Lead application modernization projects by engaging with customers, designing solutions, executing migration plans, and ensuring seamless implementation of scalable applications using cloud technologies.
This is a remote position.
.Primary Job Responsibilities:
- Engage with customer and quickly understand the requirement, scope of work and the solution required.
- Leading the application team from concept, and solution design to execution/launch and ensure application fully serves the need for customer.
- Provide technical leadership to different projects and work as an SME in multiple projects.
- Prepare technical implementation plans, and migration plans, and coordinate with different teams on execution.
- Continually research, test and investigate new technologies, methods, and integration of emerging technologies into projects.
- Responding to RFP/RFI, providing technical solutions, developing POC, providing estimation, statement of work, risks.
Requirements
- Good communication, soft skills and customer handling skills required.
- Ability to closely follow architectural designs, scope, and requirements
- Ability to work independently AND act as an integral part of a team
- Good understanding on various scalable application architecture, assess application complexities, hands on in adapting different technical stack.
- Experience in application development, application migration, modernization including Containerization/Microservices to AWS or Azure Cloud, Docker.
- Experience in migrating different application, including different middleware products like JBoss/WebLogic from HPUX to RHEL.
- Expert/Advance level development and design experience on
- Different UI JavaScript libraries and frameworks
- Web framework and Backend Rest APIs
Essential Skillset
- Solid solution design and development experience in both server-side and client-side programming essentially covering the full stack of technology for an enterprise application.
- Must have hands on experience in designing and implementing Restful webservices, authentication/authorization and integration of backend APIs with SQL and NoSQL databases
- Must have solid experience with React JS library, Angular JS, Vue JS framework for front end development.
- Solid experience in deploying and monitoring Microservices applications using AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure.
- Must have experience in multiple backend frameworks like Spring Boot, Python Flask, Python Django, Node JS, Express JS, PHP, Laravel, .Net.
- Sound knowledge in multiple programming language like Java, Python, PHP, Node JS, C#, C, C++
- Good understanding on integrating backend services with NoSQL, SQL, in memory database.
- Middleware application servers including version upgrade: WebLogic, JBoss, WebSphere
Additional Desired Skills
- Experience in solution design, planning and implementation for transforming a monolithic application to Microservices application.
- Experience in assessing source or on-prem application details (technology stack, integrations, and database) and identify appropriate migration solutions, tools, and strategy.
- Good knowledge on various application performance, security issues and solutions.
Other Good-To-Have Skills
- Experience in building containers, DevOps solution to AWS and Azure.
- Mobile application development for android and IOS.
Benefits
We do not unfairly discriminate on any ground, including race, caste, religion, color, ancestry, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age, nationality, ethnic origin, disability or any other category protected by applicable law.
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