Java Developer (AWS, CI/CD)

Title : Java Developer (AWS, CI/CD)

Jersey City, NJ (Onsite All day in the office)

Long Term

Job Description (JD): Java Developer (AWS, CI/CD)

Role Summary

We are seeking a Java Developer with strong experience building scalable backend applications, deploying applications to AWS, and implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines, with particular emphasis on Docker-based deployments and application deployment automation.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable Java/Spring Boot backend applications.

Build and enhance RESTful APIs and/or event-driven services and integrate with databases and external systems.

Build, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines to automate application build, testing, security checks, packaging, and deployments.

Containerize applications using Docker and manage Docker-based deployments across multiple environments.

Deploy and operate applications on AWS, including containerized application deployments using ECS/EKS.

Own and support the end-to-end application deployment lifecycle, including configuration, deployment validation, troubleshooting, rollback, and production support.

Drive improvements in deployment automation, reliability, repeatability, and speed, reducing manual deployment activities.

Troubleshoot CI/CD and application deployment failures, perform root-cause analysis, and implement permanent fixes.

Write clean, maintainable code with strong unit/integration test coverage and participate in code reviews.

Collaborate with application, platform, and DevOps teams to improve CI/CD and deployment standards and practices.

Participate in Agile teams (planning, estimation, standups, retrospectives) and contribute to technical design.

Required Qualifications

4+ years of professional software development experience (or equivalent).

Strong backend development experience in Java (Java 11+ preferred) and Spring Boot (or similar frameworks).

Deep experience designing and developing REST APIs and backend services.

Hands-on experience with AWS services such as:

Compute/Containers: EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda

Storage/Data: S3, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB

Networking/Security: VPC, IAM, Security Groups, KMS

Observability: CloudWatch (logs/metrics/alarms)

Strong hands-on CI/CD experience using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or similar.

Strong experience with Docker, including building images, containerizing applications, and deploying Docker-based workloads.

Experience with application deployment automation, environment configuration, deployment troubleshooting, and rollback strategies.

Understanding of container orchestration and deployments using Kubernetes/EKS.

Solid knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL/Oracle) and SQL; NoSQL exposure is a plus.

Familiarity with Git, branching strategies, release management, and code quality practices (linting, static analysis).

Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, CDK.

Microservices architecture and messaging/streaming (Kafka, SQS/SNS).

Security practices: OWASP, secrets management, dependency scanning, SAST/DAST.

Experience improving CI/CD pipeline performance and deployment automation.

Experience with monitoring stacks (PrometheGrafana, ELK/OpenSearch).

Knowledge of blue-green, rolling, or canary deployment strategies.

Cloud cost optimization and reliability engineering practices.

Typical Tech Stack (Example)

Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes/EKS, AWS (EC2/ECS/EKS/S3/RDS/IAM/CloudWatch), Terraform, Jenkins/GitHub Actions/GitLab CI.