and optimize legacy data access using JPA Hibernate MyBatis while transitioning to AWS RDS (Aurora) and DynamoDB.
- Utilize AWS services such as Beanstalk Lambda RDS S3 DynamoDB and CloudWatch.
- Apply containerization using Docker with short-term orchestration using Kubernetes or ECS.
- Collaborate on infrastructure-as-code (IaC) with tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform.
- Work closely with DevOps to ensure seamless CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Maven/Gradle Jenkins etc.
- Collaborate with UI developers on React-based front ends.
- Write unit and integration tests using JUnit Mockito TestNG.
- Maintain and troubleshoot existing applications.
- Provide documentation and architecture diagrams for modernization roadmap.
Required Skills & Certifications:
- 7 years of experience in Java/J2EE development with emphasis on Java 17 Spring Boot REST APIs.
- Experience modernizing Java apps from legacy environments.
- Proficiency in Spring Framework (Spring Boot Spring Cloud Spring Security etc.).
- Experience building scalable microservices and integrating with AWS RDS Aurora DynamoDB.
- Hands-on experience with AWS services: Beanstalk Lambda EC2 S3 API Gateway.
- Familiarity with containerization using Docker short-term Kubernetes support.
- Experience developing and consuming SOAP and REST web services.
- Strong SQL and NoSQL data modeling experience.
- Proficient in Git Maven/Gradle CI/CD workflows.
- Experience with Agile development methodologies.
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