Job Description

Closing Date: 2025-07-10
Job Type: Contract
Job Level: Senior
Experience: Between 5 - 7 Years
EE/AA: No
Summary
Our client in Pretoria, is recruiting for a Back end Java Developer to join their team on a long term contract.
Description

• Develop and operate production ready business applications (24/7)
• Liaise with customer, team members and external vendors
• Deploy applications in AWS (via Github)
• Monitoring and operation of applications within AWS CloudWatch.
• Applying cloud-security patterns and concepts to the solutions and deployments
• Develop systems solutions in line with quality and delivery requirements.
• Identify risks / impediments, proactively resolve and/or escalate to the relevant parties.
• Comply with Code Compliance & Unit Testing standards and practices.
• Prepare system/technical documentation (as per ISO standards).
• Pro-active knowledge sharing, mentoring, and coaching of members from the same or other teams.

• Familiarity with Microservices Architecture, Cloud and Container Architecture
• At least 10 years' worth of experience using back-end technologies such as

• Java
• Javascript / TypeScript / Node.js
• Python
• Experience with cloud technologies (Amazon AWS is strongly preferred):

• Compute: Kubernetes and Serverless
• API Gateway, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, Kinesis, S3, etc.
• Virtual networks, including communication with on-premise networks
• Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery (design, configuration and operation)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Automated deployment and configuration of components and systems
• Monitoring and log analytics
• Experience with Databases both Sql and NoSql
• Experience with:

• Web Services Design & Deplyment
• REST
• GIT
• Experience with Design / Architecture Patterns
• Experience in AGILE or SCRUM.
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter