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Java AWS Engineer

Date Posted: Apr 23, 2026

Job #1685645
Contract
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
60 - 65 per hour (USD)

We have partnered with our client in their search for a Java AWS Engineer in Wilmington, DE

Responsibilities

  • * Lead complex public cloud migrations, proactively identify potential issues, and implement risk mitigation strategies to ensure the success of multiple cloud initiatives.
    * Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver robust, cloud-based solutions that improve customer experiences.
    * Take ownership of platform issues from end to end, resolve challenges related to platform build and performance on AWS Cloud, and ensure high-quality, bug-free deliverables.
    * Develop strategies and provide guidance to product teams on public cloud onboarding standards and best practices, ensuring migrations are successful and compliant with all regulatory requirements.
    * Drive the adoption and effective use of Amazon's utility computing services (e.g., AWS EC2, S3, RDS, CloudFront, EFS, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, EKS, ECS, MFTS, API Gateway, VPC Peering).
    * Design resilient, secure, and high-performance platforms in the public cloud, following JPMC best practices.
    * Measure and optimize system performance, anticipate customer needs, and drive continuous innovation. Provide operational support and engineering for the public cloud platform, troubleshoot and optimize systems, and automate routine tasks.
    * Work closely with cross-functional teams to develop practical solutions and ensure positive user experiences at every touchpoint.
    * Manage costs by designing and optimizing public cloud platforms and technologies. Organize and lead game days, resiliency tests, and chaos engineering exercises.
    * Apply expertise in programming languages such as Java, Python, SQL, Node, Go, and Scala; work with open source RDBMS and NoSQL databases; utilize container orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes; and leverage a wide range of AWS services.

Skills Required

  • Handson AWS Devops experience - intermediate/ to advance Experience using DevOps tools in a cloud environment, such as Ansible, Artifactory, Docker, GitHub, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Maven, and Sonar Qube
    Drive the adoption and effective use of Amazon's utility computing services (e.g., AWS EC2, S3, RDS, CloudFront, EFS, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, EKS, ECS, MFTS, API Gateway, VPC Peering).
  • Must know terraform from high level- not from a coding perspective -
  • Java Must intermediate - 2nd Python or any other programing experience will be helpful - will assist other teams
  • * A strong understanding of business technology drivers and their impact on architecture design, performance and monitoring, best practices
    * Design and building web environments on AWS, which includes working with services like EC2, ELB, RDS, DynamoDB, EKS, ECS, MFTS, SQS/SNS, S3 and Route53
    * Proficiency in few modern technologies such as: Java version 8+, Spring Boot, Restful Microservices, AWS or Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes.
    * Experience using DevOps tools in a cloud environment, such as Ansible, Artifactory, Docker, GitHub, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Maven, and Sonar Qube
    * Experience using monitoring solutions like CloudWatch, Prometheus, Datadog, Splunk, Dynatrace
    * Experience and knowledge of writing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), using tools like CloudFormation or Terraform
    * Experience with one or more public cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, Azure
    * Experience with high volume, SLA critical applications and their interdependencies with other applications and databases
    * Experience with high volume, mission critical applications, and building upon messaging and or event-driven architectures
    * Keen understanding of financial industry and their IT systems and optimization of Public Cloud expenses

Education & Work Experience

  • Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts- Bachelor's degree preferred
  • 5 years applied experience

Title Java AWS Engineer

Location Wilmington, DE

Client Industry Fintech

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