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Lead Software Engineer - Cloud AWS Java

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My non profit American cancer research tech company is looking for an experienced development lead to take the lead in a new hands on lead engineer position with the company.

The role supports hybrid working with 2 days being required onsite on oxford and 3 days WFH. Ideally starting on the 1st Jan if not before.

You will lead the design and implementation of enterprise integration, orchestration, and event-driven architecture solutions within cloud infrastructure. This role demands expertise in cloud architecture (particularly AWS), API design and development, AsyncAPI and OpenAPI specifications, and experience with Event-driven architectures and frameworks. You will be responsible for building scalable, efficient solutions that enable seamless communication across systems, automate workflows, and integrate event-based systems.

THIS IS A HANDS ON LEADERSHIP ROLE WHERE YOU WILL ALSO COACH OTHERS ideally 10ys+

Preferably you will have Certifications in AWS or cloud architecture.

AWS CertDevOps Eng Pro / AWS CertSolArchProf / AWS CertDev-Assoc / AWS Cert Big Data / AWS Cert Cloud Prac

Essential Skills

Over 10yrs Cloud development experience in languages such as Java, Javasecript, Python, AWS
Expertise in building enterprise-level integration solutions.
10 years: Expertise in designing, developing, and managing APIs, including AsyncAPIs, RESTful APIs, SOAP APIs, GraphQL, and webhooks for integration purposes.
Expertise in designing and implementing enterprise-level integration and orchestration solution in AWS using the services like EventBridge, Lambda, SNS/SQS, API Gateway, Transfer Family, AppFlow, Glue, Step Function, S3, Kinesis, MQ, DynamoDB Streams.
Expertise in designing and implementing data integration workflows using AWS services such as AWS Glue, Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, and Amazon Kinesis for both batch and real-time processing, along with monitoring and troubleshooting data pipelines using AWS CloudWatch and AWS X-Ray.
Experience in building event-driven solutions, preferably in AWS using the services like SNS, SQS, EventBridge, and Lambda, leveraging decoupled, scalable integrations.
Expertise in designing and setting up CI/CD pipelines with Github, AWS CodePipeline, ArgoCD or similar.
Experience in designing and implementing monitoring and observability for system logging analysis, performance tracking, issues identifying and alerting, etc.
Experience in managing Infrastructure as Code using AWS CloudFormation or Terraform for automating the deployment and management of resources and services.
Experience in designing and implementing microservices architectures.
Strong experience in architecting and building general software solutions and mastery in Java and/or Python programming language and Javascript is a plus.
Strong understanding of AWS IAM roles, policies, and permissions for controlling access to integration and orchestration services securely.
Experience in Agile methodologies (SCRUM or Kanban) with an emphasis on driving iterative development and continuous delivery of integration solutions.
ability to manage third-party integrations, including working with external vendors and partners to ensure successful data and system integration Key Duties of Role

Design and Implement Enterprise Integration Solutions: Architect integration frameworks that connect disparate systems, ensuring smooth and reliable flow between applications and services.
Design and Implement Enterprise Orchestration Solutions: Develop and manage enterprise orchestration tools that automate and coordinate workflows, improving efficiency across platforms.
Event-driven Architecture: Architect and implement event-driven systems, ensuring real-time communication, scalability, and reliability across microservices and distributed systems.
API Design and Development: Lead the design, implementation, and management of robust APIs to support various business and operational needs, ensuring consistency and scalability.
AsyncAPI and OpenAPI: Design and develop APIs following AsyncAPI and OpenAPI specifications to ensure seamless communication and integration between services.
Collaborate with DevOps teams to define project requirements, support continuous integration/delivery.
Manage environments for dev, test, and production, ensuring configuration management best practices throughout the software lifecycle.
Define and manage CI/CD pipelines with GitHub and containerization strategies, optimizing for performance.
Collaborate with DevOps architects to build operation solutions and optimize Cloud infrastructure.
Act as a technical liaison with stakeholders and present solutions to leadership. So if thats sound like the type of role that would interested you then get in touch aSAP As i have interview slots good to go with the client

Randstad Technologies Ltd is a leading specialist recruitment business for the IT & Engineering industries. Please note that due to a high level of applications, we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business

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