Senior Cloud Developer - REMOTE

$116,175 - $157,179/Yr

Unclassified - Woodbury, MN

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Woodbury, MN

10,001+ employees

About the position

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Senior Cloud Developer supporting the United States Postal Service (USPS). GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Senior Cloud Developer supporting USPS, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on you joining our USPS Tech Applications Services team to oversee the consistent utilization of USPS development standards, procedures, and processes. In this role, you will participate in the project planning process that determines programming and hardware needs. You will assist or lead in preparing programming specifications and in developing coding logic. Your responsibilities will include preparing charts, diagrams, and other documentation as needed, as well as designing, coding, testing, and debugging computer programs, either independently or as part of a team, using computer languages identified and available in the Infrastructure Tool Kit (ITK). You will ensure systems compatibility and follow data security procedures while identifying potential data security risks. Maintaining contact with the team leader, customers, contractors, and equipment vendors will be essential to monitor progress and coordinate varied project stages. Additionally, you will maintain computer programs and systems, revising and updating them as necessary, including rewrites to the systems documentation and instructions. This position requires a proactive approach to problem-solving and the ability to perform other job-related tasks as assigned or required to support the duties outlined above. You will be expected to demonstrate a strong understanding of cloud development practices and contribute to the overall success of the USPS Tech Applications Services team.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the project planning process that determines programming and hardware needs.
• Assist or lead in preparing programming specifications and in developing coding logic.
• Prepare charts, diagrams, and other documentation as needed.
• Design, code, test, and debug computer programs, independently or as part of a team, using computer languages identified and available in the Infrastructure Tool Kit (ITK).
• Ensure systems compatibility and follow data security procedures.
• Identify potential data security risks.
• Maintain contact with the team leader, customers, contractors, and equipment vendors to monitor progress and coordinate varied project stages.
• Maintain computer programs and systems, revising and updating them as necessary.
• Perform other job-related tasks as assigned or required to support the duties outlined above.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited College/University in the applicable field of services is preferred. In lieu of degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required.
• 8-12 years of professional work experience; preferably in technology or software development.
• 2+ years of working knowledge experience in Agile Methodologies, SDLC practices, Change Management, and Configuration Management (VersionOne, ServiceNow, etc.).
• Understanding of network architecture and application development methodologies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of DevSecOps, Secure Coding practices, and the Solutions Development Framework (Docker, Jenkins, GitLab).
• Experience designing and developing event/message based application services using a message queue (e.g. Apache Kafka).
• Experience using automated unit testing and user interface testing tools, ideally in a test-driven-development approach.
• Experience with source code management tools, ideally in a continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD pipeline) SecDevOps environment.
• Experience with API centric, microservices, serverless applications, or similar cloud-friendly application designs.
• Experience with Cloud Development with Dataflow, PubSub, or Redis.
• Experience with Microservices design, Kubernetes, Security, Performance tuning, High Observability Principle, Multi-threading, Java, NoSQL Schema Design.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with cloud-native application development.
• Familiarity with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments.

Benefits

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you build your skills and own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Paid vacation and 10 company-paid holidays
• Paid Family Leave program providing up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance.