RFO# Cloud Developer

Job Title: Cloud Developer

Duration: 12 months (possible extension of 24 Months)

Client: Clients

Location: Sacramento CA (Hybrid)

Purpose:

The purpose of this RFO is to select one (1) experienced Cloud Developer with detailed knowledge and experience of Cloud Development with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to work within Enterprise IT Solutions and Innovation Division.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. At least three (3) years of experience with AWS cloud platform and services like Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)/virtual machines (VM) Instances S3/Cloud Storage Serverless (AWS Lambda Cloud Functions) and IAM (Identity & Access Management).
2. At least three (3) years with CI/CD tools in particular GitHub and basic version control workflows.
3. At least three (3) years of experience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform AWS CloudFormation or Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates.
4. At least three (3) years of experience to build deploy and debug basic web applications with familiarity with APIs Representational State Transfer (REST) and using Python or C#.
5. At least three (3) years of experience using Docker Kubernetes Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and container orchestration.
6. At least three (3) years of experience of structured query language (SQL) and/or not only SQL (NoSQL) databases (e.g. MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB DynamoDB).
7. At least three (3) years of experience with Encryption standards Secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager HashiCorp Vault) Compliance frameworks Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and System and Organization Controls 2 (SOC2).

Desired Qualifications:

1. Familiarity with the AWS Well-Architected Framework and ability to apply its principles in designing scalable and secure solutions.
2. Experience with migrating legacy systems to AWS cloud-native services or re-platforming existing workloads.
3. Experience with cost optimization strategies using AWS Cost Explorer Trusted Advisor or resource tagging and chargeback models.
4. Experience with automated security and compliance enforcement using tools like AWS Config Security Hub or custom Lambda policies.
5. Experience setting up centralized logging using CloudWatch Logs CloudTrail or third-party tools like Splunk.
6. Scripting experience with Bash PowerShell or equivalent.
7. Experience with Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) cloud services (e.g. SageMaker) and multi-cloud architecture.
8. The proposed project person will be able to adhere to the hybrid working model by working on-site 2-3 days per week at Clients Headquarters West Sacramento CA. If no provide a short explanation. (no points)

Project Background:

The experienced full-stack Cloud Developer (Contractor) shall design develop deploy and maintain scalable cloud-based applications and infrastructure. This Contractor role involves creating robust cloud native solutions using platforms primarily on AWS platform. The Contractor will collaborate with DevOps Security and Product teams to build services that are secure resilient and aligned with business goals.

Key responsibilities include developing Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) implementing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines optimizing cloud performance modernizing applications to be cloud ready ensuring application security and automating infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Experience in containerization (Docker Kubernetes) serverless architecture and cloud monitoring tools is preferred.

The Cloud Developer is expected to perform the following tasks including but not limited to:

1. Cloud Application Development:

a. Design and develop applications within AWS cloud platform using services like EC2/VM Instances S3/Cloud Storage Serverless (AWS Lambda Cloud Functions) or IAM (Identity & Access Management).

b. Implement DevOps processes pipelines using CI/CD tools in particular GitHub and basic version control workflows.

c. Apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation.

d. Build deploy and debug basic web applications with familiarity of APIs (REST) and using Python or C# scripts.

e. Design and develop Docker Kubernetes (EKS/ AKS/ GKE) and container orchestration for cloud implementations.

f. Design and implement SQL and/or NoSQL databases (e.g. MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB DynamoDB).

g. Apply security rules and guardrails with Encryption standards Secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager HashiCorp Vault) and Compliance frameworks (HIPAA GDPR SOC2).

h. Monitor system performance and optimize for cost speed and reliability using tools like CloudWatch.

i. Participate in Cloud Modernization activities recommend solutions and implement modernization work items.

2. Participate in Project Activities and Ensure Compliance to Clients Policies and Best Practices:

a. Assist in planning and ensuring the execution of technical implementation solutions to align with the IT standards policies and best practices established by Clients Technology Services or those of industrys standards and best practices.

b. Adhere to Clients standards policies best practices and current and future technical architecture.

c. Participate in use case or requirements sessions or other technical meetings with Subject Matter Experts (SME) business users or business analysts to develop and document design information.

d. Work with technical architects and database administrators to analyze and design data exchange mechanisms.

e. Work with architects to develop publish educate and promote data strategies standards policies and best practices including data integrity.

f. Participate in the preparation of documentation for enterprise data standards and best practices.

3. Transfer of Knowledge:

a. Creating job-aids and training documents is required.

b. Creating the runbook for the design development and unit testing is require