Lead Developer (AWS Cloud)

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This role is hybrid and requires you to be in our downtown Toronto office (250 Yonge Street) 2-3 times per week - subject to change at any time Seeking an energetic and experienced AWS Lead Developer to lead the architecting, development, testing and deployment of a real time payments orchestration application from an on prem solution to AWS Cloud . The AWS Lead Developer is expected to drive the overall software development lifecycle including working across functional teams to transform requirements into features, managing development teams and processes, overseeing software testing and ensuring a successful delivery the project. Specific project areas of focus includes translating user requirements into technical specifications, writing code and managing the preparation of design specifications. The AWS Lead Developer will also be expected to work with the architects in system design activities, provides advice on security requirements. Applies deep knowledge of algorithms, data structures and programming languages to develop high quality technology applications and services - including tools, standards, and relevant software platforms based on business requirements.

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Your future duties and responsibilities

• Responsible for the leadership and management of a team of AWS developers in onshore and offshore locations delivering a client project. The lead developer will also be expected to perform development tasks.
• Work with the AWS Architect and in architecting the solution and ensures that the development of the solution adheres to the approved solution design and client AWS cloud adoption strategies and guidelines.
• Translates user needs into technical specifications by understanding, conceptualizing, and facilitating technical requirements from user.
• Ensures that code/configurations adhere to the security, logging, error handling, and performance standards and non-functional requirements.
• Ability to communicate and present solutions and timelines to senior stakeholders within CGI and the client organization.
• Work closely with client PMs and CGI PMs to identify potential risks to the project early and propose solutions to mitigate the risks.
• Provides expert day-to-day technical support and advice to other AWS developers
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and build efficient solutions based on specifications.
• Coordinate the development team schedule and ensure effective communication between team members and other functional areas.
• Hands-on on experience on AWS, work closely with customer on solutioning and support Product owner to define requirements and map to AWS technical solutions.
• Ability to manage both Waterfall and Agile projects
• Responsible for directing the development team in the design, development, coding, testing and debugging of applications.
• Responsible for documenting and ensuring a project to support handover is conducted
• Works independently on a range of complex tasks, which may include unique situations

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• 8 to 10 years of experience as an AWS Developer
• 4 + years' experience in the role of a lead AWS Developer
• Familiarity with AWS infrastructure as code tools like CloudFormation or Terraform for automating cloud deployments
• Strong understanding of serverless architecture and microservices, with hands-on experience in implementing scalable AWS solutions
• Good Knowledge on Core Java, Angular, Springboot, AWS Reactive Architecture, Event Driven applications, SNS Queues, API development and Node JS
• Good knowledge on AWS Alerts, VPC, API Gateway, Lambda functions, S3, Step Functions, Dynamo & Aurora DB databases
• Experience working with Oracle databases
• Solid grasp of security best practices within AWS, including IAM roles, VPCs, and encryption mechanisms
• Experience with version control systems like Git, Github, Bitbucket, JIRA, Postman, SOAP UI and promoting code integrity and collaboration in a cloud-based environment
• Familiarity with IDE: Visual Studio Code
• Awareness: Software Development Life Cycle, Software Project Management
• Software Testing: Unit Testing, Integration Testing
• Exceptional communication skills, enabling clear and effective interaction with both technical and non-technical team members and stakeholders
• Provides expert day-to-day technical support of a range of Java and Cloud-based applications.
• Experience in leading the development team on projects migrating on prem solutions to AWS Cloud
• Experience with mission critical payments application will be an added advantage

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