Software Developer

Job Title: Software DeveloperLocation: Fort Worth, Texas OnsiteDuration:3 MonthsExperience:8-10 YearsJob description:The Software Developer for cloud designs, builds, configures and tests cloud platforms, solutions andintegrations. This is done on client on-premesis cloud and public cloud with Microsoft Azurebased on IT and business requirements. This position requires a proactive mindset, technical background,and End User analysis skills to develop/support solutions(s) within the IT department. Hands-on experiencewith designing, developing and building medium to large-scale solutions. Flexibility and ability to adapt to avariety of responsibilities and settings, self drive and motivation to continuously learn and apply newtechnologies and solutions are key success factors. This position requires hands-on experience with keycloud technologies like Kubernetes, docker containers, infratstructure automation and configuration toolslike Chef, puppet, powershell, python, logging and monitoring tools, docker registry, Gitlab or Github coderepository, DevOps tools and supporting processes and documentation relevant to maintenance ofsolutions. IT experience in designing prototypes, proof of concepts and building reference models.As a software develope for cloud, configure the Kubernetes clusters and develop scripts todeploy docker containers using integration with DevOps tools. Understand the functionalaspects, processes, inbound and outbound interfaces, load balancing requirements anddatabase requirements to onboard the projects in Container as a service environment. Strongunderstanding of Kubernetes master configuration to ensure zero downtime and failover ofproduction workloads. This profile will leverage all available skills to enhance and strengthenour infrastructure provisioning to support application development capabilities and createsolutions that are robust, scalable and secure. (40%)Capacity management and proactive recommendations to the customer to increase capacityas needed. Work with end users and other IT collegues to develop infrastructure changesystem requirements; Keep up with the pace of change in cloud space in terms of technology.Support platform upgrades conducted by central team. Work with Security to ensuredevelopment of secure and robust solutions. (30%)Plan/Communicate: Assist as necessary in developing project plans and schedules; Trackprogress to plans; Communicate status, issues and risks to supervisor, colleagues andstakeholders on a timely basis. Provide Operational support and collaborate with managedservice provider to resolve production issues.Task 3 Time Percent (20%)Develop strong and productive relationships with business partners, colleagues andmanagement. Collaborate with DFS colleagues in other regions for building scalable solutions. (10%)Skills:Bachelor's Degree is required, recommended major's include: Computer/Information Science, EngineeringMasters' Degree is preferred, recommended major includes Computer/Information Science, EngineeringWork with end users and architects to understand and implement new requirements; Work in an agileteam environment to develop, test and deploy software, platforms and changes using agilemethodologies, concepts and framework such as Scrum and Kanban; Develop high performance,scalable solutions, front end to backend services, integration of solutions; Proficient in deploying,configuring and managing kubernetes based docker containers, Microservices concepts, familiarity withcloud deployment patterns IaaS, PaaS, CaaS, knowledge of infrastructure automation and configurationwith chef, puppet, python, powershell, ansible technologies. Experience in the integration with backendsystems through Apigee/ ESB, and IAM tools like OpenID/ SAML for user authentication, configurationand use of logging and monitoring tools like ELK stack and Grafana, Knowledge of database accesspatterns and JDBC; Familiarity with Restful APIs; Development experience in cloud environment usingspringboot, Java. Provide operational support when necessary; Experience in analytical, problemsolving, troubleshooting, performance tuning and conducting root cause analysis.Good verbal and written communication skills Presentation skills PerformanceSkills/Individual Competencies:1. Dedication and high motivation2. Focus on end user needs3. Understands processes well4. Demonstrate and support top performance5. Create and demonstrate accountability and credibility6. Timely escalation7. Regular communication8. Team work in a agile environment9. Ability to follow processes and guidelines.10. Technical knowledge. Must be passionate about technology, quick learner, excited about learning andembracing new technologies as needed.